Citation: The house that crack built by Clark Taylor and Jan Thompson-Dicks, ill. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
ISBN: 978-0-81180-123-2
Annotation: The journey of the drug cocaine, starting with the drug lords who profit from it, ending with the baby whose mother neglects him for her habit.
Age range: 5-8 grades
Media used by illustrator: gouache, vivid colors
Personal Rating: 4Q/4P
Literary Device: Rhythm - Modeled after the nursery school rhyme The House that Jack Built.
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The House That Crack Built by Clark Taylor, ill. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1992.
Transformed from the well-known nursery rhyme The House That Jack Built, Clark Taylor's first book uses rhythm, rhyme and repetition in a poem about the tragic problem of illegal drugs and all its victims.
- ISBN 0811801233 (paperback)
- Media: Gouache and watercolor
- 5Q/4P
- Literary Device: repetition - each verse of the poem builds upon the previous verse while repeating what was said in the previous verses.
- Curricular Connections: Grades 5-8, Science/Health, Drug Awareness/Education, Poetry
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The House That Crack Built by Clark Taylor and illustrated by Jan Thompson Dicks. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
ISBN: 0811801330
Media:
Q/P: 5/5
CURRICULUM CONNECTION: 7th – 12th social studies classes
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