The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

O'Connor, Jane

Ready, Set, Skip!

32 pp. | Viking | May, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-06216-4 $15.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Ann James. The narrator--an accomplished whistler, soap-bubble blower, and "champion burper--BURRRRRRRRRRP!"--states: "I can't skip. / I wish I could. / Other kids / are really good." Mom comes to the rescue, explaining to the girl that if she can hop, she can skip. Sketchy pencil-and-watercolor illustrations capture the barefoot child's near-constant activity, her sticky-out hair channeling Ramona Quimby.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2007