Jack Blasts Off!

The interplay between Barnett’s verbal and Pizzoli’s visual humor results in rollicking surprises at almost every page turn. * Kirkus Reviews *
Barnett works wonders with a limited vocabulary, packing the stories with humor, tension – and admonishments of Jack. Pizzoli’s scruffy-edged, emotive cartoons are just as funny, and he carries the comedy into drawing lessons and closing endpapers. * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
This series title will be a surefire hit with readers who love Mo Willems’s Elephant & Piggie books. * School Library Journal *
Novice readers will relish [Jack’s] gleefully self-indulgent trajectory. * Bulletin of the Centre for Children’s Books *
This is a series of books written for young readers who are just venturing into the realm of longer reads, who want to read graphic novels like their older siblings but still need the support of limited vocabulary, simple plots, large text and plenty of illustrations. As well as feeling empowered to be able to read each episode independently, they will enjoy meeting the same characters again and again, learning a little more about them each time and thus being able to recall their attributes and predict both their behaviour and the storylines – which reflect their own lives. A useful addition to the library’s collection of those Stepping Stone series that help emerging readers transition into the world of more complex novels. * The Bottom Shelf *

Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 22 children’s books, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Just Because, The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse and Circle, as well as the Brixton Brothers mystery series. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator and screen printer from Philadelphia. His first picture book, The Watermelon Seed, was published by Disney*Hyperion Books and was the 2014 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. Greg’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Communication Arts, 3×3 Magazine and he’s won two Portfolio Honor Awards from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. After college, Greg spent two years as a full-time volunteer in AmeriCORPS from 2005-2006. In 2009, he received his MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he now teaches. Greg lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two unruly cats.

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