Peanut Butter and Jelly

A Play Rhyme

Paperback
$8.99 US
8.38"W x 7.94"H x 0.1"D  
On sale Jan 30, 1992 | 32 Pages | 9780140548525
Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level: Lexile NP | Fountas & Pinnell G

A favorite play rhyme takes on super-duper proportions as two children create a table-sized sandwich from scratch.

"A simple popular rhyme about that childhood culinary favorite, peanut butter and jelly, becomes rich fare indeed in this buoyant picture book . . . a fully satisfying treat."—Publishers Weekly

"A real treasure."—School Library Journal (starred)

"The softly colored, joyously sketched pandemonium will enliven story hours and preschool introductions with a perennially pleasing chant."—Booklist 
Nadine Bernard Westcott has illustrated more than 100 books for young readers, including I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Big Picnic, Down by the Bay, and Peanut Butter and Jelly, the latter of which she also wrote. Nadine lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and divides her time between illustrating and designing her own line of fabrics. View titles by Nadine Bernard Westcott

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A favorite play rhyme takes on super-duper proportions as two children create a table-sized sandwich from scratch.

"A simple popular rhyme about that childhood culinary favorite, peanut butter and jelly, becomes rich fare indeed in this buoyant picture book . . . a fully satisfying treat."—Publishers Weekly

"A real treasure."—School Library Journal (starred)

"The softly colored, joyously sketched pandemonium will enliven story hours and preschool introductions with a perennially pleasing chant."—Booklist 

Author

Nadine Bernard Westcott has illustrated more than 100 books for young readers, including I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Big Picnic, Down by the Bay, and Peanut Butter and Jelly, the latter of which she also wrote. Nadine lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and divides her time between illustrating and designing her own line of fabrics. View titles by Nadine Bernard Westcott

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