The house that Jack built :

By: Bishop, Gavin, 1946-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Maori Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Gecko Press, 2012Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 26 x 30 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781877467608; 187746760X; 9781877467615; 1877467618Uniform titles: House that Jack built. Subject(s): Nursery rhymes | Children's poetry, EnglishGenre/Form: Children’s books | Cumulative tales. | Fiction. | Picture books. | Bilingual books DDC classification: E Summary: Uses the cumulative nursery rhyme, about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house, as a metaphor to illustrate the arrival and settlement of the European settlers in New Zealand during the early 19th century. Includes references to Maori folklore. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: junior, primary
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A traditional nursery rhyme for children

Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Scholastic, 1999

Also available in Māori as Koinei te whare nā Haki i hanga

Uses the cumulative nursery rhyme, about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house, as a metaphor to illustrate the arrival and settlement of the European settlers in New Zealand during the early 19th century. Includes references to Maori folklore. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: junior, primary

Junior National Library of New Zealand

Gift of Nicola Daly of the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Marantz Fellowship recipient, 2016