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from LynleeRae

Summary: Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat who has a huge imagination. He gets in trouble and is sent to his room where he is told not to go into his closet. He jumps and jumps on his bed and when he jumps really high looks and sees his reflection in the mirror. He has huge ears so he pretends he ...

from szanes

A rollicking read aloud! Fun use of Spanish and a good way to develop children's imaginations. Also good representation of family relationships, mother and siblings. (No daddy- he must be a wandering Tom!) Even older readers like to hear the rhythm and rhymes. Not something you want to read aloud...

from CaittBitt

Skippy Jon Jones is a great book to encourage imagination in children. In the story the cat, Skippy, gets put in his room for misbehaving, and he is told that he is to sit and think about what it is to be a Siamese cat. However, instead of sitting and thinking, his mind begins to run wild and he ...

from Ameliaiif

One of my college professors read this book to us, and I've never seen so many 20-something boys giggling like a bunch of buffoons. This is the adorable first in a series of adventures starring a siamese who thinks he's a chihuahua. Required for reading: a high-pitched mexican voice. !yo quiero!

from kwiggi3

I genuinely enjoyed this book for many reasons. First, I like the language the author used, she wrote the language in the same way the characters were speaking it, "My head ees too beeg for my body." I like this because it allows children to expand their thoughts on spoken language. I also like h...