tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post8209715734798916433..comments2024-03-28T05:28:28.567-04:00Comments on Editorial Anonymous: Skippyjon Jones and the Audience ParticipationEditorial Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-15848896190115863032021-07-13T15:28:12.170-04:002021-07-13T15:28:12.170-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jacob Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16789254916564205967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-70689707077796168992020-02-25T01:57:05.168-05:002020-02-25T01:57:05.168-05:00Abstain from utilizing all tops and condensings. Y... Abstain from utilizing all tops and condensings. You need to make your message look as expert as could reasonably be expected. On the off chance that you don't maintain a strategic distance from these things, you are going to fall off appearing as though a trick and they are probably going to square you from sending any future messages. The more expert the look, the better. <a href="http://www.testluck.in/" rel="nofollow">Satta King</a> <a href="http://www.testluck.in/" rel="nofollow">Play Bazaar</a> <br />Satta Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03636099924932927245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-69417223990720187952020-02-19T01:58:23.264-05:002020-02-19T01:58:23.264-05:00Play bazaar
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I don't have a problem with the silly accents but its the fact that the main plot line seems to revolve around rice and beans and the chimichangos get all excited cause they can have their burritos - could that be MORE stereotyped. I was raised jewish and I would be horrified to find a book that encouraged kids to put on bad jewish accents, mixed oy vey in every other sentence and where the characters had to fight to get their money back. This is a cute book but it encourages stereotypes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-83930443647532147642012-02-20T11:10:11.116-05:002012-02-20T11:10:11.116-05:00"shame" on people who are concerned abou..."shame" on people who are concerned about the possibility that a book for children might reinforce negative stereotypes? shame on adults for caring about how culture might affect "little people?"<br /><br />i tell you what. let's create a series of books about, oh, let's say a chimp named step-to who speaks in a cute sort of ebonics, would that be alright? <br /><br />i think what bothers me most is that there seems to be this attitude that exists that says you cannot criticize books for children because, somehow, it over-analyzes the innocence of the childhood experience. or there's the argument that just because a book might be problematic (or offensive) to some people doesn't mean it isn't perfect for others. <br /><br />but in the end reactions to this book are like most american attitudes about discussions of race in this country: basically, if we don't talk about it, maybe it will go away. it's not a "hang up" to call out possible racism when it rears its head, any more than it is a contradiction to teach your children to respect difference in people while at the same time insisting they don't "see" color; indeed, if they don't see it, and aren't taught about those differences, how can they respect them?<br /><br />so please, go ahead and have a good laugh at the possibility that you might be laughing at the very stereotypes of people you claim to be respecting.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-4254073563698603402012-02-20T02:35:39.595-05:002012-02-20T02:35:39.595-05:00I must add to all of the comments that mention rac...I must add to all of the comments that mention racism... I mean really? Skippyjon Jones books don't teach our children racism. They have not a a clue at their innocent young age what racism is. The only way they would is if in fact it was being taught in the home.<br /> <br />My children are taught to respect others who are "quote" different in skin color, language, etc. My children don't see color. I've taught them that everyone is unique, has feelings, and to always treat others the way we want to be treated. <br /><br />My children love Skippyjon Jones at the ages of 9 and 4 and still today my 12 year old loves listening to me read to my 6 year old. Skippyjon Jones book bring so much to our home and routine that I'd like to say thank you for bringing so much love into our lives. These books have brought cheer to our day and put down my sleepy babes happy at night. <br /><br />Shame on those who feel this way... It is those who have a personal hang up about racism. Don't ruin it for the little people who love the stories and for the parents who enjoy acting the story out just to see their children's delight while doing so. <br /><br />My 6 year olds favorite quote, "You don't need a SPACE SUIT!" "You need a SPICE SUIT!!!"Nicole Fitzgeraldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-80416881772965659062012-01-02T18:52:14.564-05:002012-01-02T18:52:14.564-05:00Skippyjon Jones has some of the best use of vocabu...Skippyjon Jones has some of the best use of vocabulary for 3rd Grade that I have ever come across. The students love to hear the stories, while learning vocabulary, how to infer, predicting and digging deeper with background knowledge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-43423819578431128632011-05-22T19:04:25.177-04:002011-05-22T19:04:25.177-04:00I am a second grade teacher in San Antonio, Texas....I am a second grade teacher in San Antonio, Texas. Even as an Anglo American, the first time I read this book I was surprised by how stereotypical and borderline racist it sounded. However, my personal children as well as my students LOVE to hear the book read to them and laugh at practically every page. I have to remind myself that at such a young age, these children are not thinking about racism and stereotypes. As long as parents and teachers do their part to embrace all culture and pass that on to the children, Skippyjon will not traumatize children. College professors, on the other hand, may be the ones traumatized.Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-21582313686161397182011-02-03T23:18:41.312-05:002011-02-03T23:18:41.312-05:00My daughter brought this book to my attention beca...My daughter brought this book to my attention because she wanted to read it to me. For context, she was about four yrs. old. She had a delightful time figuring out how to read it aloud in her own manner. I'm sure Schachner does a great job reading it, but don't underestimate a child's intelligence and curiosity!Ken Hensonhttp://www.artistkenhenson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-36619496045173543592011-01-25T22:24:43.368-05:002011-01-25T22:24:43.368-05:00I love the Skippyjon stories and illustrations. Bu...I love the Skippyjon stories and illustrations. But I honestly feel like I have marbles in my mouth whenever I read them aloud to my son. It's not so much the switch from English to Spanish words, but the flow from one word into the next gets my tongue tangled.Kara Parlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06344571928319041404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-39971820111519801042011-01-16T16:35:20.342-05:002011-01-16T16:35:20.342-05:00Me too, Alicia.
