This Is the House That Jack Built
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Caldecott Award-winner Simms Taback infuses this favorite children’s rhyme with his distinctive, creative flair and humor. His Jack builds a house like no other and fills it with cheeses from all nations, which of course attracts the rat that stirs up the cat. Taback takes the usual case of characters in this classic cumulative rhyme and presents each in a funny new light that will keep readers laughing. His addition at the end neatly fits an appropriate character into Jack’s story and makes his telling even more unique.
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Simms Taback (1932 - 2011) grew up in the Bronx and graduated from Cooper Union. He worked as an art director and a graphic designer and has taught at the School of Visual Arts and Syracuse University. He illustrated many children’s books, including I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Spacy Riddles, Snakey Riddles, Buggy Riddles, and Fishy Riddles (all written by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg, Dial). His work has won many awards, including the Caldecott Medal for Joseph Had a Little Overcoat and the Caldecott Honor for I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780399234880
- Publication Date
- August 28, 2002
- Publisher
- Putnam Juvenile
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 2002
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 21
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 5 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 00028057
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 44045518
- Lexile® Level
- AD580L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 162894
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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