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Jack's House

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Jack's House
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Karen Magnuson Beil
Illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 211
ISBN/Barcode 9780823422425
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Holiday House Inc
Imprint Holiday House Inc
Publication Date 15 September 2009
Publication Country United States

Description

Construction-equipment loving boys will adore this humourous twist on the classic nursery rhyme. Someone has done a lot of work building a house. Someone has been operating a cement mixer, driving a bulldozer, and using a forklift to build walls, frame windows, and nail down a roof. Someone has built a big, strong home for Jack. But is this the house that Jack built? One tired puppy dog disagrees in this story about getting what you work for.

Author Biography

Karen Magnuson Beil is a former reporter for Chicago's City News Bureau and has also worked as an editor and science writer. She has written several books for children; including "Fire in Their Eyes". A New England native, she now lives in New York State with her family. Mike Wohnoutka illustrated Jack's House, by Karen Magnusen Beil, as well as other books. He lives in Minnesota.

Reviews

"This book was built for those youngsters with a jones for trucks and other big wheels, and it delivers in spades."-Kirkus Reviews "A wonderful twist on an age-old rhyme. . . . This beguiling book will be a hit both at storytimes and in circulating collections, for those who really want to know how Jack's house got built."-School Library Journal