Jack's House

Illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Construction-equipment loving boys will adore this humourous twist on the classic nursery rhyme. Someone has done a lot of work building a house. Someone has been operating a cement mixer, driving a bulldozer, and using a forklift to build walls, frame windows, and nail down a roof. Someone has built a big, strong home for Jack. But is this the house that Jack built? One tired puppy dog disagrees in this story about getting what you work for. 
Karen Magnuson Beil is a former reporter for Chicago's City News Bureau and has also worked as an editor and science writer. She has written several books for children; including "Fire in Their Eyes". A New England native, she now lives in New York State with her family.

Mike Wohnoutka illustrated Jack's House, by Karen Magnusen Beil, as well as other books. He lives in Minnesota.
"This book was built for those youngsters with a jones for trucks and other big wheels, and it delivers in spades."—Kirkus Reviews
 
"A wonderful twist on an age-old rhyme. . . . This beguiling book will be a hit both at storytimes and in circulating collections, for those who really want to know how Jack's house got built."—School Library Journal

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Construction-equipment loving boys will adore this humourous twist on the classic nursery rhyme. Someone has done a lot of work building a house. Someone has been operating a cement mixer, driving a bulldozer, and using a forklift to build walls, frame windows, and nail down a roof. Someone has built a big, strong home for Jack. But is this the house that Jack built? One tired puppy dog disagrees in this story about getting what you work for. 

Author

Karen Magnuson Beil is a former reporter for Chicago's City News Bureau and has also worked as an editor and science writer. She has written several books for children; including "Fire in Their Eyes". A New England native, she now lives in New York State with her family.

Mike Wohnoutka illustrated Jack's House, by Karen Magnusen Beil, as well as other books. He lives in Minnesota.

Praise

"This book was built for those youngsters with a jones for trucks and other big wheels, and it delivers in spades."—Kirkus Reviews
 
"A wonderful twist on an age-old rhyme. . . . This beguiling book will be a hit both at storytimes and in circulating collections, for those who really want to know how Jack's house got built."—School Library Journal

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