The newest chapter book by two of the heavyweights in kid's books! J, as in Jerry Craft, author and illustrator of the New Kid series as well as The Offenders series. K, as in Kwame Alexander, author of award-winning book The Crossover (one of my favorite books ever!), Undefeated, The Door of No Return, and many others. J vs. K pits these two awesome artists against each other as 5th graders, competing for first prize in their school's Storytelling Contest (which no one below the 7th grade has ever won)!
The writing is very fun and full of word references and puns that will make you laugh out loud! The art is wonderful Jerry Craft artwork, which he uses so well to help tell the story. If you are a fan of either (or both) of these artists, I think you'll find this book to be pretty clever and quite fun. Even if you are not a fan (yet), you're sure to enjoy this book for it's frivolity (yep, as Kwame says in the book, look it up!). It's light, pretty fast to read, loosely along the lines of a Wimpy Kid or Dork Diaries book, especially in how it looks and is put together, and reminded me also of James Patterson's I Funny series. Not my favorite book by either of these folks, but it was fun to read! 4 paws!
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