FICTION

Crackerjack Jack

by Bowman WILKER
illus. by Marie-Ève Tremblay. 24p. Owlkids. Mar. 2018. Tr $16.95. ISBN 9781771472449.
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K-Gr 2—Jack is an expert thief, but when he uncovers a safe he can't crack, he smuggles in a cracker-loving duck to blow up the safe for him. Duck manages to open the safe, but Jack ends up with more than he bargained for. This book is short and simple with a pretty silly conceit to drive it, but the rhyming meter is a bit all over the place; it feels like an old jump rope rhyme that has to frantically pick up the tempo in parts to get to the next stanza. This gives the words a fun energy, but fledgling readers will be tripping over themselves due to that choice. Tremblay's illustrations are bright and colorful; cartoonish characters with minimal background give the piece a Bob Staake-feel.
VERDICT A fun addition for larger collections.
Reviewed by Peter Blenski, Greenfield Public Library, WI , Mar 01, 2018

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