Thats A Big Book! Volume #1: Contains 13 Stories!: Volume 1
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Thats A Big Book! Volume #1: Contains 13 Stories!: Volume 1
By (Author) Sally Rippin
Illustrated by Stephanie Spartels
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
3rd January 2024
Australia
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and pe
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
Childrens / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks)
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Physical Properties
Paperback
624
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
471g
Description
Jack and his friends love to make cubbies, build Lego castles and play soccer.
Wherever there's fun to be had, Jack will be there!
From the Australian Childrens Laureate Sally Rippin comes this fantastic and beloved first chapter-book series. Every story follows Jack, a friendly, everyday kid who loves playing with his best friend, Billie. Created to help build emotional literacy, every book in the Hey Jack! series explores a particular emotion such as worry, happiness, excitement or disappointment in a relatable way for young readers. Whether its about friends, family or feelings, theres no challenge Jack cant figure out!
With more than 10 million books in print around the world, best-selling author Sally Rippin has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Every Hey Jack! book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And theres plenty of stories in the series to explore!
For more wonderful series by Australian Childrens Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Billie B Brown and School of Monsters series.
Hey Jack! Thats A Big Book includes 13 stories and loads of cool activities:
- The Crazy Cousins
- The Scary Solo
- The Winning Goal
- The Robot Blues
- The New Friend
- The Worry Monsters
- The Worst Sleepover
- The Circus Lesson
- The Bumpy Ride
- The Lost Reindeer
- The Backyard Mystery
- The Special Guest
- The Fire Truck
Author Bio
The Australian Childrens Laureate, Sally Rippin, is a best-selling and beloved author for children. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She is also the author of one book for adults, Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Dont.
Sallyloves to write stories with heart featuringcharacters that resonate with children and is passionate about literacy and access to stories. She travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers.
In 2024, Sally was named the eighth Australian Childrens Laureate, a two-year appointment to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians.
