"This is the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built."

A fresh and fascinating retelling, gloriously illustrated by Canterbury's Gavin Bishop, of a traditional rhyme set in New Zealand at the turn of the 19th century. First published 1999

Winner of New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Picture Book 2000 and New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Children's Book of the Year 2000. Shortlisted for Book Data New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2000.