Mr. Ellwood braves one unlikely adventure after another in his pursuit of the mischievous mouse who hijacks his favorite roller skate.

The runaway roller skate;

Lord, John Vernon

Children's Books

CAPE.

The Runaway Rollerskate

Pan/Macmillan

The Runaway Roller Skate

Houghton/Mifflin

Illustrations and rhymed text describe Mr. Mead's efforts to rid his garden of a variety of bothersome slugs and snails.

Mr. Mead and his garden: Verses and pictures

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! John Vernon Lord's bright ink and crayon illustrations fill the pages with humorous detail.

The Giant Jam Sandwich (Sandpiper Book)

Burroway, Janet

Animals

Clarion Books

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! John Vernon Lord's bright ink and crayon illustrations fill the pages with humorous detail.

The Giant Jam Sandwich

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

This collection contains nearly all the nonsense verse of Edward Lear, including the longer poems such as "The Owl and the Pussycat, "The Dong with the Luminous Nose" and "The Jumblies", and 236 limericks. John Vernon Lord spent three years illustrating every page of the book and has also written an introduction which provides a biography and critical background to Lear's work.

The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear (A Methuen Humour Classic)

Humor & Entertainment

LEAR, EDWARD

Humor

Arrow (A Division of Random House Group)

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 having this lyrical, rhyming text in a new accessible format as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was!

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. . . . Readers will love listening to the lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was!

The Giant Jam Sandwich Book & Cd (Read-Along Books)

Product Description 
Four million wasps invade Itching Down, so the villagers make a giant jam sandwich to trap them.\nIt'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 . . .\nYoung 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! John Vernon Lord's bright ink-and-crayon illustrations fill the pages with humorous detail.\nReview 
"Children should have fun spotting the cockeyed absurdities purveyed here in pictures and verse." Kirkus Reviews 
 About the Author 
John Vernon Lord dons many hats including author, illustrator, and teacher. His children’s books have been published all over the world in a number of languages. His classic picture book The GIANT JAM SANDWICH, with verses by Janet Burroway, has remained in print since its initial publication in 1972 and continues to be loved by children of all ages. John Vernon Lord lives in Ditchling, Sussex.\nJANET BURROWAY is the author of seven novels and two texts on creative writing. Her Writing Fiction, now in its seventh edition, is the most widely used creative writing text in the United States. She divides her time among Tallahassee, London, and Wisconsin.

The Giant Jam Sandwich Lap Board Book

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The runaway roller skate;

The Runaway Rollerskate

The Runaway Roller Skate

Mr. Mead and his garden: Verses and pictures

The Giant Jam Sandwich (Sandpiper Book)

The Giant Jam Sandwich

The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear (A Methuen Humour Classic)

The Giant Jam Sandwich

The Giant Jam Sandwich Book & Cd (Read-Along Books)

The Giant Jam Sandwich Lap Board Book