The "House That Jack Built" is a children's book in hardcover format, published in 1987 by Oxford University Press. It is written by Emily Bolam and includes illustrations. The book is in English and is a mix of juvenile fiction and nonfiction, with a focus on nursery rhymes, general topics, and poetry. It weighs 12.3 ounces and has 32 pages.
Everything that goes around, comes around in this popular rhyme, with its cumulative rhythm and story. Stobbs paints a strong, muscular Jack, a squinty-eyed rat pursued by an ever-watchful cat, a woe-begone maiden made happy by her tattered and torn suitor.