Stephen Savage's illustrations are bold and crisp, perfect for a ninja story! His characters are shown in mostly silhouette form against simple backgrounds completed in various shades of one color. Budding readers may delight in being able to predict some of the text and words, and all will happily rejoice when the end goal of Jack's mission is finally revealed. Though suspenseful, this isn't ever exactly scary, so children are drawn in just enough to want to see how Jack's mission will play out. Ninja make this book a blast to read aloud. In fact, McCanna's use of fast-paced rhythm and rhyme in Jack B. He's paced this perfectly for a read-aloud that builds action and suspense, with short, staccato phrases when we want Jack to move fact, and slower, longer sentences and words just when we may need to rest. ![]() McCanna's rhythm rolls off of your tongue, much as we see Jack rolling across the pages. Ninja features Jack, a ninja-in-training who is sent out on his own to complete an evening mission. Inspired by the nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble," Jack B. Ninja, by Tim McCanna and illustrated by Stephen Savage, is another recent find with a delightful surprise at the end! ![]() Do you love stories with surprise twists at the end? We do! From Chris Van Allsburg's ever-present twist of fate to the laugh-inducing surprise at the end of one of our newest favorites (Spencer's New Pet by Jessie Sima), we'll read these books over and over and over again, even once we know what to anticipate. Jack B.
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