Montijo, Rhode. (2026). Skully’s Best Día Ever! Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
The latest in Rhode Montijo’s Skeletown Series. Skully is a bit of a rambunctious little skeleton dude and he, along with his little doll (although my co-worker thinks it looks like a carrot) are off to have the best día (day) ever! (though the doll has some doubts)
He goes looking for his best friend but she is in the middle of a sidewalk drawing and declines to join him. He tells her it’s her loss cuz he’s going to the Panadería!
His first brush with trouble for the day, which his doll buddy is just kind of waiting for, comes when the baker comes out and yells at him for getting too close.
Then he just kind of unintentionally caused chaos from there and I laughed out loud so I’m sharing it with you.
My favorite is when he saves the cat so triumphantly then gives it to the woman and she says…
…uhhhh this is not my cat. 🤣 Then, he decides he’s going to lucha libre.
Apparently, Skully didn’t get the memo that you can’t watch from INside the ring. Again, I laughed outloud, involuntarily. He just looks so completely oblivious. lol
The organizers were not happy, and they chased Skully out where he literally lost his head! But his best friend appeared and saved him. She shows him her idea of the perfect day/place and then they start walking home.
Skully sees the huge sidewalk mural that his friend has made and she said it’s not perfect yet. Not until she gets his image right in the middle. Awwww.
Then he goes home, and has the soup his mama made him and plays with his little brother, and spends time with his family…all the things he neglected to do so he could search for the perfect day… until he falls asleep. As they put him to bed, he decides that THIS is the perfect day.
The Skully books have vastly different likes in our catalog at work, but I, personally, liked this one. There’s some great Spanish vocabulary, a funny story, an energetic “Dennis the Menace”-like protagonist, and a lesson about appreciating what you have right in front of you.
My only regret is that they didn’t make activity sheets for it! They would have been adorable.
Recommended Ages: 3-6
