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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2008
Gr 1-2 A mischievous, easy-to-read comic story similar in tone and audience to "The Cat in the Hat". Jack receives a jack-in-the-box as a present. Its manically entertaining occupant, Zack, keeps its owner guessing. Fortunately, when ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2008
In this hybrid of easy reader (repetition of words and phonemes, short sentences, and an emphasis on one-syllable words), comic (storytelling through dialogue and sound effects, emphasis created by typeface, division of the page into panels), and well-made picture book (creamy paper, classy endpapers), Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit give their son Jack a jack-in-the-box. Jack is frightened by the capricious and startling appearances of Zack, the jac...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Rabbit Jack is frightened by Zack, a jack-in-the-box clown. Things get even more threatening when Zack produces another pop-up ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More