Jack and the Night Visitors

Title: Jack and the Night Visitors

Author: Pat Schories

Age: Primary

Summary: This is a wordless book about a boy named jack and his alien encounter. We see the boy, jack who is in bed at night is visited by little alien robots. The robots come in through the window and Jack is extremely fascinated by the creatures. The creatures all escape however Jack captures one and keeps him in a jar. In the end the robot escapes and Jack is left looking out his window once again.

I love this story becuase it is wordless and I have never really experienced a book like this before. The illistrations are so captivating. The reader cannot help but study each individual scene as if they are reading the pictures. The story and the pictures capture so much suspense that even a young reader could understand. Along with Jack as one of the main characters is Jack's dog. I love this addition to the story becuase we watch as not only Jack is intrigued by these small invaders, but his trusty companion is also. This story would be great in a classroom where the teaching is working on writing stories. This would be a great class activity. The teacher could set up the premis by showing the kids the book in absolute silence. The teacher could then have the students do a quick write for about 5 minuets on the setting, characters, and plotline of the story. After this the teacher could have the students work on a project where they write a detailed story. This assignment could become interesting. The teacher could use it to teacher different lessons such as: perspective (have the students write from Jack's point of view, the dog's point of view, the captured robots point of view) dialogue (the students must use only dialogue in their story), or a focus on beginning middle and end (the teacher could have the students write out an introduction first then a conclusion and finally write the core, the middle, of the story. I love this book becuase of the vast uses it could have in a classroom, not to mention the pure fun the book has to offer.