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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0763601535
ISBN-13: 9780763601539
Jun 1997
Publisher: Candlewick Pr
Grade:
From 1 to 2
Reprint
Language: English |
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Synopsis
A retelling of the misadventures of Lazy Jack who can never do anything right, but people find his mishaps so funny that they employ him anyway., Not only is Jack lazy, he is also very silly. When Jack's mother tells him its time he got a job, he goes to work helping a builder. Walking home from work that night, Jack looses all the money he earned. Next time, his mother tells him, put your wages in your pocket. Unbeknownst to her, Jack's next job is working for a dairy farmer. He gets paid in milk. Silly Jack puts the milk in his pocket and sloshes home. What will happen at Jack's next job?
| Size | | Height: | 10.3 in | | Width: | 9.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
Traditionally, the tale of Lazy Jack includes a vituperative mother who calls Jack ``stupid'' and similar endearments each time he squanders his wages. But this comic retelling is sympathetic to both Jack and his mom, here comfortably rotund and clad in apron and fuzzy pink slippers. When Jack loses the coin he has earned working for a builder, his mother says mildly, ``Oh, Jack.... You are a silly boy. You should have put it in your pocket.'' The next day, after working for a farmer, he obediently pours his earnings a jug of milk into his pocket. Each subsequent workday yields increasingly ludicrous mishaps. French (Caterpillar Caterpillar) nicely tweaks the traditional ending to show redemption on Jack's part without losing the comedic tone. The characters, rendered in muted watercolors and ink and shown both full-scale and in panels, are squat and bulbous-nosed, reminiscent of the figures in Andy Capp.With such good humor permeating both text and art, this tale suddenly seems worth retelling. Ages 4-up. (Aug.)
Bernstein
K-Gr 3 Although this classic folktale has been offered in picture-book format numerous times, French's new version deserves a place on the shelf for its language alone. Nicely told in a pure storyteller's voice, it must be read aloud. The cadence, pacing, repetition, and vocabulary flow with the story as the hapless boy works for someone new each day and carries home his payment inappropriately each time. There is no beautiful mute girl who is made to laugh at the end; rather, the merchants, including a female farmer and fishmonger, laugh so long and loud at the silly boy's antics that they all promise him a job. Ayto's ink-and-watercolor cartoonlike pictures fill the pages in a style reminiscent of Sendak's early work. Jack has his eyes closed throughout the book because, as the artist claims on the back flap, he ``...seemed to be more sleepy than lazy.'' A pleasure to read and a sure success in story hour. Beth Tegart, Oneida City Schools, NY
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