A fun cartoony kind of story with extreme characters that all ties together in the end. ( )

Poor Mr. Dinglebat was in a state. He had, he told Jacob Two-Two, recently invested a good deal of money in buying Canadian military secrets, and now he was stuck with them. “No customers,” he said.

This clever children’s book by Mordecai Richler was written for his children and modeled after the same, and it was just simply a delight to read. Featuring not only Jacob Two-Two, but also I.M. Greedyguts, Miss Sour Pickle, and Perfectly Loathsome Leo Louse, this third installment of the Jacob Two-Two series made me laugh out loud at several points. I really, really enjoyed it. (It’s also a good short book for the Canadian Challenge — or if you need a ‘J’ title!)

1995, 144 pp. ( )

This book is a sequel (1995) to the very popular Jacob Two-two and the Hooded Fang. Similar wild adventures, off-beat humour and flights of imagination will appeal to young readers in grades 2 to 4. Our kids don't like this one as much as the first, but it's still an interesting read. ( )