Wicked Jack
BY CONNIE NORDHIELM WOOLDRIDGEILLUSTRATED BY WILL HILLENBRANDHOLIDAY HOUSE, GRADES 2-6
HOLIDAY HOUSE, GRADES 2-6
Living alone in the Great Dismal Swamp, Wicked Jack is visited by Saint Peter and granted three wishes that he uses to trick the Devil, so that when he dies he is refused by Heaven and Hell and originates the jack-'o-lantern legend.
Reviews
Everything in these pictures belongs to the sphere of high comedy, and readers will hoot. —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
…Jack himself is priceless, a lumbering oaf with a massive body and ridiculously delicate little feet. Hillenbrand can create figures that will provoke a laugh just by being there. All in all, a book with surefire child appeal.
—School Library Journal (Starred Review)
Hillenbrand's imaginative mixed-media paintings (with smudges of coal) have thin, robust lines, angular figures, subtle colors, and a distinctive style. —Booklist
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