TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bishop,Gavin
TI  - The house that Jack built: being the account of Jack Bull esq., who sailed from these shores to a land far away to live there and trade with the natives of that said land 12th day of September 1798 
SN  - 9781877467608
U1  - E 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Wellington, N.Z.
PB  - Gecko Press
KW  - Nursery rhymes
KW  - Children's poetry, English
KW  - Children’s books
KW  - Cumulative tales
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Picture books
KW  - Bilingual books
N1  - 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; Junior; National Library of New Zealand
N2  - 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
ER  -