I had a lot of fun reading this graphic novel. We see these two friends go to some stunning places and learn many cool facts. Each time Jackson is going through something, and these adventures help give them some much needed perspective. As this graphic novel comes to a close it feels like these adventures are far from over.

A great graphic novel, with really vivid illustrations! My ten year old loved it- and hopes to read more!

Jackson’s Wilder Adventures is a chapter book graphic novel with cool adventuress of Jackson and his imaginary friend.
This title is educational and fun and the art style is lovely.
A very cute, clean and well-themed book about eating, moving house, and animals.

I appreciate seeing the topics of moving to a new place and not wanting to eat leftovers covered, but the animal examples in the first section were super gross. Kids should love them.

The book is obviously educational, with story meaning very little - and what story elements there are, aren't really explained. I would have liked to know more about what a Thylacine is/was, for instance. Jackson immediately changes his attitude once his talking animal friend shares some information. It's the kind of book for kids that's aimed at adults, but they're the ones that make the buying decisions.

This was such a cute book. I loved the imagination of Jackson. The illustration was amazing, fun and colorful. It might be a little young for my middle school students, but would definitely recommend to the elementary level students.

This book was absolutely adorable! I love that it tackled some difficult topics for kids - picky eating and moving to a new place - in an informative way. In the first part Jackson is presented with some mystery casserole and doesn't want to try it. Irwin, his imaginary stuffed animal friend, takes him on a trip to see some of the gross things animals eat in the wild. In the second part Jackson is anxious about moving to a new home. Irwin again steps in and, in a more serious episode, shows Jackson some of the many animals that have had to relocate due to climate change and human encroachment.

The artwork is stunning, the issues are real, and it is such a fun and gentle way to expose kids to the world around them.

This was actually really super cute. The graphics were adorable. I loved learning all about the animals. It really took me by surprise. What a lovely little book!

I received an ARC of this book from PaperCutz through NetGalley in exchange for a review. This was such a fun read! Science + Environmental Care + Imagination! It also touches on a tough experience for young children, moving, and shows open communication with parents. I loved it and would absolutely purchase for our library!

This engaging graphic novel is funny and educational. The illustrations are well done. I'm looking forward to more books from this author.

let me start by saying this book has the cutest graphics ever!
the book is divided into 2 adventures and I enjoyed them both.

+ jackson's dinner adventure - the issue of this story is being a picky eater which is completely valid. (said me, a picky eater at the age of 21.)
+ jackson's moving adventure - deals with the fear of moving to a new place as a kid which can be super scary. (i had to deal with that twice before i turned 10.) but it also deals with the harsh truth about climate change and how it affects all of the different animals in our world.

this is probably one of the greatest graphic novels for kids because:
+ gives a lot of new and interesting facts
+ teaches kids about animals all over the globe
+ is super interactive with little games
+ teaches kids how to pronounce hard words

it should become a must-have for school libraries because it most certainly would be circulated a lot. hopefully, i'll be lucky enough to read other stories in the series one day.

Really cute book, just didn’t love some of the lessons. Being a picky eater is valid, and you shouldn’t need to feel bad about how birds eat their mom’s puke to be forced into eating something you don’t like. But I did enjoy the cuteness of it all and I especially enjoyed the cute little games that were added after every few pages! That part was extra fun and I wish more books did that.

Thank you so much Papercutz and NetGalley for providing me with an arc of this amazing graphic novel in exchange for my honest review!

This was so good!! I loved it so much!!! I really had the best time reading this one. Beautiful, colorful and detailed illustrations accompany a fun, cute, thoughtful, educational and heartwarming story. I am going to be rereading this one more than once! And I hereby highly recommend it to kids of any age ;) who like learning nature and animal facts and are concerned about the extinction of wild animals. The facts are told in a very easy to comprehend way while Jackson visits animal habitats around the world with his imaginary animal friend Irwin and all with a reason and a lovely result in Jackson’s real life. So there’s always a great message apart from the educational one. And after every habitat, there’s an easy fun game to enjoy.

This starts with Jackson’s father (I loved their relationship!!) making a mystery casserole with leftovers. Jackson doesn’t want to eat it so Irwin takes him to visit different animals and their habitats, leading to hilarious and slightly grose food facts, which make Jackson eat the casserole when they get back and he discovers that he loves it! And when Jackson is scared of moving, Irwin takes him to lots of places around the world again, all different habitats of wild animals who are losing more and more of their territories, their homes and again we get to learn a lot about them. Jackson still isn’t excited about moving afterwards, but he isn’t scared anymore!

I really enjoyed this quick comic. I loved how his stuffy came to life and was the one doing the teaching. I learned things I did not know and had a few laughs along the way!

This felt less like a book with an actual story than just a story setup followed by an info dump, but I think that overall this is a nice way of teaching kids about animals.

I love books like this that make science accessible to young people, and this one is so much fun. It starts out with a funny family story and then you get to follow around the world learning about interesting parts of nature, with fun puzzles and games between sections. I recommend this for schools and families, and I think adults will enjoy reading this together. Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

I have mixed reviews about this book. I was super impressed with the first section of this book titled “Jackson’s Dinner Adventure”. It was both fun and educational. I appreciated that the book did not have any bad language or potty humor like many other graphic novels. The graphics were awesome, and I loved the brain breaks for kids in the middle of the reading. This book made learning FUN!

The second section, titled “Jackson’s Moving Adventure” seemed to take a dark turn, telling young Jackson how the Painted Wolves in Africa are disappearing because their habitat is being ruined by humans, who are creating grazing land for cattle. Then they move on to Brazil where, once again, humans are ruining things for the native Hyacinth Macaw by removing palm trees to make space for grazing land for cattle. (And here I’m starting to wonder if the author is a vegan, because why else are we hating grass fed cows so much?) Then we move on to the North Pole where the arctic is being destroyed by…you guessed it, humans! Why on earth are we putting all of this on the 9 and 10 year olds reading this book? Post-covid kids don’t need another anxiety inducing book. Kids that age want action and adventure, like we saw in “Jackson’s Dinner Adventure”. More fun education, less dark drama please.

Thank you to NetGalley and Papercutz for my advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest feedback.

<i>Jackson’s Wilder Adventures</i> is brilliant!

Now this is the sort of book that I can unquestionably and excitedly recommend to kids and parents. It’s a book I’d love to have for my kids as well. Any book that addresses the very real feelings that children will experience in their day to day by relating it to an educational adventure about animals is definitely something I can get on board with.

Reading level wise, this is probably a little on the advanced side, but I loved that there was a bit of pronunciation support for the toughest of words.

I loved Jack and his stuffed Thylacine, Irwin—what an incredibly fitting name for a creature from Australia! The two different adventures they go on were fun, bright, and colorful. Even better, they offer so much to learn about different sorts of animals, their foods, and their habitats. Bonus points, honestly, for discussing the effects of climate change and how humans have contributed to a great many animals’ loss of habitat.

Dad was a pretty cool character, too. I loved his brief yet wonderful interactions with his son. It was also pretty exciting to see what could potentially be a single dad connect with his son so wonderfully.

I wholeheartedly believe this is a pretty exceptional book and hopefully the beginning of an exceptional series!