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HI, JACK!

Greg Pizzoli Mac Barnett

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli, a funny early reader series about a mischievous monkey, a cranky old lady, and a loveable dog.
Meet Jack. He lives in a tree. His interests include snacks, petty theft, and lipstick graffiti. Jack also loves his friends, the Lady and a pup named Rex. He just has a funny way of showing it.

Welcome to the laugh-out-loud and offbeat world of Hi, Jack!, the first book in a new early reader series by New York Times bestselling and award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli. A perfect read-aloud with snappy, rhythmic text, this series is destined to fill the Elephant-and-Piggie-shaped hole in emerging readers' hearts.


Mac is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 24 books for children, including two Caldecott-Honor-winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, which also won the E.B White Read-Aloud Award, and Extra Yarn, which won both the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award. His picture books Leo: A Ghost Story and The Skunk, illustrated by Patrick McDonnell, were named two of the Ten Best Illustrated Books of 2015 by The New York Times. Mac writes the Brixton Brothers series of mystery novels and, with Jory John, The Terrible Two series. He lives in Berkeley.
Author Site: https://www.macbarnett.com/ Social: @macbarnett, @gregpizzoli

Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator, and screen printer. His first picture book, The Watermelon Seed, was the 2014 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. His most recent picture book, Good Night Owl, won a Geisel Honor. His picture book Tricky Vic was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2015. Greg's work has been featured in The New York Times, Communication Arts, 3x3 Magazine, and he's won two Portfolio Honor Awards from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. After college, Greg spent two years as a full-time volunteer in AmeriCORPS from 2005-2006. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, where he teaches at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. See more of his work at http://gregpizzoli.com/
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Published 2019-09-03 by Viking Children's Books

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Published 2019-09-03 by Viking Children's Books

Comments

Jack is a rule-proof bundle of bunny-eared id who does as he pleases, and therein lies his considerable charm.

Chinese (simpl.): Daylight Publishing House

Pizzoli's scruffy-edged, emotive cartoons are just as funny, and he carries the comedy into drawing lessons and closing endpapers. Yep, more lipstick is involved. Available simultaneously: Jack at Bat.

This series title will be a surefire hit with readers who love Mo Willems's Elephant & Piggie books.

The interplay between Barnett's verbal and Pizzoli's visual humor results in rollicking surprises at almost every page turn.