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Bread and Jam for Frances

By Russell Hoban
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The classic funny story about a stubborn little badger with very particular tastes in food. Frances is a fussy eater who insists on only eating bread and jam. She refuses to try soft-boiled eggs, chicken salad sandwiches, or veal cutlets. Will her parents find a way to help her enjoy a wider variety of foods?
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for young children and families, especially those dealing with picky eating habits.

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In this memorable story, Frances decides that bread and jam are all she wants to eat, and her understanding parents grant her wish - at breakfast, lunch, dinner and even at snacktime. Can there ever be too much bread and jam?

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The classic funny story about a stubborn little badger with very particular tastes in food.

Bread and Jam for Frances tells the tale of Frances, a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlets.

Unless her parents can come up with a plan, Frances just might go on eating bread and jam forever!

Join the generations of families that have laughed along as Frances sings "Jam on biscuits, jam on bread, Jam is the thing I like most, Jam is sticky, jam is sweet, Jam is tasty, jam's a treat--raspberry, strawberry, gooseberry, I'm very FOND...OF...JAM!"

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"The Hobans have done it again: a sly text attacking a real juvenile problem and attractive illustrations. Highly recommended." – Kirkus Reviews

"Makes its point for fussy eaters ... gently, amusingly, and most effectively." – ALA Booklist

"Frances discovers, in her own winsome way, that variety really is the spice of mealtimes." – Publishers Weekly

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780060223595

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 September 1964

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins Children's Books

Edition: Newly illustrated ed

Illustration: colour illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Lillian Hoban

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Russell Hoban Young Adult

About the Author

Russell Hoban was the author of A Bargain for Frances, A Baby Sister for Frances, Best Friends for Frances, A Birthday for Frances, and Bread and Jam for Frances, all illustrated by Lillian Hoban. He also wrote Bedtime for Frances, illustrated by Garth Williams. Lillian Hoban was the author and illustrator of many favorite I Can Read books, including Joe and Betsy the Dinosaur, Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving, and a series about Arthur the Chimpanzee. She also illustrated many picture books, including the classic stories about Frances.

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