This Is the Glade Where Jack Lives: Or How a Unicorn Saved the Day

by Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis

Overview

This unicorn-friendly twist on “This Is the House that Jack Built” will charm readers young and old

This is Jack, all sparkly and white, whose magical horn shimmers bright, day and night.
Inspired by the beloved rhyme “This Is the House that Jack Built,” this is the whimsical tale of Jack the unicorn and the magical glade where he lives! Full of fantastic creatures from fairies and mermaids to gnomes and trolls—even a dragon—this sweet and silly book is a wonderful read-aloud for creatures big and small.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419738500
Publisher:	Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	01/26/2021
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis is the author and illustrator of Ten Creepy Monsters and the illustrator of the bestselling Twelve Days of Kindergarten series. She lives in Cape Neddick, Maine.

Editorial Reviews

2020-11-18
Take a deep breath, practice your pronunciation, and cruise through cumulative chaos in the glade.

Instead of building a house, this Jack lives in a glade, and what a tumultuous glade it is. Fairies bring a cake to a gnome that lives in the tree in the glade, but, in cascading action, an imp steals the cake, a mermaid trips the imp, a faun jostles the mermaid, a troll startles the faun, and goblins rush the troll. Just when it seems the long cumulative verse can’t possibly get any longer and the chaos reaches its peak, a dragon enters the scene. Grumpy from a bad day and an interrupted nap, she swoops through the glade with fire and smoke, startling all the woodland creatures and unwinding all the action. The creatures are stunned until Jack, the unicorn hero, at last takes center stage. He is “all sparkly and bright,” and his “magical horn shimmers / both day and night.” With a kiss to the dragon, “who swoons with delight,” Jack starts a new cascade of hugs and kisses that restores neighborly love and results in a happy gathering to share the cake. Richly colored and really goofy cartoons highlight the fast action and capture the changing emotions of the woodland creatures as the chain reaction of interactions proceeds. Periodic end rhyme adds to the fun and anchors the text as an aid to reading. (This book was reviewed digitally with 9-by-18-inch double-page spreads reviewed at 40.8% of actual size.)

A traditional story form with several twists, ideal for reading aloud and acting out. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews