A review by calistareads
The House That Jack Built by Antonio Frasconi

3.0

I have seen these books before that tell the same rhyme in 2 languages, but it’s the first I have read. I wonder if this is the first of its kind. This is French and English. It is a little rhyme that constantly builds on itself. (This is an old English Nursery rhyme)

My niece has a friend in school who speaks french as she lives there in the summers. She has heard her friend speak French and I think my niece is interested in learning more. I took French long ago and I mostly can still read it somewhat, so I read both parts and then she would say it after me. She had fun. She gave this book 4 stars.

Neither of us thought the artwork was good. To me, it’s garish and well, it’s not to my taste. The nephew didn’t much care about the language, but he enjoyed this little story enough to give it 3 stars. He did like hearing the weird words.