House That Jack Built Eloise an ordinary chance encounter suddenly

an ordinary chance encounter suddenly morphs into an adventure that feels both wildly improbable and true to life

spare language and sumptuous

these 86 illustrations were selected from hundreds of possibilities and include many plates that have not been reproduced in decades

Can I Play Too

and a glossary of relevant terms

House That Jack Built Eloise an ordinary chance encounter suddenlyGenerations of children have delighted in the nursery rhyme about Jack and his house. Starting with the familiar refrain "This is the house that Jack built. This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built," the age old chant expands to include the maiden all forlorn, the cow with the crumpled horn, and other distinctive characters. This Caldecott Honor winning picture book offers an additional attraction to the traditional tale: all of the