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The World That Jack Built
By Brown, Ruth
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-52544-635-4
- Publisher
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1991.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1991
PreS-Up This picture book is dramatically subtle in its statement on how we are treating our fragile home, planet Earth. The book begins simply enough with the familiar phrase, "This is the house that Jack built," and ultimately depicts the world around his once-idyllic meadow as one of ecological disaster. Readers are shown, through the double-page watercolor illustrations, the flowering meadows; lush stands of trees; a clear, bubbling stream; and the hills ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
