Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The famous naughty, spunky Siamese kitten named Skippyjon Jones stars in a best-selling children's book series not only because he's just so adorable and funny, but also because he's so relatable, says the writer and lyricist of a musical stage version that is coming to Pittsburgh starting Sunday. "He's very funny and very mischievous," Kevin Del Aguila says about the title kitten. "He's always getting in trouble to the delight of his sisters and the not-so-delight of their mom. They just love to see the wacky things that he does."
Thursday, November 10, 2011
'Skippyjon Jones' uses his imagination for Mexican adventure - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The famous naughty, spunky Siamese kitten named Skippyjon Jones stars in a best-selling children's book series not only because he's just so adorable and funny, but also because he's so relatable, says the writer and lyricist of a musical stage version that is coming to Pittsburgh starting Sunday. "He's very funny and very mischievous," Kevin Del Aguila says about the title kitten. "He's always getting in trouble to the delight of his sisters and the not-so-delight of their mom. They just love to see the wacky things that he does."
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I have a little cousin who loves the Skippyjon Jones books and short stories. Based on the ones I have read with him, I think Skippyjon Jones stories are perfect to be adapted into a play. The message the play leaves for kids is good too, in addition to them learning some new words in Spansish and Spanglish. The message of learning to like what you are and what you want to be is a great one that kids should learn as soon as possible.
I agree with what will has to say about children can never be to young to begin learning who they are is something that you should be proud of. If these books were made into a play I think that it would be a great opportunity for children to be a part of a production that they can relate to at the young age where they are still forming their own thought about who they want to be, or to simply be a part of the audience. My cousin, as well, loves me to read these books with him and I know that the message of being proud to be who you want to be is getting across to him.
Entertainment that is created for children is interesting because it's not just funny and relatable stories that do well, although that's pretty much all that the kids care about (typically). People creating stories for kids have to accomplish that while also embedding messages that parents identify as important, or else the kids will probably never have access to the story at all. It also helps when the story has little grown-up jokes stashed inside also, so that the adults will willingly sit through the play, or the TV show, or the movie. Sesame Street is like this, where if you watch it now you can pick out all the parent inside jokes that the kids are oblivious to.
This story seems to embody all of these elements perfectly, and with a message as important as this, I'm glad to see that it's getting so much attention in the book world as well as the theater world.
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