Lark's Reviews > Jack and Mia

Jack and Mia is a charming story about friendship. It is told in simple language, which includes enough stylistic quirks to lift the story into individuality. It is by turns happy, sad, and then joyous as Jack and Mia, with help from their sympathetic parents, manage to come together for play dates despite living half a world away from one another. Claire Richards has drawn affectionate slightly Quentin-Blake-like pictures that suggest children's drawings while still showing her professional touch.