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The House That Jack Built

by · 2001

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This classic children's rhyme gathers pace and complexity as it tumbles across the pages. Children will delight in repeating the rhymes and following the antics of animals and characters of every shape and size.

Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 24 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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