Jack – series

Jack – series

Mac Barnett

Greg Pizzoli

Walker Books, 2025

80pp., hbk., RRP $A14.99

Meet Jack a mischievous rabbit who lives in a tree house. His interests include snacks, petty theft, and lipstick graffiti. Jack also loves his friends, especially a cranky old lady who is just known as “the Lady” , and a lovable dog called Rex, but he just has a funny way of showing it sometimes…

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.