Jack wanted to build a fort. He collected items from all around the house. Then one by one each family member came to take the items Jack was using back. Jack was started to get frustrated as each person wanted there items then when his grandma asked for the quilt. Jack felt he needed to share the quilt with his grandma. The point of the story is if you are going to use peoples items you need to be able to share.

Age:4-5
Source:Barnes and Noble

Using the classic nursery rhyme and cumulative tale This Is the House That Jack Built as an inspiration, author Boni Ashburn spins the story of a young boy and his imaginative games of make believe in this entertaining picture-book. Borrowing items from all of his family members, the eponymous Jack builds a fantastic fort in the living room, only to watch it disassembled piece by piece as siblings and parents reclaim their property. In the end, when grandma comes looking for her quilt, he learns an important lesson about sharing...

With a rollicking, rhyming text - the original is a classic for a reason, after all! - and entertaining illustrations, The Fort That Jack Built would make an excellent read-aloud selection at story-time. I appreciated the depiction offered here of a young boy's exuberant creativity and his pursuit of his imaginary ideal, and the gentle lesson offered at the end regarding the right and wrong way to appropriate other people's belongings. The artwork by Brett Helquist, probably best known for his work on Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events novels, is colorful and quirky, capturing the humor and fun to be found in the text. Recommended to Helquist fans, and to anyone looking for children's stories about the power of the imagination and/or the importance of balancing one's own activities with those of other family members. ( )

Jack has collected items from around the house and built a fort. His family keeps coming up and taking back their things and tearing down pieces of Jack's fort. When Grandma comes in feeling cold, Jack gives her the quilt, which was the final piece of his fort.
Ages: 4-8
Source: Pierce County Library

A little boy named Jack wants to built a fort so he takes things from all over the house. Once Jack has built the fort everyone who's things he took wants them back and his fort gets smaller and smaller until nothing is left. At the end Jack realizes that he should have asked for the stuff before he took it.

Ages: 4-5

Source: Parkland Pierce County Library