I Am Skippyjon Jones (2010 original; edició 2010)

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The pictures are fuzzy and it's difficult to see what's going on, especially with the huge head and tiny body of the character distorting perspective. The rhythm the text is off. The Chihuahua is at least as offensive as the Taco Bell mascot of a few years back. I don't particularly care for the 'real' SJ books, but this one is just lame. ( )

Bibliographic Information: Judy Schanchner, “I am Skippyjon Jones”, Illustrated by Judith Schanchner, Published by Scholatastic Inc., ©2010, 7 pages
Genre: Picture Book
Summary: Skippyjon Jones is Chihuahua. He believes that he can be anything. He loves to read and have adventures.
Tags: Fun, Cute, Adventures, Imagination
My Response: This book is very short and I didn’t realize that there are long books of Skippyjon Jones books. This is a very cute book though and I would love to read the other ones. This one is basically just an introduction of Skippyjon Jones.

Genre: This short work is modern fantasy. The story is about a talking chihuahua who previews his adventures. This book is meant as a primer for other Skippyjon Jones books.

Stars: Characterization ( )

Subject Area: Language Arts
Genre: Fantasy
Critique/Summary:
This book is an example of fantasy because the author's main character is a Chihuahua who can speak and read. The author takes Skippyjon Jones on marvelous adventures that she makes believable. The author reveals, at the end of the book, that Skippyjon Jones is able to go on these adventures through reading books. The author makes the unbelievable seem believable in this book.
(Stars for point of view.)
Age: Primary ( )