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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 / Gavin Bishop.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Scholastic, 1999.Whakaahuatanga: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 23 x 27 cmISBN:
  • 186943434X
  • 9781869434342
  • 9781877467608
  • 187746760X
  • 9781877467615
  • 1877467618
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 398.8 21
LOC classification:
  • PZ8.3 B574 1999
Awards:
  • New Zealand Post Picture Book, 2000
  • New Zealand Post Book of the Year, 2000
Summary: 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.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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A traditional poem for children.

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.

New Zealand Post Picture Book, 2000

New Zealand Post Book of the Year, 2000

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