The House the Pecks Built

Providing a prescient vision of suburban sprawl, The House the Pecks Built by Helen and Alf Evers is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1940. Not content with their one-room house, the newly monied Pecks keep adding on. Soon, it's so large that tourists come to visit the ""Biggest House in the World"" and dinner guests travel ""from the living room to the dining room by train."" Three-color artwork adds nostalgic charm. (Jan.)