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


My pack and Our Den Hi! Hi there! Hello! Hi, Friend!! I am Jack! Look at me! Here I am. I like you. Do you like me? I am JACK. BIG DOG JACK!! Hi! Can I smell your ... ?

Oh. Sorry.

I am Jack, old-fashioned yellow Labrador. I am very Thick. I am very very Thick. It's good to be Thick. WAG TAIL. Pant. Get patted. Thick means Good.

I have a big Pack, very big Pack, all different kinds of dog.

One kind of dog - standing-up-on-back-legs-type smell-of-ape dog with no fur, no tail. Some big, some little. Apedogs.

Other kind of dog - normal-walking-type dog with fur, hidden claws.

And me.

Here is my Pack