Pickering, J. (2007). Skelly the skeleton girl. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Interest Level: Ages 5 & under
Genre: Picture Book
Subjects/Themes: Halloween, Monsters, Skeletons, Dogs, Pets, Lost Items
Plot: Skelly, a cute little skeleton girl, finds a bone lying on the floor in her haunted house. She goes around asking her monstrous pets, neighbors, and friends if the bone is theirs. Then she hears a noise outside and goes to investigate. Where she finds a skeleton dog digging in her backyard looking for his bone.
Personal Thoughts: A cute and not to scary book perfect for Halloween. There's a little skeleton fish in a fish bowl with a coffin. Skelly tickles the monster under the stairs to check his funny bone. The giant spider explains that spider's don't have bones. The little skeleton dog and some of the other characters remind me of the characters in Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. The graphics present scary monsters in sweet ways. Pickering has acted as the illustrator for a number of chapter and picture books. The text is simple with Skelly describing everything she does to find the bone's owner.
Author Website: Jimmy Pickering Website
Other Books by the Author: Skelly and Femur (2009); Another Season Book Series;
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