Jack
  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780399161544
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $29.99

Jack

Formats & editions
Hardback
19 Nov 2014
EBook
16 Sep 2014
Buy from…
Amazon Booktopia Dymocks QBD Readings Your Bookstore Abbeys Boomerang Find local retailers Find local retailers Collins Fishpond Gleebooks Harry Hartog Kinokuniya Robinsons The Nile Mighty Ape

Tomie dePaola's colorful tale of a boy's quest to find a new home features a menagerie of animal friends and sounds, sure to delight young readers.

Beloved author-illustrator Tomie dePaola’s take on traditional “Jack tales”—in which a young hero ventures out to seek his fortune and gains it through luck or pluck—is perfect for preschoolers. His hero’s reward is a wealth of animal friends who increase in number—and volume—as the story progresses. When Jack sets out to see the world and find a place of his own, he’s surprised to attract a following of enthusiastic animal friends eager to join him on his quest. Jack and his entourage all have high hopes that they will find just what they are looking for as they travel on their merry way. Children will delight in the cumulative chorus of animal sounds as the pages get more and more crowded with the residents of this delightful kingdom.
  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780399161544
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

Also by Tomie dePaola

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books 1-4
The Little Engine That Could
My First Thanksgiving
Who Is (Your Name Here)?: The Story of My Life
Coat of Many Colors
Who Was Milton Bradley?
The Night Before Class Picture Day
See all

Praise for Jack



Tomie dePaola is the acclaimed author and/or illustrator of more than 200 books for children. He received the 2012 Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Society of Illustrators, and he is the recipient of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, given for a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature. He has also received the Newbery Honor Award for 26 Fairmount Avenue and the Caldecott Honor Award for Strega Nona. He was awarded the Smithson Medal (from the Smithsonian) and the Regina Medal (from the Catholic Library Association), and was designated a "living treasure" by the state of New Hampshire. His Brava, Strega Nona, Strega Nona's Harvest, and Strega Nona's Gift were all New York Times bestsellers. He is the first author known primarily for children's book writing to be awarded the Sarah Josepha Hale award, a prestigious distinction in writing by a New Englander.

* "A wryly funny story of love and entitlement, with all the homey charm that dePaola's fans expect and love."--Publishers Weekly, starred review for Strega Nona Does It Again

penguin pop image
penguin pop image