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The House That Jack Built

Author: Gavin Bishop  

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"I believe this is one of the most significant books published in New Zealand - it is the story of our modern history." Julia Marshall, Publisher

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.

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"I believe this is one of the most significant books published in New Zealand - it is the story of our modern history." Julia Marshall, Publisher

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.

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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.

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Awards

Winner of New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Picture Book 2011
Winner of New Zealand Post Book Awards: Book of the Year 2000
Short-listed for Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2000

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Critic Reviews

"There is pleasure to be found at many levels in this splendid book…"

-- Magpies (AU)

"I feel that I can confidently predict that we won’t ever find a more beautiful book that will keep their interest for years to come as they discover the different layers within the book…This is a really important book with a very important story."

-- Radio Southland (NZ)

"The old nursery rhyme is brought brilliantly to life in a colonial setting, based on Bishop’s own whakapapa, wrapping indigenous myth in both word and pattern around traditional English text, drawing parallels between animals of myth and those brought by the Pakeha"

-- The Listener (NZ)

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About the Author

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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Gecko Press
Published
1st February 2012
Pages
40
ISBN
9781877467615

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CUSTOMER REVIEWS

07 Oct, 2022
Great book, the words tell a story but the pictures tell a much deeper story. A book to look at again and again.
By Ruth
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