Jumpy Jack & Googily
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Meet Jumpy Jack, a very nervous snail who’s afraid of monsters, and Googily, who is a–well, who is a very good friend, indeed. Wherever they go, Googily kindly checks high and low just to make sure there are no scary monsters about. But as every child knows, monsters come in many shapes and sizes. Some are even blue with hairy eyebrows and pointy teeth. Jumpy Jack & Googily is a universal story of friendship and fear of the unknown told with wit and charm by the fantastic team who created the irresistible Meet Wild Boars.
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Meg Rosoff is the author of numerous novels for adults, young adults, and children, including How I Live Now and Jonathan Unleashed, and the coauthor of Beck. She is the winner of the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Carnegie Medal. Meg Rosoff lives in London.
Sophie Blackall (www.sophieblackall.com) is the illustrator of several award-winning picture books, including Meet Wild Boars by Meg Rosoff, Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson, Big Red Lollipop (by Rukhsana Khan), and the Ivy and Bean books by Annie Barrows. Her many honors include a BCCB Blue Ribbon, Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, Society of Illustrators Founders Award, Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book, Book Sense 76 Pick, and New York Times Top Ten Picture Book. Her artwork has also appeared in murals as part of the New York City MTA’s “Arts for Transit” program. Previously she has had jobs in a shoe shop and a robot factory. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780805080667
- Publication Date
- April 29, 2008
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 16
- Reading Age
- 3 - 7 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2007007227
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 271040985
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~401L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~L
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.8
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 122393
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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