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Bread and Jam for Frances

by Russell Hoban

Frances and her favorite food

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Frances and her favorite food

Frances, a young badger with firm ideas about what belongs on her plate, wants bread and jam at every meal. Her parents face the challenge of broadening her choices, while the story’s food-centered episodes—including a lunchbox trade—give Frances’s preference room to unfold. The book pairs a family situation familiar to many children with playful language, including a rhyming celebration of jam. As a Level Two I Can Read title, it is described as intended for children reading on their own who still benefit from some support, with longer sentences and language play.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 beginning to read independently with some support
  • Families or classrooms seeking a read-aloud or early-reader story about food preferences

Themes

Picky eatingFamily responses to food preferencesEarly readingLanguage play

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Book overview

The classic funny I Can Read story about a stubborn little badger with very particular tastes in food.

Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlets.

Unless her parents can come up with a plan, Frances just might go on eating bread and jam forever!

Join the generations of families that have laughed along as Frances sings "Jam on biscuits, jam on bread, Jam is the thing I like most, Jam is sticky, jam is sweet, Jam is tasty, jam's a treat--raspberry, strawberry, gooseberry, I'm very FOND...OF...JAM!"

Bread and Jam for Frances is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.

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