Jumpy Jack & Googily
Irony reigns in this droll story as a trepidatious green snail named Jumpy Jack consults his frightful-looking blue buddy. As in Meet Wild Boars , Rosoff and Blackall make a waggish team in the Laurie Keller mold, with Rosoff comically understating the obvious and Blackall providing visual punch lines. For all Jumpy Jack’s naïveté and Googily’s weirdness, they make a winsome pair.–Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Mistaken monsters is a picture-book subgenre all its own, but the considerable talents of Rosoff and Blackall elevate this from the rest. –Booklist
The illustrations are filled with whimsical details, from Googily’s dapper wardrobe to the characters’ matching dolls. The calm, slightly muted palette, along with the friendly expressiveness of the protagonists’ faces, sends the subtle message that there is truly nothing here to fear.–School Library Journal Starred Review