One hot summer in Itching Down,Four million wasps flew into town.What are the villagers going to do about this noisy, nasty nuisance of a swarm? Make a giant jam sandwich - that's what!

An absolute picture book classic - the tale of one village's ingenious solution to an invasion of wasps! One hot summer in Itching Down, Four million wasps flew into town. What are the villagers going to do about this noisy, nasty nuisance of a swarm? Make a giant jam sandwich - that's what!

Details

ISBN13: 9781849413442
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 32
Edition:
Publication Date: 25 Nov 2010
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Publication City, Country: United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 21.6(H) x 27.1(L) x 0.4(W)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Janet Burroway (Author) Janet Burroway is the author of novels, plays, poetry, essays, texts for dance and children's books. She divides her time between Florida, Wisconsin and Chicago in the US John Vernon Lord (Author) John Vernon Lord is an award-winning author-illustrator who has been working for nearly 50 years. He has illustrated many classic texts by Aesop, Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, as well as his own stories, and he was also a distinguished lecturer and teacher of illustration for 45 years until his retirement.

Reviews

The word classic is often overused, but in this case I feel that it is thoroughly deserved * Bookzone 4 Boys *
One of the great charms of this book is in the depiction of the characters and following them through the story * Books for Keeps *