"This is a wildly wonderful book...buoyant and colorful cartoon illustrations match the exuberant text perfectly."

School Library Journal

"This pun-filled spoof is over-the-top comedy littered with Spanish words. Colorful, lively illustrations exaggerate the hilarity ... laugh-out-loud humor ... ay caramba, mucho fun!"

Kirkus Reviews

"... makes me laugh every single time I read it."

The Montgomery Advertiser

Move over, Eloise and Olivia. Make room for SkippyjonJones, a Siamese kittenboy who can't resign himself to being an ordinary cat. Having a time-out in his room, he resorts to his imagination. Taking on the superhero persona of the great Spanish sword fighter Skippito, he has the adventure of his life, and readers are invited along. Zany, wild, and over-the-top, this utterly original book truly begs to be read aloud.

With the jiggly, effervescent outlines she used in I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, the smudgy, tender expressiveness of The Grannyman, and a text worthy of a sitcom, Judith Byron Schachner has created a new cat character for all ages. ¡Olé!

Awards and nominations for Skippyjon Jones

Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice (2006)
Colorado Children's Book Award (2006)
2005 The Ladybug Picture Book Award (NH)
2005 Armadillo Readers' Choice Award (TX)
2005 The Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (WA)
Scholastic Top 25 Picture Books, #19
NEA Educators' Top 100 Children's Books, #11
2004 E. B. White Read Aloud Award

Join Skippy on another adventure in his next book