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Skippyjon Jones Quotes
Seven of the best book quotes from Skippyjon Jones
01
“My ears are too beeg for my head. My head ees to beeg for my body. I am not a Siamese cat... I am a Chihuahua!”
Judy Schachner
author
Skippyjon Jones
book
Skippyjon
character
imagination
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pretending
ᐧ
adventures
concepts
02
“My name is Skippito Friskito. I fear not a single bandito. My manners are mellow, I’m sweet like the jell-o, I get the job done, yes indeed-o.”
Judy Schachner
author
Skippyjon Jones
book
Skippyjon
character
no fear
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adventures
ᐧ
pretending
concepts
03
“With a walk into his closet, his thoughts took him down a lonesome desert road, far, far away in old Mexico....”
Judy Schachner
author
Skippyjon Jones
book
Skippyjon
character
pretending
ᐧ
thoughts
ᐧ
road
concepts
04
″ ‘Yo quiero frijoles-’ ‘huh?’ asked Skippito? ‘The dude just wants his beans back,’ said Poquito Tito. ‘And you are the dog for the job.’ ‘Me?’ asked Skippito.”
Judy Schachner
author
Skippyjon Jones
book
Poquito Tito
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Skippyjon
characters
adventurous
ᐧ
pretend
ᐧ
jobs
concepts
05
“If anybody could survive on the loose, it would be this kid who showed up from Hollidaysburg. Who slept on floors. Who outran dogs.”
Judy Schachner
author
Skippyjon Jones
book
Jeffrey Lionel Magee
ᐧ
Amanda Beale
characters
survival
ᐧ
abandoned
ᐧ
freedom
ᐧ
kids
concepts
06
“Hola, muchachitas,” he said in a muy, muy soft voice.
Judy Schachner
author
Skippyjon Jones
book
Skippyjon
character
speaking softly
ᐧ
hello
ᐧ
disobeying rules
ᐧ
guilty
concepts
07
“No self-respecting cat ever slept with a flock of birds,” she scolded. “Or ate worms, or flew, or did his laundry in Mrs. Doohiggy’s birdbath.”
Judy Schachner
author
Skippyjon Jones
book
Mama Junebug Jones
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Skippyjon
characters
birds
ᐧ
cats
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give a lecture
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self-respect
ᐧ
worms
concepts
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Skippyjon
imagination
pretending
adventures
no fear
thoughts
road
adventurous
pretend
jobs
Poquito Tito
Jeffrey Lionel Magee
survival
abandoned
Amanda Beale
freedom
kids
speaking softly
hello
disobeying rules
guilty
Mama Junebug Jones
birds
cats
give a lecture
self-respect
worms
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