Book Spotlight of Jack the Runaway Terrier presented by North Star Editions
The Children’s Book Review
Small dog . . . Big adventure
“When the wind blows and the door opens wide, He seizes the moment and scampers outside.”
Employing the many stages of an adventure—quest, drama, return—McLean crafts a brief tale of rolling emotions. Intriguing word choices and varied verses will hold readers’ attention.
Kirkus Reviews
About the Book
Jack the Runaway Terrier
Written and Illustrated by Gill McLean
Ages 4+ | 32 Pages
Publisher: North Star Editions | ISBN-13: 9781631636981
Publisher’s Book Summary: Small dog . . . Big adventure
“When the wind blows and the door opens wide, He seizes the moment and scampers outside.”
A tale of adventure, love, and redemption about a mischievous dog who bites off more than he can chew.
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About the Author
Gill McLean was brought up in rural Lancashire, England, spending her childhood drawing, raising poultry, and exploring hills and streams. To this day, she maintains an interest in all things wiggly. Natural history became the basis upon which she developed her illustrations, which then lead to her creating characters for greeting cards and children’s books.
From illustration, Gill fell into graphic design and spent some time working with Templar Publishing as an in-house designer, making every type of children’s book from pop-ups to classics. After years spent in the wilderness (Oxford, Cambridge, Guildford, and Melbourne, Australia), she finally returned to Northern England with her Yorkshire-born husband and two daughters, moving to Richmond in 2006. Gill has written, illustrated, and designed many children’s books for publishers such as Templar, Oxford University Press, QED, Parragon, and HarperCollins. Her books have also been featured on CBeebies (BBC).
108 Comments
I love reading dog stories! The world would be a sadder place without our pets.
Books about animals are always favorites with the girls
Can’t wait to read
Oh my goodness this cover is so cute our lab used to love to go out on the boat with us and he would head right up to the front and that is where he sat. This book reminds me so much of him loving the smell of the water.
My kids love reading books about dogs and other animals.
I love the trailer.
My grandchildren love our dogs. This would be a fun book for them to read.
Sounds like a really fun story!
cute
I would like to win this book because it would be a great book for a bedtime read.
This book sounds like a really fun story for my grandson.
This book would be great for my nephew to read.
The dog looks like he’s having a blast going on his own trips and adventures. My youngest grandkids would enjoy this story with a dog riding the bow of a boat.
This sounds like is a cute, fun adventure book.
My niece would love this book as well.
the cover is so cute bet full oa laughs
The cover is so cute.
I love dogs!
This sounds like a cute story.
I’d love this book for my nephew.
For my granddaughter.
A fun story.
zay has 2 little dogs and would love more she would enjoy the book
Such a fun cover.
A good story with an adorable pup.
dogs are fun and when they learn lessons
This book sounds like a fun adventure.
For my 8 yr old granddaughter
what more could zay want but a book on dogs her favorites
I like having books around for my grand kids, I am sure they will love the book.
This book looks to be a fun adventure with an adorable dog.
I love the book trailer.
and adventure that zay would enjoy and learn from
We love a cute puppy story.
I love to read to my nephews.
Zay has a little dog that will take off in a minute if it gets a chance. she would enjoy this book
I love hardcover books.
Sounds like a wild adventure for this cute pup.
book zay would show and read to her puppys
Such an adorable book.
This book would be enjoyed by my grandson,
my great niece loves her little dog and a puppy now. She watches movies with them looks at her books…………… She loves her pups
kids and parents will love this book
I can almost see zay telling the little dog with her hands on her hip GET back here now! She has saw and heart her mommy doing that
My grandkids in Ca just got a puppy and wow they would love for their dad to read this book to them on his days. A great cover
I would love to give this to our grandkids
I would like to win this giveaway because I love new books.
Would love to win this great book.
Hi so kind my kids would love to win I have two girls that love to read to their siblings we have 4 kiddos it is the sweetest thing to watch as they read to one another, They so love dogs we have 3 Lilly, Daisy & Cooper this would be such a great read for them thanks happy spring.
today is National Dog day……… and zays mommy posted pictures of her 2 little dogs
Sounds like a fun adventure – gotta love dogs.
Love to read this cute story about the adventures of Jack the runaway terrier.
any books about dogs are fun book for zay
We had a Jack Russell named Jack! This is adorable!
How long was the writing process?
zay loves to do things with her puppys with her. She has been picking at books for her 18 months old cousin. Zay loves books and wants ever body else to
I love that this book is only 32 pages. Just enough to hold the attention of little ones.
zay loves her little dogs and she would enjoy this book and she would share with her little cousin
This is a fun book to read with my grandson.
I would love to share this book with my niece. It looks so cute!
My grandson would enjoy this book.
dogs are always fun you never know what they might get up to when you are not around
This sounds like a hilarious adventure story.
Jack sounds like my niece’s dog Buddy.