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Children’s Book Characters Named Zack

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Children’s Book Characters Named Zack

Here are just a few children’s books with characters named Zack. Please comment below if you know of one I missed. I hope this encourages your kiddo to read!

 

Zack and the Turkey Attack! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

While helping on his grandparents’ farm, Zack, his best friend Matthew, and neighbor Josie Wells outsmart a tormenting turkey and, in the process, solve a mystery of missing jewelry.
  • Also has a character named Emilene
  • Ratings- Amazon:4.8 Goodreads:3.5
  • 7-11 year olds
  • Lexile measure: 810L
 

Zack’s Alligator (I Can Read Level 2 book) by Shirley Mozell, Illustrated by James Watts

 
When Bridget the alligator arrives in the mail, she’s only the size of a key chain. But after Zack soaks her in water, she grows into a real live alligator! Bridget wrestles the garden hose and swings from the monkey bars. And what other alligator can do cartwheels?
  • Ratings: Amazon- 4.8  Goodreads- 4.1
  • 3-7 year olds or Preschool-3rd grade
  • Lexile Measure: 500L
 

Zella Zack and Zodiac by Bill Peet

Zella the zebra helps Zack the ostrich when he is young and helpless. When he grows up Zack returns the favor by saving Zella’s young offspring from a lion.
  • Ratings: Amazon-4.7  Goodreads-4.0
  • 7-9 year olds or 2-3rd grade

 

The House that Zack Built by Alison Murray

 
A buzzy fly and a mischievous kitten make a mess on the farm in this contemporary twist on a classic rhyme. Zack is enjoying a day on the farm, building an amazing house with his blocks. But nearby, a wandering fly has attracted the attention of an inquisitive and determined feline.
  • Ratings: Amazon-4.7  Goodreads-3.6
  • 2-5 year olds

 

Zacktastic by Courtney Sheinmel

Upon the occasion of his tenth birthday, Zack learns from his uncle that Zack is descended from a line of genies. Before his uncle has time to fully explain the genie world, Zack is whisked through a bottle portal and sent on his first genie assignment. But he doesn’t have a clue as to what he is supposed to do or what his powers might entail.
  • Ratings: Amazon- 4.5  Goodreads-3.8
  • 7-10 year olds or 2nd-5th grade
  • Lexile Measure: 620L

 

Hello, Nebulon! (Galaxy Zack series) by Ray O’Ryan, Illustrator: Colin Jack

 
Zack makes the big move from Earth. He is already nervous about starting school and making new friends, but it only gets worse when he dreams that his classmates are slimy aliens with tentacles, pizza comes covered in gross bugs, and he can never communicate with his Earth friends again! Fortunately, when Zack arrives at Sprockets Academy for his first day of school, he meets and befriends Drake Tucker, a Nebulite boy who also loves to explore and learn about the planets. Nebulon isn’t as awful as Zack’s dream, but there are a lot of differences between Nebulon and Earth, and they make Zack miss his home in Dubbsville, Texas, even more. But things start to look up when he receives a mysterious surprise. What could it possibly be?
  • Ratings: Amazon-4.5  Goodreads-4.0
  • 5-8 year olds or Kindergarten-4th grade
  • Lexile Measure: 580L

 

The Zombie Chasers (series) by John Kloepfer

A sudden zombie epidemic has turned a sleepover at Zack Clarke’s house into a level three creep-over! Zack’s sister is now a zombie; his living dead, flesh-eating neighbors have wrecked his house; and he’s been left to fend them off with his sister’s snotty BFF, Madison. Luckily Zack’s nerdy pal Rice has a plan to defeat the undead…if these three zombie chasers can make it out alive.

  • Ratings: Amazon-4.7  Goodreads-3.9
  • 8-10 year olds or 3rd-7th grade
  • Lexile Measure: 760L
 
 
 
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Am I missing a children’s book? Comment below!
 

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