The Fort that Jack Built is a children's book by Boni Ashburn, with art by Brett Helquist, published in 2013. It is available at the Internet Archive.
Here is a YouTube read-along:
The story opens with the building of the fort, piece by piece (table, chairs, pillows, stool, books, shower curtain, dog leash, sheets, quilt, ):
The next part of the story narrates the dismantling of the fort, as the members of Jack's family come and take back the pieces, one by one. It's told in rhyme but not told cumulatively, although there is a refrain that repeats. For example, here's what happens when Jack's dad comes to reclaim his chair:
This is Jack's dad. "I need my chair, Jack!
And your fort... I can't see. I can't see the TV!"
There goes the last chair, and the whole northern side,
and the holes and the gaps and the cracks much too wide,
and the sag from the dog,
who WOOFed! with a WAG!
and almost collapsed
the fort that Jack built.
But don't worry: even when the fort is gone, grandma saves the day.
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