Skippyjon Jones (book)

Skippyjon Jones is the first book in the series, which was written by Judy Schachner in 2003. It won an E.B. White Read Aloud Award.

Plot
The story starts when Skippyjon Jones wakes up in a bird's nest. Mama Junebug Jones sees this and tells him to "think Siamese".

When she leaves the room, Skippyjon starts bouncing on his "Big Boy Bed." He manages to make a big bounce, and shoots past his mirror. He realizes that he was born with a huge head and ears and assumes that he must be a Chihuahua. He puts on his mask, cape, sword, and hobby horse (though the cape isn't mentioned in the book), and sings El Skippito Friskito, his alter ego's theme song.

He walks into his closet and finds a gang of Chihuahuas called Los Chimichangos, who assumes that he could be "the dog of their dreams." Skippito sneezes the secret password to entering the gang and they celebrate the upcoming victory with a fiesta.

The next morning, the Chimichangos tell Skippito their problem: a bean robbery. They explained that Alfredo Buzzito, the bandit, stole and ate every kind of bean they owned. But that time the "bandito" was coming back to eat the Chimichangos. Suddenly, Alfredo Buzzito came to eat them, and Skippito was so terrified that he thrust his sword at him. The bandit popped, and their beans came out of him. Then, they went crazy and sang for their victory.

Meanwhile, Junebug comes to the room to see the closet exploding, revealing Los Chimichangos to be bean bag Chihuahuas, and Alfredo Buzzito to be a pinata. That night, he bounced one more time, and then went to sleep.

Writing
As mentioned in the website interview, Judy Schachner's cat, Skippy, came to the litter box, and he got stung by a bee. The damage all over his head shocked Judy, and she said, "Oh, Skippyjon Jones, I'm gonna have to take you to the vet!" After that, Judy heard Spanish coming from him.