All is not right in the land of Mother Goose. People and things keep falling down and it is not merely coincidental. There is trouble afoot. It’s up to King Jack and his sister Princess Jill to get to the bottom of the mystery.
“With Things Are Looking Up, Jack, Dan Bar-el contributes to a long line of children’s books such as Margaret Atwood’s Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut, Eugene Trivizas’s The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, and Jon Scieszka’s The Stinky Cheeseman … . Bar-el’s story is a riveting and often hilarious romp through an imaginative landscape that will keep readers guessing about the final outcome.”
Canadian Literature – A Quarterly of Criticism and Review
“Dan Bar-el creates a fast paced story that cleverly incorporates nursery rhymes and nursery characters.”
CM Magazine, Volume X, No. 5.
“Things Are Looking Up, Jack is a paperback book written with wit. Best of 2003 List”
Resource Links, Vol. 9, No. 2
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