I am a "White as Anglican Sn...Me too, Alicia.<br /><br />I am a "White as Anglican Snow Person", and if you wrote a book using "White as Anglican Snow Person" dialect (or some of my Southern family roots dialect) I'd be delighted if you could make it funny and poignant. <br /><br />There are no low blows here that I see.AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-47707563331615642252011-01-16T13:42:52.618-05:002011-01-16T13:42:52.618-05:00I already commented but I just wanted to add that ...I already commented but I just wanted to add that I honestly don't see the racism people are talking about in these books. <br /><br />There is nothing offensive about them. They are just fun books for kids. I think people are getting to uptight and spend a lot of time trying to see the "political correctness" in things nowadays. It's a kid's book and it's a really funny, creative and fun one. <br /><br />I was born in Venezuela, all my family is from Spain. I speak both English and Spanish, and I am very familiar with both cultures and my opinion is people might be a tad over reacting here.<br /><br />Just my two cents..Alicia Padrónhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310467713291422507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-46090724546987144812011-01-16T03:39:13.379-05:002011-01-16T03:39:13.379-05:00I love the Skippyjon Jones books and as a Hispanic...I love the Skippyjon Jones books and as a Hispanic American I've never had a problem with them. However, my sister who has a racist mother-in-law sees racism in everything, especially Skippyjon Jones. She actually got really upset when I brought these books home from the library to read to my nephew while he was visiting. He, on the other hand, enjoyed the playfulness of the story and the language. <br /><br />Even after she told me how she felt about them, I read them again and again and tried to see how it was making fun of our 'race'. I think that if the author had a Spanish surname or even a Spanish first name, people would not pull the racism card when looking at this book. And still to this day, I don't see any racism in the book. I really just see a playful use of language, something which has been done plenty of times before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-52538290126334696152011-01-15T17:44:22.344-05:002011-01-15T17:44:22.344-05:00I completely agree! I just don't "get it....I completely agree! I just don't "get it." I don't think the story is nearly as funny or as smart as it's promoted to be, yet people obviously think it's brilliant! <br /><br />Then again, the illustrations in Fancy Nancy are brilliant to me, and worth buying every book that comes out. So detailed! And wouldn't you know it...my friend the other day said, "I can't stand those Fancy Nancy books. Their illustrations are so tacky." <br /><br />So there you have it.Minnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-41197021183433857442011-01-15T09:35:56.219-05:002011-01-15T09:35:56.219-05:00Any time we approach another culture, we open the ...Any time we approach another culture, we open the door for racism. I think people could read the Skippyjon Jones books with the intent of demeaning the sounds of Spanish or they could read them with the intent of playfully celebrating them. The author cannot do a lot to control that. But by making the character who lives in that world of entangled cultural references exciting, inventive, and energetic, I think she does what she can to demonstrate her own intent. Skippyjon Jones doesn't much care to be one thing or another--not English or Spanish, a cat or a dog--he likes to be it all.<br /><br />Many of the kids who love these books grew up watching Dora and Diego on television and learned how to toss the occasional Spanish word into a short sentence. They don't find the mix of English and Spanish necessarily disconcerting.<br /><br />The books may not be perfect, but twenty-years ago we would have been hard-pressed to find mainstream picture books that included English and Spanish as a matter of course (rather than as pedagogical materials). We wouldn't have seen Scholastic placing them in their book club flyers to be made available across the country. I see them as a sign of progress--even if we haven't really arrived yet. And I would at the same time encourage people who think the books dance to close to racism to write other books that take us further on the journey. Having choices in that Scholastic flyer (and on the book store shelves) would be even better.Eilonwynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-7945600998935256862011-01-15T08:47:21.611-05:002011-01-15T08:47:21.611-05:00As an Illustrator it's the hilarious art that ...As an Illustrator it's the hilarious art that captures me first with any book and no doubt that is what attracts children to the books too.<br />I love funny. Funny art, funny writing and SJ is funny.<br />I love, love, LOVE JBJ as well although Junie B is a chapter book and more for the child who is already reading.