Started with Sam and the Tigers again, (because seriously, so amazing)
Skippyjon Jones Snow What
Judy Chachner
ISBN: 9780803737891
Skippy dreams the story of Snow White (and other classic fairy tales) in "fractured fairy tale" fashion.
I'll be totally honest, when I realized I wasn't going to be able to give the program this time, I was relieved that I didn't have to do the Skippyjon Jones book. They're great for kids, everyone loves them, they're silly and fun and just subversive enough to be enjoyable for parents and kids, but I just don't like them that much myself. So it was nice to have at least one book this time around that I wasn't saddened to be missing.
Skippy's sisters are on a princess kick, but Skippy knows that the real story is about the hero. And who is that hero? Skippy himself, in a dream sequence that includes the seven Chihuahuas.
The Frog Prince Continued
Jon Scieszka, painted by Steve Johnson
ISBN: 0670834211
What happens AFTER the princess kisses the frog?
Scieszka is a crazy person, and all of his stories are looney tunes in the very best ways. Here we start off with the Frog Prince, who isn't too happy as a Prince, to be totally honest, and sets off into the Forest to figure out how to become Happily Ever After. Along the way he runs across as many different fairy-tale personages as can be squeezed into the plotline, and the ending has a twist ending that anyone over 12 will see a mile away.
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