This is the Earth that God Made is a children's book by Lynn Downey, with art by Benrei Huang, published in 2000. It is available at the Internet Archive.
The story starts with dirt, then mountains (told in cumulative style). Then fountains that flow from the mountains (rhyming starts!), the sea, and a willow tree, with honeybees, and the -ee rhymes repeat, just like in the traditional Jack. It very nicely ends with a prayer for everything in the world:
After the prayer, there are some pages for "Family Fun in the Earth that God Made," plus a page with facts about the natural world.
The only reason I gave this one just *** stars is because it felt like there could be so much more done with the rhyme, more of the world that could be included in the chain, and so in the prayer of thanks at the end.
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