Ler maisĬHRISTMAS EVE WAS JACK’S favorite day of the year. At some point, I hope to read the related fantasy novels that Joyce has written, featuring these "Guardians of Childhood." In the meantime, I'm glad to have read the picture-books, which I recommend to all young children who enjoy fantasy, fairy-tales, and beautifully-illustrated picture-books. The story was engaging, and offers an interesting follow-up to the earlier tales. My favorite scene was the one in which Jack sails through a starry night, past the bright moon - a deeply dramatic scene. Whatever the case may be, I loved the illustrations. It would appear that Joyce had a little help here, as a second illustrator - Andrew Theophilopoulos - is credited on the title-page. Terribly alone and lonely, he was consumed by cold, until reminded by the now-grown Man in the Moon of the joy that helping and protecting others can bring.As with its predecessors, Jack Frost is an absolute delight, visually speaking! The artwork is simply gorgeous, with a bold, deep color palette, and plenty of magical scenes to grab the reader's attention. But then one day, while defending MiM from Pitch, the terrible Nightmare King, he fell to Earth and was surrounded by snow and frost. Once a guardian to the young Man in the Moon, AKA MiM, Jack was known as Nighlight. It’s a battle of superlatives-the worse fighting the greatest, but where, oh where, is Jack? Ler maisĪuthor/artist William Joyce sets out the story of Jack Frost in this third picture-book in his The Guardians of Childhood series, following upon The Man in the Moon and The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie.
Jack’s story, however, isn’t the only one to be reopened an old enemy whose chapter we thought closed will reappear and with him bring a darkness and destruction that will test the Guardians like never before. But for Jack to fully understand this secret, he must revisit his past-and finally tell his story. Yet it is Jack who Ombric Shalazar (once a great wizard, now known as Father Time) trusts with a tremendous secret. Always inclined to keep to himself, Jack has become especially isolated from the other Guardians since his transformation. Jack’s transition from Nightlight to Guardian was not an easy one. All the Guardians feel the weight of lurking menace, but Jack Frost-now half human, half of his former self Nightlight-feels it the most. But the world has not been without evil since Pitch’s imprisonment.
Now, many years later, the Guardians have settled into their final selves, embracing their public images and the Earth Holidays. When we last saw the Guardians, they were celebrating their victory during Bright Night, the final great Battle of the Moon, where they defeated Pitch once and for all. The Guardians’ powers are put to the ultimate test in their final battle in this thrilling conclusion to the epic chapter book series from William Joyce.
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