#janetburroway

[sneevish]

“Meanwhile, high above the field,⁠⁠ Six flying machines whirred and wheeled,⁠⁠ Ready for the wasps to take the bait.⁠⁠ And then there was nothing to do but wait.”⁠⁠ From “The Giant Jam Sandwich” by Janet Burroway and John Vernon Lord.⁠⁠ ~⁠⁠ #thegiantjamsandwich #janetburroway #johnvernonlord #houghtonmifflincompany #sandpiper #1972 #picturebook #kidlit #childrensfiction #picturebookillustration #picturebooks #picturebookstagram #childrensbook #kidlitart #picturebooksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQau_Ngqdl/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sneevish]

“The loaf was left to cool, and then⁠⁠ The people watched while six strong men⁠⁠ Took a great big saw and sliced right through.⁠⁠ Everybody clapped, and they cut slice two.”⁠⁠ From “The Giant Jam Sandwich” by Janet Burroway and John Vernon Lord.⁠⁠ ~⁠⁠ #thegiantjamsandwich #janetburroway #johnvernonlord #houghtonmifflincompany #sandpiper #1972 #picturebook #kidlit #childrensfiction #picturebookillustration #picturebooks #picturebookstagram #childrensbook #kidlitart #picturebooksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CVNnUf7ApnJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sneevish]

“Then Bap the Baker leaped to his feet⁠⁠ And cried, “What do wasps like best to eat?⁠⁠ Strawberry jam! Now wait a minute! ⁠⁠ If we made a giant sandwich we could trap them in it!”⁠⁠ From “The Giant Jam Sandwich” by Janet Burroway and John Vernon Lord.⁠⁠ ~⁠⁠ #thegiantjamsandwich #janetburroway #johnvernonlord #sandpiper #houghtonmifflincompany #1972 #picturebook #kidlit #childrensfiction #picturebookillustration #picturebooks #picturebookstagram #childrensbook #kidlitart #picturebooksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CVMTsBSgMji/?utm_medium=tumblr

[noodlenuts]

More silliness for difficult times! Before there was the well-known "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs", another story of giant food delighted children everywhere! Some parents may be old enough to remember author-illustrator John Vernon Lord's "The Giant Jam Sandwich" (1972), with additional verses by Janet Burroway. This wonderful rhyming story tells of a town beset by a 4 million wasps, and the over-the-top solution they come up with to get rid of them. A great rhyming read-aloud to distract on a dreary day! ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ #noodlenutsclassickidlit #thegiantjamsandwich #johnvernonlord #janetburroway #piccolopicturebooks #jonathancape #classicchildrensbooks #classickidsbooks #childhoodfavourites #readinglist #childhoodunplugged #magicofchildhood #booktime #readalouds #readaloudfamily #childrensbook #childrensbookillustration #bookcollector #englishbooksforkids #vintagebook https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ATYDVnCvx/?igshid=15ai9i2n4s67a

[fourwaybooks]

Hear Victoria Redel Tomorrow October 23 at The Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 23, Victoria Redel (Make Me Do Things, winner of the 2014 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award in Prose) will be on a fiction panel at 11 am with Janet Burroway, Kathleen Hale, and Justin Herrmann for The Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Campus in SIUC’s Morris Library. At 4:30 pm, she will read with Steven D. Schroeder. 

Make Me Do Things is available from Four Way Books.