false <![CDATA[Bread and Jam for Frances]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179404230m/911579.jpg 911579 17 <P>Frances, one of children's best-loved characters for over 30 years, now springs to life even more in <I>Bread and Jam for Frances,</I>beautifully reillustrated in sparkling full color by Lillian Hoban. In this memorable story, Frances decides that bread and jam are all she wants to eat, and her understanding parents grant her wish'at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even snacktime. Can there ever be too much bread and jam? </P> 896682 book 1964 total:1211|5:625|4:347|3:202|2:30|1:7| 1211 5186 1349 92 5 3 false false Sat Aug 04 13:29:44 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 09:00:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jul 16 05:45:41 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 06:11:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:19:09 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:59:08 -0700 2009 Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban, to her even after she lost interest and started standing up and running around on the bed. I couldn't put it down. This is a favorite from my childhood that I am happy to revisit and will...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 16:34:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 16:34:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 10:06:12 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 12:43:14 -0700 2009 Bread and jam for Frances. New York: Scholastic.
(renewed and reissued in 1992)

Summary:
Frances the badger determines that she only wants to eat bread and jam, despite being tempted with other delicious foods by Mother, Father, Gloria her sister, and Albert he...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 00:22:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 00:22:54 -0700 2009 Bread and Jam for Frances (Harper Collins, 1964)

The badger is one of the world's most noble creatures. Somehow, when they get rendered in picture books, they always end up desperately cute. Never has this been truer than in Russell Hoban's Frances books. While my only brush ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1966 Fri Aug 03 06:25:44 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 11 06:55:24 -0800 2009
What I am is tired of jam!]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 18:20:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:24:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 27 10:45:16 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 10:46:08 -0700 2008 Bread and Jam for Frances succeeds in avoiding didacticism by allowing Frances to figure out on her own that she might like trying new foods beyond bread and jam. She comes to this conclusion slowly, adding to the story’s drawling charm, as she encounters her f...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jan 19 20:26:40 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 20:26:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 08:47:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:47:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Wed May 27 18:07:42 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 18:09:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 14:44:31 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 14:45:46 -0700 2009 I think the message of this story can be applied to any child at some point in time. Even though it sounds appealing to eat what we want all the time, we would surely get sick of it.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 11 15:51:04 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 15:52:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 10 14:25:44 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 14:25:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1976 Wed Sep 02 06:51:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 06:53:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Sun Mar 29 11:59:49 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 12:00:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 09:39:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:41:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1983 Wed Mar 25 06:59:02 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 06:59:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 10 22:04:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 22:04:38 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=911579