Baby Jack and Jumping Jack Rabbit

Name: Baby Jack and Jumping Jack Rabbit
ISBN: 9780826356048

by Loyd Tireman

Subject: Animals - General
Age: 3-5 years
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 48
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Size: 15.5 cm × 20.6 cm
ISBN: 9780826356048

Join Baby Jack in the first book of the Mesaland Series as he explores the desert and encounters other creatures, including a little bee, a grasshopper, and a pile of big red ants.

About the creators

Loyd TiremanAuthor

Born in Orchard, Iowa, Loyd Tireman (1896-1959) was a pioneer in bilingual and community education. In 1927 Tireman began his thirty-two-year career at the University of New Mexico as a professor of elementary education. In 1947 Tireman established a curriculum materials center, which grew into a library located at the University of New Mexico College of Education.

Ralph DouglassIllustrator

Ralph Douglass (1895-1971) was a professor in the Department of Art at the University of New Mexico.

Evelyn YrisarriContributor

Evelyn Yrisarri was a member of the National Storyteller's League of Washington, DC, and specialized in storytelling for young children.

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What reviewers said

All of the characters exude their own charm, their own cuteness, even their own cunning. . . . Those qualities will entice young readers to follow the characters in their encounters with wildlife and humans.

Albuquerque Journal

With its eye-catching artwork, stories focused on Southwestern animals and mid-century charm, these tales of woodpeckers, jackrabbits, coyotes and other creatures of the desert are sure to make a handsome addition to any child's, or adult collector's, bookshelf.

Weekly Alibi

[Douglass's] timeless illustrations for the Mesaland Series mix a pulpy comic-book flair he developed as a cartoonist with an attention to line detail and facial and body expressions that he must have developed as an oil painter.

Pasatiempo