The Party Invite

Hey Jack! #18

by Sally Rippin

In this charming story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Jack learns to deal with feeling cross. In The Party Invite, Jack's friend Rebecca is having a birthday party, but Jack's not invited! Does this mean they aren't friends anymore? From the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin comes this fantastic and beloved first chapter-book series. Every story follows Jack, a friendly, everyday kid who loves playing with his best friend, Billie. Created to help build emotional literacy, every book in the Hey Jack! series explores a particular emotion – such as worry, happiness, excitement or disappointment – in a relatable way for young readers. Whether it’s about friends, family or feelings, there’s no challenge Jack can’t figure out! With more than ten million books in print around the world, best-selling author Sally Rippin has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Every Hey Jack! book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there’s plenty of stories in the series to explore! For more wonderful series by Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Billie B Brown and School of Monsters series.Readers will love other books in the Hey Jack! The Winning GoalThe Scary SoloThe Robot BluesThe Fire TruckThe Big MessThe Class Party and many more!

Genres: Childrens

29 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2014

About the author

Sally Rippin was born in Darwin, but grew up mainly in South-East Asia. As a young adult she lived in China for three years, studying traditional Chinese painting. Sally has over seventy books published, many of them award-winning, including two novels for young adults. Her most recent work includes the highly acclaimed children’s novel Angel Creek and the popular Billie B Brown books, which became the highest selling series for 6-8 year olds in Australia within the first year of their release. Sally is Australia’s highest selling female author and her Billie B Brown books have sold more than 4.5 million copies in 14 languages.
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Sally is a popular presenter in schools and at literary festivals both in Australia and overseas and has a regular program on 3RRR interviewing children’s authors and industry professionals. She is a passionate ambassador for the 100 Story Building creative writing centre for marginalized youth and has mentored many emerging writers and illustrators. Recently, she and her partner co-founded Story Peddlers, a hand-made performance tent that packs away into a custom-built bike, with the aim of bringing back the art of the roving storyteller.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jon rates this 5 stars because he figures Rebeca sneezed on her banana before giving it to Jack 😂

[Sutton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack wasn't invited to Rebecca's party and he felt left out. Then when he was in the classroom and nobody else was, Rebecca came in and said "are you feeling left out", it wasn't just you that was left out a few people were. Are we still friends? He said yes. Then he missed some of the soccer but he played some of the soccer and he brought the best cupcake for Billy. And my favorite part was when Rebecca came in with the cupcakes. (Sutton - 6)

[Niamh Griffin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack is good at solving problems with the help of his friend Billie and in this book, Rebecca.

[Lauren Millard · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this was a good one. It was good to talk about disappointment with my kid.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 4 out of 5]

18 - Sally Rippin, “Hey Jack! The Party Invite” (Richmond, Victoria, Aust: Hardie Grant Egmont, 2014).
Excellent story about being hurt by others (intentionally or unintentionally) and the tendency to feel rejected and then throw-back with hurtful responses. Jack later goes back to those whom he hurt in return and puts things right again.
“This is Jack. Today Jack is in a hurt mood. He is feeling hurt because he hasn't been invited to Rebecca's birthday party.” (p1)
“Jack feels cross that he wasn't invited. Rebecca is his friend, too!
He even feels cross at Billie for showing him the invitation.” (p2-3)
“Now he is lying on his bed feeling mad and bad, but mostly sad.” (p4)
“But as soon as he sits down he feels bad for being cross with Billie. She hasn't really done anything wrong.” (p14)
“Jack sits all alone in the classroom with the small black cloud in his chest.” (p24)
“Just then Jack remembers something.
He is glad he has made up with Rebecca.
But now needs to make up with someone else as well. He knows just what he has to do.” (p40)

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Hey Jack! The Party Invite”
Excellent story about being hurt by others (intentionally or unintentionally) and the tendency to feel rejected and then throw-back with hurtful responses. Jack later goes back to those whom he hurt in return and puts things right again.
“This is Jack. Today Jack is in a hurt mood. He is feeling hurt because he hasn't been invited to Rebecca's birthday party.”
“Jack feels cross that he wasn't invited. Rebecca is his friend, too!
He even feels cross at Billie for showing him the invitation.”
“Now he is lying on his bed feeling mad and bad, but mostly sad.”
“But as soon as he sits down he feels bad for being cross with Billie. She hasn't really done anything wrong.
“Jack sits all alone in the classroom with the small black cloud in his chest.”
“Just then Jack remembers something.
He is glad he has made up with Rebecca.
But now needs to make up with someone else as well. He knows just what he has to do.”

[Mark]

Good