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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
picture book
Copyright Year
1987-04-27
Page Count
32
Publisher
Clarion Books
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780395442371
Lexile
NP
Themes
cooperation
children's humor

The Giant Jam Sandwich

Written by John Vernon Lord & Janet Burroway and Illustrated by John Vernon Lord

It's a dark day for Itching Down. Four million wasps have just descended on the town, and the pests are relentless! What can be done? Bap the Baker has a crazy idea that just might work. Young readers will love this lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was!

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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
picture book
Copyright Year
1987-04-27
Page Count
32
Publisher
Clarion Books
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9780395442371
Lexile
NP
Themes
cooperation
children's humor
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