About this title: "New York Times"-bestselling Skippyjon Jones takes ancient Egypt by storm in this fun adventure. When his doggy pals want to visit the underworld, they need El Skippito's brains to answer the riddle of the Finx and enter the mummy's tomb. Full color.
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Description: Good. 0142412112 Standard used condition-Same quality you would find in your local bookstore. This is a new unread book that received the above wear during its handling. Has remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. 0525477543 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780142412114ISBN:0142412112
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780142413456ISBN:0142413453
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2009-04-30
ISBN-13:9780142413456ISBN:0142413453
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Binding: Reinforced
Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books
Date Published: 2006-10-19
ISBN-13:9780525477549ISBN:0525477543
Description: NEW. Reinforced. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780525477549. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780525477549ISBN:0525477543
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton, NY
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780525477549ISBN:0525477543
Description: By Author. As New in Near Fine Unclipped jacket. Signed by Author A bright, tight edition signed by author on title page, dated 2006. A very slight bump to lower spine end-otherwise-beautiful. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780525477549ISBN:0525477543
Description: New in new jacket. 0525477543 First edition, first printing, signed by Judy Schachner on the title page! Brand New hardcover edition-includes a CD-Audio book of the story read by the author! El Skippito is back! Avoiding a lecture from Mama Junebug, the kitty boy slips into his closet...and finds himself in ancient Egypt. His doggy pals, Los Chimichangos, want to visit the Under Mundo--the underworld--where mummitos rest in peas. But they need El Skippito's brains and courage to answer the ... read more
"I gave this book 2 stars based on it's group-read-aloud potential for 3-5 year olds. It didn't do so good...probably one of the only books that bombed for my Early Learner Book Club class that I have been teaching for 3 years now. Sometimes I have to purchase the ELBC book without prereading and this time it came back to bite me.
First the children needed to be familiar with Skippyjon Jones to understand this book, for example I had to explain that he was a Siamese cat who thought he was a dog, a Chihuahua. (this gets explained in the first Skippyjon book but not very well in this one). Then I had to explain that Chihuahuas have their history from Mexico and that is why Skippy starts speaking in Spanish quite a bit.
Although I did not explain what the Spanish words meant I wanted to since there wasn't much context to help them. At times I wanted to point out the words that were just silly made up Spanglish words ("ito" gets added to some English words in attempt to be funny I think.) Then Eygpt culture and words are just thrown in throughout without much explanation or context to help them understand what those words/concepts meant either.
Then Skippy has a hard time understanding his friends and thinks the "underworld" is "underwear" and "peace" is "peas" and "mummy" is used in reference both to an embalmed person and Skippy's mother. The children did not pick up on these silly mistakes and were quite throughly confused and bored by the book. They did not catch most of what was supposed to be funny about the book or even learn very much about Eygpt which I believe was something the author was trying to accomplish. Maybe it would do better with the 6-9yr old crowd but I doubt it.
My personal belief is if you have to take time to "explain" parts of a picture book it isn't a very good book. It's like "explaining" jokes or telling how a magic trick is done. It defeats and often ruins the purpose of telling jokes, doing magic tricks and reading picture books to children."
"Very imaginative. I like how the author incorporates the Spanish language into these books. Skippyjon, as usual, goes into his closet and has a great adventure. This time he goes to Egypt to get peas from a mummy. Great kids book."
"This installment of the Skippyjon Jones collection may be the best of the lot. It has the most developed plot of the series, so far (Skippy goes on an adventure to ancient Egypt to find a Mummy). But like the second book, some of the story seems very random and the humor would be hard for many children to understand. And, as a literacy teacher, I just flat out don't like some of the wordplay--like having The Chimichangas call the Sphynx the Finx and adding "ito" or "o" onto the end of random words to make them sound Spanish (see my concerns about lingualism in my review of the first Skippy book).
Luckily, kids love the fun, colorful, and exaggerated pictures! And they like that Skippy's sisters play a trick on him. This is a lively read aloud even for younger audiences, even with the flaws. The pictures are intricate colored pencil and pastels."
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