thanks...i'm always on the lookout for books for the grands...

Thanks for the info....I'll get a couple for the kids easter baskets. Ricky is really into reading books now...or having them read to him! These look cute...something they would like.

LOL!!! When I read the topic for the post I instantly thought of 'Skippy John Jones'. I am 60 this year and I went out and bought one of these books about 5 months ago for myself I got the one with a stuffed 'Skippy John Jones.'

My son brought home a kitty about that time he calls him Hoffa I call him SJ Jones:)

Thanks for the review - I'll look for this series.

Collin, my 2 1/2 year old grandson, LOVES for us to read to him. Last night, we read "The Monster at the End of the Book." He said "I skeered!" lololol

Brenda, I used to read that to my kids. It was my son's favorite!
Di

That looks like a really cute series. Some fun word play in addition to a funny and appealing story.

Stephanie, is it best to start with a certain book in the series, or just start with any of the books?

Thanks for the info....I'm going to Barnes and Noble Friday. I'm sure my GK's will love it. If they don't already have the books...their Mother works at Barnes and Noble.

Gayle

I had to come see this review, when I saw it was by you.

I'll have to check the book out.

My kids are beyond 4 and 8, but I may know another kid who could benefit.

Socks, this book is the only one I've read in the series. I think it would help to read the first one, get introduced to Skippyjon and why he thinks he should be a chihuahua instead of a cat. ;o) But otherwise, I don't think it would matter. We enjoyed our book very much without having read the first one.

Gayle, if I worked at B & N I would spend my paycheck before I left the store! LOL. Otherwise, I would love that job! I would love to work in the children's section and do the storytimes; I love reading aloud to kids.

Talley Sue, have your kids read the kids' novels by Carl Hiaasen? "Hoot" and "Flush." I love those books. They are funny, the perfect example of irony, and the language and pace of the plot appeals to middle grade kids. My 5th grader read them this year. He liked them a lot, and he doesn't like to read (whose kid is he?!). I also like the books by Deborah Wiles, for girls. We listend to "Love, Ruby Lavender" on CD while on a road trip. Sad, funny, smart, and cute, a good read. DD read "Every Little Bird that Sings," she is 8, 2nd grade, above-grade reader, but I think it was still a little above her reading level.

One of my favorite volunteer duties at the school is to read the new children's novels that come in, they have to be screened for content before hitting the shelves for students. They tell me "just skim them" but I can't! Some of them I've liked recently were "Penny from Heaven" by Jennifer Holm, set post WWII, Italian family, very well developed plot and characters. And "Rules" by Cynthia Lord, narrated by the sister of an autistic boy, deals with accepting disabilities and the people who have them. It comes across very sincere and believable.

I did not like the new series that tells of the adventurs of Peter and Pan, "Peter and the Starcatchers" by Dave Barry, et al. They were IMO, very boring, text was forced/dragged out into twice as many pages as they really needed. They are very long books, and I could not force myself to finish it. That one I did just skim.

OK. I'm done for now. ;o)

By far, my very favorite kid's books are written by fellow Canadian "robert Munsch". The illustrations are soooo good and the stories are hilarious....told just the way a kid would think!