My Friend, Jasper Jones

by Rosamond Dauer, Jerry Joyner (Illustrator)

A child gets tired of cleaning up after his make-believe friend.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Andrew Schoenfelder]

As older books do, “My friend, Jasper Jones” was a hard covered book. It also had blank end papers but was both colored orange instead of being the traditional white. Dauer made a dedication to two children whom I assume were his kids. The book was laid out different then most with colored cartoon images on top of the page, with black and white cartoon images on the bottom. This gave the reader a sense of what Jasper did when he was alone, and what he did when his parents were around. Dauer also uses a white border with skinny black trim around every page.