The Giant Jam Sandwich
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The Giant Jam Sandwich is a children's
picture book
, with story and pictures by John Vernon Lord
and verses by Janet Burroway. The rhyming story tells how the fictional town of Itching Down was invaded by four million wasp
s. The villagers decide to build a gigantic jam sandwich
to trap the pesky insects.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
picture book
Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
, with story and pictures by John Vernon Lord
John Vernon Lord
John Vernon Lord is an illustrator, author and teacher. He has illustrated many classical texts, including Aesop's Fables, The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear; the Folio Society's Myths and Legends of the British Isles, and Epics of the Middle Ages...
and verses by Janet Burroway. The rhyming story tells how the fictional town of Itching Down was invaded by four million wasp
Wasp
The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...
s. The villagers decide to build a gigantic jam sandwich
Jam sandwich (food)
A jam sandwich is usually composed of two slices of bread, butter or margarine, and jam which is normally consumed at lunchtime or as a quick "snack."- Origin :...
to trap the pesky insects.