Jack at Bat
From New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Geisel Award-winning illustrator Greg Pizzoli, an uproarious early reader series about a mischievous rabbit, a cranky old lady, and a lovable dog.
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It’s up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the way to home plate he spots some snacks . . .
Welcome to the laugh-out-loud and irreverent world of Jack, a new early reader series by the New York Times bestselling and award-winning team of Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli.
Creators
Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 22 children’s books, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Just Because, The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse and Circle, as well as the Brixton Brothers mystery series. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator and screen printer from Philadelphia. His first picture book, The Watermelon Seed, was published by Disney*Hyperion Books and was the 2014 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. Greg’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Communication Arts, 3×3 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. In 2009, he received his MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he now teaches. Greg lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two unruly cats.
Reviews
This series title will be a surefire hit with readers who love Mo Willems’s Elephant & Piggie books.
School Library Journal
Barnett works wonders with a limited vocabulary, packing the stories with humor, tension—and admonishments of Jack. Pizzoli’s scruffy-edged, emotive cartoons are just as funny, and he carries the comedy into drawing lessons and closing endpapers.
Publishers Weekly, starred review
The interplay between Barnett’s verbal and Pizzoli’s visual humor results in rollicking surprises at almost every page turn.
Kirkus Reviews
Novice readers will relish [Jack’s] gleefully self-indulgent trajectory.
Bulletin of the Centre for Children's Books
