Give That Back, Jack!

Cautionary Tales

by Phil Roxbee Cox

Give That Back, Jack Part of the "Cautionary Tales" series which help young children to understand and discuss key moral issues, this title features repetitive phrases and rhythmic text that encourages children to participate in the story. Full description

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Lisa]

YIKES!!!! That was not the ending I would have expected in a children's story. I actually didn't feel I had an adequate way to explain the moral of the story to Zoe.

[Cheryl]

Cute story that had me laughing, first from memories of rescuing various items from the kids then because of the ending.

[Kimberly]

This story has alot of repetition in it. It's about a boy who takes everything he wants and everyone always says give that back jack well in the end they are at the zoo an back wants to keep the snake for a pet so he crawls in an the snake eats him now everyone is saying to the snake give us jack back

[Rachel]

Oh my god!!! The end of this book!!

[Helen]

This is a brilliant book.
I liked that it shows children consequences of our actions.

[K Morlando]

A good story about not taking what isn't yours. My students enjoyed this.

[Sylvia]

Cerita dalam buku ini mengajarkan perilaku pada anak. Dengan kata-kata yang simpel dan ilustrasi yang menarik, akan sangat disuka anak. Cocok juga untuk dibacakan pada anak-anak yang lebih kecil dan belum mampu membaca sendiri. Kata-kata yang diulang dapat diucapkan bersama anak. Seru!

Jack bener-bener nakal! Apa yang ada dia ambil dan tidak pernah dikembalikan. Sejak bayi, Jack suka mengambil kerincingan bayi lain. Saat dia balita, Jack mengambil mainan teman-teman balitanya. Di sekolah, Jack mengambil pensil temannya, kue, minuman, uang, mainan, pokoknya apa yang dia suka, akan dia ambil. Dan semua bilang, "Kembalikan, Jack! Itu bukan milikmu!"

Nah, suatu hari sekolah meengadakan trip ke kebun binatang. Jack mengambil pisang milik gorila, ikan milik penguin, dan bola milik singa. Semua berteriak, "Kembalikan, Jack! Itu bukan milikmu!"

Tapi Jack berlari ke kandang reptile. Di sana dia melihat ular phyton yang sangat besar. Tidak ada orang yang akan menyuruhnya mengembalikan si ular. Jack ingin mengambilnya dan memeliharanya. Sesuatu yang mengejutkan terjadi pada Jack. Hmmmppphh! Jack.. Jack.. Nggak kapok juga ya?

[Kristin]

This is a great book for young readers because it has a lot of repetition. The line "give that back Jack!" is a regular and kids will enjoy reading it with you which gets them involved in the story. The pictures in this book also add a positive aspect because they are very bright and colorful so it catches your attention. The only problem with the book is the ending, while it does teach a lesson to not take things that aren't yours it may be a little to extreme. Overall I think this is a good story.

[Audrey]

Regardless of the tragic ending, kids LOVE this book! It's the story of a boy named Jack, who took things and never gave them back. It has great rhyme and rhythm and the characters in the book all have awesome facial expressions. I do recommend reading through it prior to introducing it to your little ones.

[Alicia]

This was great for so many reasons. Easy to read with repetition that was easy (my son's enjoyed taking turns repeating "give that back, Jack") but Jack gets his comeuppance when he is swallowed by Mac, the python at the local zoo because he wanted to take Mac back home with him.

Plus, I'm a fan of the squishy-like cover and bright illustrations.

[Siobhan O' Sullivan]

great children's book, a laugh out loud kind of story!! it help that I have a brother called Jack so the kids loved that their uncle was the main character!