Jamberry

Jamberry
By Bruce Degen
Publisher/Date: HarperTrophy 1983
# of Pages:24
Reading Level: Ages 4-6
Genre: Children's Picture Book

Summary:

This is a fun book that follows a bear and a boy through their adventures with all different kinds of berries. The whole book rhymes which is fun. It counts the berries, uses all different kinds of berries, and goes through lots of different activities and places.

Who benefits from reading this book?

I think anyone who likes books that rhyme will benefit from reading this book. If a person wanted to know about all the different berries there were, they could also benefit from this book.

What problems/conflicts could this book possibly cause?

There is no problem with this book except the fact that a little boy is running around with a bear. Children need to understand of course, that they can not go around with real bears. However, I think most children will understand that concept. Other than that, there is no other problem with this story.

My Reaction:

This was one of my favorite books as a child. I didn't know why, but I think I really enjoyed the fact that it rhymes. I really like the unique words and berry names used. I like the illustrations as well. One of my favorites is the elephants skating on strawberry jam. The pictures are so colorful and full of berries. I always wanted to eat some berries after my mom read this to me.