Jack and the Snackstalk

Reviewed by: Melissa Madigan - Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 30, 2016

Review

When I saw the author was Noah Jones I was very excited because I've had Noah to my library to do a program with my 3rd & 4th grade after school kids. He was a great hit. He is now writing and illustrating this new early reader series called Branches published by Scholastic. The stories take well known fairytales and rewrite them with a bit of zany antics and silliness. While the plot line is easy to follow - especially if you know the fairytale already - the text of the story can be a bit hard to follow for the beginning reader because it is a mix of graphic novel style language boxes and regular text. I do think the kids will enjoy the stories and they will be great way to practice their reading skills.

Overall Book Score: good