Jack Blasts Off (Jack Book #2)

by Mac Barnett (Author) Greg Pizzoli (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Jack Book

When the Lady is mad at Jack, she decides to send him and Rex on a one-way trip to outer space. While she enjoys some rare peace and quiet, Jack and Rex get into trouble, resulting in their exile to the dark side of the moon.

After an alien chase and some snacks, Jack and Rex get blasted home to Earth. But will the Lady take naughty Jack back?

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Pizzoli’s very simple, brightly colored cartoon figures (capped by a drawing lesson at the end) play nicely with Barnett’s pithy narrative.

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Mac Barnett
Mac Barnett is the author of several books for children, including Caldecott Honor Books Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, both illustrated by Jon Klassen; President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen; Leo: A Ghost Story, illustrated by Christian Robinson; and the Terrible Two series, cowritten with Jory John and illustrated by Kevin Cornell. Mac Barnett lives in California.

Isabelle Arsenault is the creator of Alpha and the illustrator of several other picture books, including Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year; Captain Rosalie by Timothée de Fombelle; and Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky. Isabelle Arsenault lives in Montreal.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593113851
Lexile Measure
280
Guided Reading Level
I
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 03, 2019
Series
Jack Book
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002210 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Rabbits
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
Library of Congress categories
Behavior
Rabbits
Dogs
Moon
Conduct of life
Interplanetary voyages

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