George O’Connor doesn’t have a long list of children’s books, but what he does have is top-notch. Kind of kooky, offbeat and fun. I suspect O’Connor is a bit like that himself. We had originally received O’Connor’s “Uncle Bigfoot” as a gift from our super-cool friend who works at the Field Museum. Based on the fact that I was able to stomach multiple readings of it without getting whiny (yes, these things make moms whine), I took a chance on another of this guy’s creative endeavors. Despite the fact that little Sally’s mother lets her tromp around by herself in the woods, Sally and the Some-Thing is, as Sally would say, “really something.” I get to make goofy noises like “blegh” and “blippity bloop,” while my girls giggle and repeat; Sally isn’t afraid of anything; and, without needing any hammers on the head, the book departs not one, but two messages: 1) a kind of “don’t judge the scary-looking monster by its first impression” and 2) differences can be overcome with some creative thinking. By George, I think he’s got it.