Synopses & Reviews
“[The] artwork will appeal to a broad range of lower-level readers. True to its comic-strip roots…this title is a surefire hit.” – School Library Journal
Jack just got a new toy, and it’s full of surprises. Each time the box pops open, there’s a new and bigger surprise. Is it a silly toy, a scary toy…or something else entirely?
With a limited vocabulary and unlimited imagination, Art Spiegelman applies his out-of-the-box thinking to a book that has all the surprise and bounce of a jack-in-the-box.
Review
"Balancing the aesthetic of comics with the familiarity of picture books, and even harkening back to Dr. Seuss, Spiegelman has produced a polished and fun story following a young bunny s struggle with his new jack-in-the-box." Horn Book
Review
"True to its comic-strip roots, without the clutter that some children have a hard time reading, this title is a surefire hit." Sarah Provence, School Library Journal
Review
"Framed in one or two sequential panels per page done in flat colors, simple shapes and with an all-dialogue text in balloons, the episode looks like a comic for brand new readers. There's a lot going on beneath the surface, though, and this may have some therapeutic value for older children too." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Jack's parents gave him a new toy and he can't believe how silly it is! Sometimes it's funny and other times it's scary. Sometimes it talks to him and other times it hides. At first, Jack loves all the surprises that his toy can offer, but after a while he starts to think his toy is a little too silly in fact, it's gone out of control!
Synopsis
Jack just got a new toy. Is it a silly toy, a scary toy... or something else entirely?
Synopsis
Jack just got a new toy, and itand#8217;s full of surprises. Each time the box pops open, thereand#8217;s a new and bigger surprise. Is it a silly toy, a scary toy... or something else entirely?
About the Author
Art Spiegelman is best known for his masterful two-volume Holocaust narrative, Maus, which in 1992 won a Pulitzer Prize. Born in Stockholm in 1948, Spiegelman rejected his parents' aspirations for him to become a dentist and he began to study cartooning in high school and drawing professionally at age 16. In 2005, he was named one of Time magazineand#8217;s 100 Most Influential People. He was made a Chevalier de land#8217;Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 2005 andand#151;the American equivalentand#151;played himself on an episode of and#147;The Simpsonsand#8221; in 2008. He has published Meta Maus, a companion to The Complete Maus, which was awarded the National Jewish Book Award. In 2011, Art Spiegelman won the Grand Prix at the Angouland#234;me International Comics Festival. His next book, CO-MIX: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps, will be published by Drawn and Quarterly in September 2013. He lives in New York City, with his wife and collaborator, Franand#231;oise Mouly, TOON Books' Editorial Director.