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The Mouse That Jack Built.
Cindy Szerkeres.
Subject Headings:
Preschool - grade 2 / Ages 2 - 7.
**** /4
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Cindy Szerkeres has written a very appealing twist on The House
that Jack Built. An adorable jack rabbit constructs a snow mouse and
clothes it with "his hat, all ragged and worn, along with his scarf,
all tattered and torn." Mama Rabbit chides her son and makes Jack
put his old winter headgear back on but finishes his new scarf and
toque overnight as Jack sleeps peacefully under a handmade quilt. The
snowmouse is then wrapped up snugly in Jack's friendly old clothes,
and Jack adds snowbabies to keep him company.
Szerkeres' delightful illustrations are sure to engage young children, and the poem will teach children rhyming techniques, patterning, and adaptation.
Highly recommended.
Harriet Zaidman is a teacher-librarian in Winnipeg.
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The Manitoba Library Association
ISSN 1201-9364
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THIS ISSUE - JANUARY 30, 1998.
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