Skinnybones

$6.99 US
RH Childrens Books | Yearling
On sale Aug 31, 2011 | 9780307797100
Age 8-12 years
Reading Level: Lexile 590L | Fountas & Pinnell P
Sales rights: World
If you thought Junie B. Jones was FUNNY—catch more laughs from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Park with Skinnybones! Just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I Funny, Skinnybones has been a kid and teacher favorite for almost thirty years and has sold over 1 MILLION copies!
 
Play ball??? Alex Frankovitch is the smallest, second-worst kid on his team. But he has a MAJOR-LEAGUE-sized mouth. And it gets him into MAJOR-LEAGUE trouble! Even Alex knows he’s gone too far when he brags his way into a pitching contest with T.J. Stoner, the best player—and BIGGEST jerk—in the whole school (and maybe the whole world!). Can Alex talk his way out this mess? Or is he in for the GRAND SLAM of all humiliations? Find out in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Junie B. Jones!
 
“Park is one of the funniest writers around. Skinnybones equals tickled funnybones.” —Booklist
 
“Hilarious! Even if you don’t know center field from first base this story will keep you laughing.” —Children’s Book Review Service
 
“Park writes…in a way that touches reality, but makes the reader double over with laughter.” —Chicago Sun-Times
  • WINNER | 1987
    Utah Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1986
    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
  • WINNER | 1986
    Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award
  • WINNER | 1985
    Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
  • WINNER | 1984
    Georgia Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1984
    Texas Bluebonnet Master List
  • WINNER | 1982
    Utah Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Texas Bluebonnet Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Georgia Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Tennessee Children's Choice Book Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
"Barbara Park is one of the funniest writers around"-Booklist

About

If you thought Junie B. Jones was FUNNY—catch more laughs from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Park with Skinnybones! Just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I Funny, Skinnybones has been a kid and teacher favorite for almost thirty years and has sold over 1 MILLION copies!
 
Play ball??? Alex Frankovitch is the smallest, second-worst kid on his team. But he has a MAJOR-LEAGUE-sized mouth. And it gets him into MAJOR-LEAGUE trouble! Even Alex knows he’s gone too far when he brags his way into a pitching contest with T.J. Stoner, the best player—and BIGGEST jerk—in the whole school (and maybe the whole world!). Can Alex talk his way out this mess? Or is he in for the GRAND SLAM of all humiliations? Find out in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Junie B. Jones!
 
“Park is one of the funniest writers around. Skinnybones equals tickled funnybones.” —Booklist
 
“Hilarious! Even if you don’t know center field from first base this story will keep you laughing.” —Children’s Book Review Service
 
“Park writes…in a way that touches reality, but makes the reader double over with laughter.” —Chicago Sun-Times

Awards

  • WINNER | 1987
    Utah Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1986
    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
  • WINNER | 1986
    Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award
  • WINNER | 1985
    Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
  • WINNER | 1984
    Georgia Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1984
    Texas Bluebonnet Master List
  • WINNER | 1982
    Utah Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Texas Bluebonnet Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Georgia Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Tennessee Children's Choice Book Award
  • WINNER | 1982
    Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award

Praise

"Barbara Park is one of the funniest writers around"-Booklist