<br />(as an adult I have every one of them in my library:)<br />I do see the points made by some about the book having a racist undertone and it may even be wrong to use a stereotypical Mexican accent while reading out loud to your child (or for a librarian to do so during story time)<br /> I'm hoping some of the authors here with a hispanic or Latino background might comment on that aspect of the book.Christine Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058419743726981987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-82126556082737736842011-01-15T07:34:02.880-05:002011-01-15T07:34:02.880-05:00To my mind, Llama Llama is best appreciated by the...To my mind, Llama Llama is best appreciated by the very young... like two and three year olds because of repetition of sounds and sentences. Also, the reference to Mama is something that those listeners identify with.<br /><br />Very young children don't have to get a meaning or story out of something. That is why they like Nursery Rhymes. ;) (Not on the level that adults do.)<br /><br />They chant them, and if we are lucky, they clap their hands with glee!AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-34340653706685062092011-01-14T17:34:03.958-05:002011-01-14T17:34:03.958-05:00I'm with Neal Pollack on this one:
http://www....I'm with Neal Pollack on this one:<br />http://www.nealpollack.com/archives/2009/04/skippyjon_racis.html<br /><br />I am biracial (half Asian and half white) and if I came across a book that forced the reader to speak in a forced "Asian" accent and added "ching" and "ling" onto the ends of words to make them sound "Asian" I would be horrified.Jerry Lewis' Wax Teethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-60081837893568114082011-01-14T17:20:04.282-05:002011-01-14T17:20:04.282-05:00Personally I think Skippyjon books are too long, t...Personally I think Skippyjon books are too long, too hard to read aloud, and very possibly racist. <br /><br />But whatever, as a bookseller who sees kids who adore the creature, I realize that my opinion is not what matters here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-66332655436914035112011-01-14T15:57:11.883-05:002011-01-14T15:57:11.883-05:00David, I have to say that I'm with you. I'...David, I have to say that I'm with you. I'm bilingual and have taught Spanish-speaking bilingual students for many years, but I just can't enjoy these books, though I know many kids (Spanish-speaking and not) who LOVE them! <br /><br />I can appreciate that others find the books to be a fun, rollicking read, but I can't read these aloud without feeling like there's a subtle element of poking fun at the way some people speak English. <br /><br />I know others don't feel this way about the books and that's fine with me and I am confident the author meant no offense by her playful use of language. It's just not a book I will read aloud to students, but they can certainly check out the books at our school library, where they're hugely popular.Dianne Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-52767376752698691842011-01-14T15:51:10.552-05:002011-01-14T15:51:10.552-05:00I don't get Skippyjon Jones. For a while I kep...I don't get Skippyjon Jones. For a while I kept trying to read one and get it because customers love these books. <br /><br />But I've stopped trying and embraced the "It's not required that I love every popular book" mantra for SkippyJon Jones <br /><br />When people ask about them I simply smile and say they're very popular. <br /><br />I also don't get the Llama Llama picture booksDorethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676911030014718403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-14828230151755221902011-01-14T10:40:12.842-05:002011-01-14T10:40:12.842-05:00My son brought these home from the library. When I...My son brought these home from the library. When I tried to read them silently ("in my head") I couldn't do it. As soon as I read them aloud, the language just rolled off my tongue and I easily fell into the rhythm of the book. He loves the books and I find the infectious rhythm enjoyable too.<br /><br />I struggle with whether the books are politically correct (I don't think they are racist--surely it's OK to celebrate another person's lanugage? I didn't feel the the author was making fun with her made-up and real Spanish words), but in general I struggle with political correctness. When my boy's a little older, I'll bring that issue up to him but for now, we use the books to encourage a love of reading and story.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231958723913885381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-46604266065037283812011-01-14T08:16:04.062-05:002011-01-14T08:16:04.062-05:00I like them well enough and my kid enjoyed them wh...I like them well enough and my kid enjoyed them when she was that age. One thing that always bothered me, though -- how come the three good little (boring) kitties) are girls, and the adventuresome, wild one is a boy?mbnoreply@blogger.com