Jo Jo Makoons The Super Scary Sleepover
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Jo Jo Makoons The Super Scary Sleepover
By (Author) Dawn Quigley
Illustrated by Tara Audibert
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
1st January 2026
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks)
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Physical Properties
Hardback
96
Description
Theres no brave without afraid! Jo Jo is back to face her fears, in her own special way, in the fifth book in the belovedJo Jo Makoonschapter book series.
Spunky Ojibwe first-grader Jo Jo Makoons knows a lot about bravery and boldness. Her cat, Mimi, is very brave when she tries new foods, and Teacher is very bold when he wears his ugly ties to school.
When Jo Jo is invited to her very first friend sleepover, its her turn to be courageous! Only shes not quite sure how. Especially when scary puppets and dolls hide around every corner...
Full of spooky fun and after-school mischief,Jo Jo Makoonscelebrates an Ojibwe girl with a big heart who finds her courage through the people she loves.
The first book in the acclaimed Jo Jo Makoons series was an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book; a best book of the year from Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, American Indians in Children's Literature, and the Chicago Public Library; a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book; and a Cooperative Children's Book Center CCBC Choices selection.
Author Bio
Dawn Quigley is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota. The first three books in the Jo Jo Makoons series as well as her debut YA novel, Apple in the Middle, were awarded American Indian Youth Literature Award Honors. She is a PhD education university faculty member and a former K-12 reading and English teacher as well as an Indian Education program codirector. You can find her online at dawnquigley.com. Tara Audibert is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, cartoonist, animator, and podcaster. She owns and runs Moxy Fox Studio, where she creates her award-winning works, including the animated short film The Importance of Dreaming, comics This Place: 150 Years Retold and Lost Innocence, and "Nitap: Legends of the First Nations," an animated storytelling app. She is of Wolastoqey/French heritage and resides in Sunny Corner, New Brunswick, Canada. You can find her online at moxyfox.ca.
