Skinny Minnie

About the Book

Skinny Minnie Mayver has a skinny family—but no one is as skinny as Minnie! Skinny Minnie has a skinny mom, a skinny dad, a skinny sister, and a not-so-skinny brother, but she’s the skinniest one of them all. And everybody in her family always asks her, “Skinny Minnie, how do you stay so skinny?” But she always says, “I don’t know. I’m just skinny!”

On her birthday, Skinny Minnie likes to go to lunch with her aunt Helen. She always eats a whole Reuben sandwich; a big plate of salty, not-so-skinny fries piled high; two pickle spears; and a thick chocolate shake. But Skinny Minnie always stays so skinny!

Skinny Minnie likes to swim on warm days and zoom around in her skates. Sometimes she hikes on the trails in the woods with her family. She likes to challenge the other kids in her neighborhood to run races, and she usually wins. But everybody always asks her, “Skinny Minnie, how do you stay so skinny?” And she always says, “I don’t know; I’m just skinny!”

About the Author

Nancy Schauf Lapp has been writing children’s literature since high school and is often inspired by her childhood memories of growing up with eight siblings. She received an art degree from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and has also completed coursework in writing and illustrating at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her husband, Eric, and their three boys.