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School Library Journal
Starred Review on September 1, 2011
PreS-K—"Jack, Zack, and Casper were making a den—a mighty great fort for King Jack and his men." So begins this delicious tale of three adventurous youngsters whose day is filled with constructing a castle (construction box, trash bags, and a ragged quilt) and battling dragons and beasts in an imaginary forest. When evening arrives, Zack and Casper are scooped up se...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
Two preschoolers and a toddler build a cardboard-box fortress in the backyard and protect it from dragons and beasts until darkness falls and their parents come to take them home. From this simple premise of imaginative play, Bently and Oxenbury create a classically sweet picture book. Bently's unforced rhyming couplets swing along, and Oxenbury, in gentle watercolo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
In this classically sweet picture book, two preschoolers and a toddler build a cardboard-box fortress and protect it from dragons...Log In or Sign Up to Read More