The House That Jack Built

Author: Gavin Bishop

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Price : 23.00 NZD
ISBN : 9781877467615
Publisher : Gecko Press
Imprint : Gecko Press
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Weight (g) : 0.278
Publication date : 01 January 2012
Dimensions : 245mm X 295mm
Produced in : New Zealand
Availability date : 01 January 2012
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Product Type : books

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Author : Gavin Bishop
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Bind : Paperback
Edition : NE
Illustrator : Gavin Bishop
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Dewey classification : 398.8
Pages : 40
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Local Description

The House that Jack Built is a book with two strands. The main rhythmic text, based on the well-known rhyme, tells the story of Jack Bull, who travels to New Zealand from London as a new settler in 1798. "The detailed contemporary illustrations ...tell the story from a Maori perspective - beginning with the myth of creation: Papatuanuku the earth mother, Ranginui the sky father and their children as guardians of the land. As the story goes on and Jack's house grows, Papatuanuku is shown in the illustrations to weaken and fade.

Description

The House that Jack Built is a Gecko Press revival of an award-winning, modern New Zealand classic, which uses a familiar nursery rhyme to tell the story of Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 19th century.

Awards

Winner of New Zealand Post Book Awards: Book of the Year 2000 and New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Picture Book 2011. Shortlisted for Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2000.

Author description

Gavin Bishop has written and illustrated several award-winning children's books. He has won the LIANZA Russell Clark Award for Illustration four times. Gavin lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.