The Great Bean Caper

Skippyjon Jones

by Judy Schachner

El Bumblebeeto has stolen Los Chimichango's frijoles, and it's up to Skippyjon to get them back! Read along as Skippyjon saves the day in this funny All Aboard Picture Reader.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Animals, Humor

32 pages, Paperback

First published May 14, 2009

About the author

Judith Byron "Judy" Schachner is an American children's writer and illustrator. Her works include the Skippyjon Jones series. Schachner lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bob, and a dog and her two Siamese cats.

Reviews

[Francie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adrienne, Oliver found this book in his Scholastic club order forms from school & was tickled to be able to purchase it with his coupons! The book comes with little flashcards to be cut out of the book. He doesn't need the flashcards for his reading of English... but if he wants to cut them out, I would be game, as it would be extra incentive to practice Spanish. Each flash card has both the English and Spanish word for the picture on the reverse side from the story! I've seen other Scholastic books in this format (with the cut-out-by-yourself flash cards) but not with both languages!
:) Que hondo -- translates to How Cool!

[Alysa Farrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable adventure of Skippy Jon Jones an adventurous little Siamese kitten!

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I checked this book out from my library for this year's banned/challenged book week. It is a beginner reader book and I didn't see any problem or reason why it would be banned or challenged. It's a great way for kids to learn reading and learn Spanish words. Why not have the Chihuahua pretend to solve the mystery of where the beans went. All kids pretend to be something they aren't. Let them have fun. I thought it was pretty cute and I loved the illustrations.

It was banned/challenged because of its portrayal of Mexican culture.

[Mackenzie · Rating 2 out of 5]

As I have said about other Skippy John Jones books, I just find them insanely hard to follow and as a teacher-- to read. The kids often times end up having to ask comprehension questions because the text often times is in and out of Spanish, and all of the character's names are long and often times a tongue twister. I just believe the text is far too busy to comprehend. I admire that there is Spanish throughout these books, I just think they need to be simplified for reading purposes.

[Slayermel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was not a fan of this book. My daughter brought it home from her school library.
Between the pictures in place of words in the story and the spanish, it felt very Dora like to me.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our girls love the books in the Skippyjon Jones series by Judy Schachner. With a short and simple narrative sprinkled with rebus pictures and colorful illustrations on the pages opposite the text, this book is a fun book to read aloud. It has a few words that might be difficult for younger readers, but it's a great book to read with a parent.

[Kirsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is cute little step reader that replaces some of the text with pictures. The story is quick moving and fun, but I am not sure about mixing the Spanish in with the picture-text and regular text...On one hand the Spanish might be fun sounding if the story is read to the younger reader. But adversely, the Spanish word could be confusing. Or frustrating if the reader is attempting the book on his/her own

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Both of my children, ages 2 and 5, love this book. The rebuses are easily identifiable so they were both able to help me read the book the first time through. The story is cute enough to get me to read it with them several times in one day.

[Milo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun book. I don't keep going back to it the way I do some books. I like the funny language. When I am walking around the house Mama can hear me say things like, "holy frijoles" and "Skippito... (whatever rhymes with skippito).

"I would tell kids to read it."

[Christie Rice · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun picture reader book about another adventure with Skippyjon Jones.

[Ian]

Airplane read.

[Kimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the illustrations in this book. It was a cute imaginative story. This is a picture reader, which means some of the words in the story are replaced with pictures.

[Heather Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great

[Hope L. Justice · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fun and I think as a picture reader, it would be fun for kids too!

[Ashley Aolani Salisbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious