Synopses & Reviews
This
bestselling classic featuring a berry-loving boy and an endearing
rhyme-spouting bear is now available as a padded board book! The fun
wordplay and bright paintings with lots of details for young readers to
explore make Jamberry a perennial favorite.
A small boy and a big friendly bear embark on a berry-picking
extravaganza, looking for blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries.
Their fun adventure comes to a razzamatazz finale under a starberry sky.
From author-illustrator Bruce Degen, Jamberry is now available in padded board book with a soft, padded cover and rounded edges, perfect to share with the smallest readers.
Review
“An inimitable feat and feast for all ages.” Publishers Weekly
Review
"Razzamatazzberry! An
exuberant rhyming classic story...celebrates
berries of all shapes and flavors as a bear and boy canoe over a
waterfall, get tangled in a maypole, and ride a train...to the
Berryland Festival." School Library Journal
Review
“...the catchiest rhyming book you’ll ever read...illustrations of a little boy and a bear frolicking through meadows,
streams, and forests of berries are so bright and happy, you’ll want to
go berry picking yourself.” Brightly
Review
"With delightful, rich illustrations and zany wordplay, Jamberry is a must have book for any family with young children." Children's Books Guide
About the Author
Bruce Degen is the bestselling author and illustrator of the beloved, perennial favorite Jamberry and numerous award-winning books for children. He is the author and illustrator of Daddy Is a Doodlebug and Sailaway Home
as well as the illustrator of the highly acclaimed Magic School Bus
series by Joanna Cole; the ever-popular Jesse Bear books by Nancy White
Carlstrom; Jazzmatazz! by Stephanie Calmenson; and Shirley's Wonderful Baby by Valiska Gregory (available at your local library).
Bruce Degen's involvement with art has ranged from painting and
printmaking to teaching art in New York City schools and directing an
artists' lithography studio in Israel. Mr. Degen studied art at the
Cooper Union and Pratt Institute. He was born in Brooklyn, New
York — just like Charlie Muttnik — and now lives with his family in
Connecticut.