Monday, September 16, 2024

Beall. The House That Jack Haunted

The House That Jack Haunted is a children's book by Pamela Beall and Susan Nipp (the creators of the Wee Sing project) with art by Charles Reasoner, published in 2003. It is available at the Internet Archive.

Here is a YouTube read-along:

This is a "Jack" story, but this time Jack is a ghost. It starts off with the traditional short two-beat lines, and stays with the short lines until the end

This is the goblin
that frightens the bat
that startles the cat
that flies with the witch
that rides broom
that crosses the moon
that shines on the house that Jack haunted... 

but then Jack scares them all: BOO!

I'm not a huge fan of this book (Charles Reasoner's wonderful talents seem wasted here), but it is a good example of a "Jack" story told with all short lines, and having Jack just say "BOO" to end it all does give the story an ending (finding an ending to a cumulative tale is not always easy!).

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