Jack's Rabbit: (Single Titles (Hardcover))

Jack is trying to draw his rabbit, but his pet will not cooperate. It bolts--out of the window, down the street, and on to the beach. Will the rabbit return? Here is another wry and touching look at preschool life from the author/illustrator of the "offbeat, humorously understated" "(Horn Book")" Jack the Wolf."

About the Author :
Yvonne Jagtenberg livesi n Heteren, The Netherlands, with her husband and daughter. Jack appears in two more books, "Jack the Wolf "and" Jack's Kite."

Review :
Publishers Weekly Yvonne Jagtenberg follows up Jack the Wolf with Jack's Rabbit. Here, Jack attempts to have his rabbit sit still for a portrait, but when the rabbit bounds out the window, Jack is crestfallen. Lucky for Jack, he eventually discovers the rabbit, who by now is very tired-making Jack's second attempt at portraiture a success. Jagtenberg's bold compositions mimic a child's artistry. Booklist "When Jack's not at school he likes to draw." Jack's rabbit, however, is not in a mood to pose and leaps out the open window just as Jack is poised with his best crayon. Jack goes out after him, looking behind trees, in the pet shop, on the street, the park, and the beach. Finally Jack is tired, and the rabbit's tired, so he's found and Jack carries him home and gets to draw the now-sleeping bunny. The language is simple and direct, and the art a winning combination of geometric and architectural spaces and figures that look as though a child had indeed drawn them. The man painting on the beach, where the water and shoreline on his easel coincide with the beach itself, is a good example of the modest and offbeat humor of the pictures. A low-key approach to life as a kid from the author of Jack the Wolf (2002). School Library Journal Having survived his first day of school in Jack the Wolf (Roaring Brook, 2002), the child now faces a problem at home. He loves to draw, but his rabbit refuses to serve as a model and escapes through an open window. Jack searches for his pet all afternoon, wandering from his backyard through town and to the beach. There, he receives some advice from a painter trying to capture the sea on his canvas: "Rabbits do as they like- just like the sea." Jack heads home after locating the animal in a heap of sand, and the exhausted animal follows, and falls asleep, thus remaining still while Jack draws him. Some of the boy's classmates reappear in this episode, which has the slightly surreal feeling of Jagtenberg's first book. The primitive quality of the drawings of landscapes and people, and the blank white interiors of buildings create a dreamlike sense that is enhanced by the rabbit's huge size. There is something oddly appealing in Jack's search and his realization of the difficulties of translating subject into art. His adventures are worth sharing. Publishers Weekly Yvonne Jagtenberg follows up Jack the Wolf with Jack's Rabbit. Here, Jack attempts to have his rabbit sit still for a portrait, but when the rabbit bounds out the window, Jack is crestfallen. Lucky for Jack, he eventually discovers the rabbit, who by now is very tired-making Jack's second attempt at portraiture a success. Jagtenberg's bold compositions mimic a child's artistry. Booklist  "When Jack's not at school he likes to draw." Jack's rabbit, however, is not in a mood to pose and leaps out the open window just as Jack is poised with his best crayon. Jack goes out after him, looking behind trees, in the pet shop, on the street, the park, and the beach. Finally Jack is tired, and the rabbit's tired, so he's found and Jack carries him home and gets to draw the now-sleeping bunny. The language is simple and direct, and the art a winning combination of geometric and architectural spaces and figures that look as though a child had indeed drawn them. The