The Do-It-Yourself House that Jack Built

The words are absolutely deadpan, just the old rhym of 'The House that jack Built' reprinted in good clear print. The pictures, however, are quite a different matter. Quentin Blake's loony builder, aided by a range of odd-ball characters and John Yeoman's wry and witty captions, makes you realise that this author/illustrator team is this rhyme's destiny. Has it ever occurred to you to wonder how the dog worried the cat? - By telling him that the ghost of the rat will return to haunt him, that's how. Buy this for yourself, even if you never mean to go near a child again.