Jack's Kite - Hardcover

Jagtenberg, Yvonne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761323856 ISBN 13: 9780761323853

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press, 2004

Synopsis

This third picture book about the indomitable Jack finds him attempting to fly a kite with little success . . . until some new friends come along to help out.

Jack, hero of Jack the Wolf and Jack's Rabbit, is spending the weekend at a campground, anxiously awaiting the arrival of his dad. He tries to fly his new kite but can't seem to get it up into the air. The family who own the campground agree to help out, with near disastrous results. Fortunately, his father comes along at just the right moment, and saves the day. Another charming story with sensational pictures by Yvonne Jagtenberg.

About this title

About the Author:

Yvonne Jagtenberg is the author and illustrator of Jack the Wolf and Jack's Rabbit, winner of a Parent's Choice Silver Honor Award. She lives in Heteren, The Netherlands, with her husband and daughter.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2 - Call this "The Curious Incident of the Kite in the Campground" or, perhaps, "Lost in Translation." Jagtenberg is at it again in this third adventure with an oddly appealing boy and, this time round, a rather motley crew of ragtag campground residents. Jack doesn't know how to fly his kite; perhaps with input from this odd assortment of people, he will have it aloft in time for his father's return from work. While the flap copy asserts that this is "a beguiling story about working with others," dense crayon coloring; a disengaged mother; blank-faced figures (one with a saw tucked under his arm); an almost-always unhappy Jack; and a pervasive, heavy dark presence (roads and rooflines, big black birds, bizarre Chernobyl-ish trees, and ominous spewing smokestacks) convey a very different feeling. And although the final spread shows a satisfied Jack, dad at his back, with his raptor-motif kite in the air, the bleak, black setting that resembles a walled institutional exercise yard is more creepy than comforting. - Kathy Krasniewicz, Perrot Library, Old Greenwich, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0761323856
• ISBN 13: 9780761323853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Jagtenberg Yvonne