Saturday, February 1, 2014

The House That Jack Built


The House That Jack Built

Written and illustrated by: Jeanette Winter
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000
32 pages
Picture Book


 

This book is a great way to show how ideas and words go hand in hand by integrating words and pictures in a sentence. This book is ultimately about a man named Jack who set out to build him a house. However, once his house is built, Jack has several visitors. Who will come to Jacks house? What events will occur because of his visitors?

This book was illustrated by the author, Jeanette Winter. I ultimately believe she did a wonderful job showing how pictures can replace a word. While creating the illustrations, Winter used acrylics. She used a variety of dull colors that flowed on the page wonderfully. The illustrations were printed on every other page without text. The illustrations really capture the feelings and emotions of the characters.

I would recommend using this story in a kindergarten or first grade class. This book can be connected to learning in several different ways. This story can be used to help children understand and associate pictures and words. This story also has rhyming involved. This can show children how rhyming flows and sounds. Lastly, this story is great for incorporating reading comprehension. After every character is introduced, that same character and his/her action is mention on the next page. This is constantly showing the children what has happened so far in the story already.

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