Kids into Books: I Jack by Jack Perry

As told to Patricia Finney

Illustrator: Peter Bailey

Publisher: Random House, $14.95

Age group: 8-11 years


Front paw. Biggest standing-up apedog is Master and Packleader. He is very very Big (bigger than you). He has a big deep bark. He has a big belly, lots of dark fur on face (not much on head). He makes things with his clever paws in his little wooden den: sometimes he makes lines on paper with burnt sticks, or he puts lots of different-smelling slime on bits of paper, he makes huge things out of wet earth.

I get much whacking when I eat paper-with-smears even though the smell is so interesting. But whatever he does is Good because he is my Packleader and also Tom Stopes, also Dad. He is the biggest apedog. I love him HUGE AMOUNTS. More than steak, even.