The house that Drac built

Format:

Book

Title:

The house that Drac built

Author:

Sierra, Judy.

ISBN:

9780152000158

9780152010690

9780152018795

9781442011014

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm

General Note:

"Gulliver books."

"Designed by Kaelin Chappell and Will Hillenbrand.

Summary:

In this Halloween version of a familiar cumulative rhyme, the inhabitants of a haunted house get increasingly agitated until a group of children sets things right.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.1 0.5 14418.

Accelerated Reader MG 4.1 0.5 14418.

Subject(s):

Haunted houses -- Juvenile fiction.

Halloween -- Juvenile fiction.

Stories in rhyme -- Juvenile fiction.

Vampires -- Juvenile fiction.

Monsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Cumulative tales -- Juvenile fiction.

Fear -- Juvenile fiction.

Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Haunted houses -- Fiction.

Monsters -- Fiction.

Halloween -- Fiction.

Stories in rhyme.

Genre:

Picture books for children.

Added Author:

Added Corporate Author:

Tien Wah Press Sdn. Bhd.,

Harcourt Brace & Company,

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Halloween Picture Book Sierra	Searching... Unknown

One by one young readers meet the creatures that live in Drac's house--a bat, a werewolf, a monster, a mummy, a zombie, and other frightful monsters. They chase, wrestle, and roar until the doorbell rings and in walks a group of fearless trick-or-treaters who know exactly what to do. Clever, repetitive text--a playful adaptation of the popular nursery rhyme about the house that Jack built--and creepy paintings are sure to make this a spooky favorite for years to come. "The skillfully executed artwork adds a zesty dollop of suspense to a familiar storyline."-- The Horn Book

Author Notes

Judy Sierra holds a Ph.D. in folklore from UCLA. She is the author of many esteemed children's books, including Nursery Tales Around the World, winner of the Aesop Prize from the American Folklore Society, and Good Night, Dinosaurs. She is also the reteller/compiler of several books of folklore for teachers and storytellers. Ms. Sierra lives in Northern California. WILL HILLENBRAND has written and illustrated many award-winning picture books, including The House That Drac Built by Judy Sierra and his own Down by the Station. He lives in Terrace Park, Ohio.

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 3-A Halloween version of the familiar cumulative rhyme. Things get a little out of hand at Count Dracula's house- ``This is the mummy from days of yore/that rose from the coffin under the floor/that fell on the monster whose bloodcurdling roar/startled the fearsome manicore...'' It is only when a group of trick-or-treaters comes on the scene that all is carefully put back to rights. The darkly muted oil pastel illustrations augment the ghoulishness of the tale, with a hidden clue leading readers from one double-page spread to the next. The creatures are suitably gruesome, but because of their friendly expressions should be nonthreatening. A definite hit for holiday story programs.-Beth Irish, Orange Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

This cumulative tale borrows from the schematic structure of the popular nursery rhyme 'The House That Jack Built' to deliver a few shivers. Readers are introduced to the bat that lived in the house that Drac built, then to the cat that bit the bat, and so on, until a knock on the door brings forth a gaggle of costumed children. The oil and pastel illustrations add a zesty dollop of suspense to a familiar story line. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Ages 5^-7. As might be expected, the house that Drac built isn't quite the same as the one built by Jack, but the rhyme winds and unwinds with the same force and structure in both their stories. In Drac's house, everything begins when a cat bites a bat, and it isn't till a group of children in Halloween costumes visits the house that everything is put to rights--from soothing "the fearsome manticore" to bandaging the bat. Hillenbrand's monsters are quite detailed, but even at their rowdiest, they aren't truly terrifying. They're more like costumed children who are grumpy and out of control. Good for a seasonal story hour. --Mary Harris Veeder