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Bread and Jam for Frances
Bread and Jam for Frances | Russell Hoban
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Frances, one of children's best-loved characters for over 30 years, now springs to life even more in Bread and Jam for Frances,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?
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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I just recently learned that my mom grew up down the street from the couple who wrote these books! I adorned the Frances books as a kid 🥰

#Bread 🍞🍇 #HumbleHarvest 🍂☕️🧣🍁🥧🕯🍎

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Sharpeipup I read the literal cover of this book as a child. 5mo
Eggs Ah yes a favorite with my little ones as well ☀️🌞🌟 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So cool 😎 🥖 5mo
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LiseWorks
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Eggs Love Frances 🩵🩵🩵 5mo
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IndoorDame
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Eggs Love Frances so much 🩷🥖💙 5mo
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IndoorDame
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This was my favorite when I was a kid! It totally captivated my imagination, and I continued reading it to myself long after the age when picture books were read to me. #SandwichDay #NovemberNarrative @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Soubhiville My sister and I loved this one too! We also had one where Francis got a baby sibling, which I‘m pretty sure someone got for me when my mom announced I was getting a little sister or brother. (In the 70‘s you didn‘t know which til it arrived! Lol) 1y
jlhammar One of my favs too! Love it. 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
Eggs Love Frances!!! Especially the one with the chompo bar 😂😂 1y
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BethM
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@Bklover thank you very much! Wes was very excited :)

AmyG He is so big! ❤️ 2y
kspenmoll Adorable! And a wonderful book! 2y
BethM @AmyG hard to believe he‘s only turning 17 months next week! 2y
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BethM @kspenmoll thanks! I loved that book as a kid and forgot about it! 2y
Bklover Oh I‘m so glad he liked it! He is such a cutie pie!❤️ 2y
Avanders Oh my goodness he‘s so big!!! And adorable 😘♥️♥️ 2y
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katy4peas
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My parents read books to me every night through middle school. One of my favorites was Bread and Jam for Frances. ❤️

#funfriYAY @HappilyEverKrafter

Tag! You‘re it! 😉😘

HappilyEverKrafter As a middle school Language Arts teacher who knows how much kids that age still love being read to, I am so happy your parents did that! Thank you for participating! 📚❤️ 4y
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Sharpeipup
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Thanks for the tag @RamsFan1963
1. Didn‘t have one. We aren‘t a music family.
2. Cooler weather and good times with friends.
@lynneamch @AnneCecilie @MySharonaK
#thankfulthursday @Cosmos_Moon

MySharonaK Thank you for the tag ❤️ 4y
Megabooks Cooler weather 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 4y
lynneamch Sorry I missed your tag yesterday, but I'm happy to be reminded of things to be thankful for, one of which is our Litsy community. 4y
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Sharpeipup
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What else can you have for breakfast when you #rereadafavorite
@StayCurious @4thhouseontheleft #summerfunjr

LiteraryinLawrence I read this book a LOT as a kid! 💗💗 4y
Sharpeipup @literaryinlititz Apparently I read the cover off our copy growing up. 4y
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kateschaeffer

this book has amazing mouth watering drawings. this is a good book to read to children who are picky eaters.

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kateschaeffer
Mehso-so

picky eaters and young foodies alike will love this tale of frances the finicky badger who refuses to eat anything but bread and jam, morning noon and night. eventually her parents use reverse psychology to convince frances to eat almost anything

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BookishShelly
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I saw (and read to myself) this book at the library and I was so happy. I loved Frances the badger books as a kid. Unfortunately my son refuses most books that aren‘t spooky, gross, or about fierce creatures. It‘s too bad because he‘s a picky eater and could use the lesson from this story.

Reecaspieces This is one of my favs! You just made my day! 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I loved this when I was a kid!! 5y
Amie I had a Frances Badger book as a kid that I loved. It always makes me happy to see a Frances book. 5y
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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I can‘t believe this is the same guy who wrote 5y
Hannah_Haymond Oh, Frances! I adored those as a kid. I think there were a few in the series, if I remember correctly? 5y
Eggs Love the Frances books❤️❤️ 5y
Jinjer I love the entire scene where one of them peels a hard boiled egg and has a little shaker of salt or something. 5y
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Cinfhen
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#HeyJune Frances is a picky eater!!! All she wants is bread and jam...she even makes a song about it. So when mommy badger FINALLY allows Frances to eat ONLY bread and jam it‘s #strawberryfieldsforever but...what if a girl sometimes craves good ole meatballs?!!!?

mcipher I love this one! Her friend‘s elaborate lunches are so funny - the twist of wax paper for his salt... ❤️ 6y
Cinfhen @mcipher I honestly forgot that part!! It‘s been awhile since I last read Frances 😉😘 6y
mcipher That stuck with me all these years later apparently. I was just telling someone at work about it a couple weeks ago. 🤷‍♀️ 6y
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BarbaraJean Oh, I LOVED the Frances books when I was little! A Bargain for Frances, Bedtime for Frances... I‘d forgotten about this one, but it‘s all coming back! 6y
GypsyKat Too cute! ❤️🍓❤️ 6y
Cinfhen Don‘t forget, A Little Sister for Frances @BarbaraJean 😁 6y
BarbaraJean @Cinfhen Yes! Little sister Gloria! I‘m gonna have to go revisit the ones I own now. I already have her bedtime ABC song in my head: “U is for Underwear down in the drier...” 😆 (edited) 6y
Cinfhen That‘s hilarious @BarbaraJean it‘s all coming back to me too!! Even the salt trade @mcipher ❣️❣️❣️😁 6y
robinb I have this one, but a newer edition. 6y
batsy I've never read these books! Frances sounds like a gem 😍 6y
TrishB Don‘t know these ones. 6y
GripLitGrl Aaahh! I so remember this one😍😍😍 childhood book love!!!! 6y
Cinfhen Frances was adorable @batsy @TrishB @GripLitGrl BUT it was wordy for a kids picture book 😜my kids sometimes lost interest 😂😂 6y
Chrys My son loved this book, and we went through quite a bread and jam sandwich phase because of it 😂🥪 6y
Bklover OMG I love Frances!!! It was a favorite of all three of my kids. Always made me hungry for spaghetti at the end. And hard boiled eggs, 😂😂 6y
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ferskner
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@DebinHawaii, look what I found while cleaning out my mom's garage! It was passed down through three much older siblings before it made its way to me. You can see that it was well loved!

heikemarie Frances 💜💜💜 6y
DebinHawaii Awesome! I wish I still had mine! Frances ❤️ 6y
ApoptyGina69 Have you ever heard of a band from San Francisco called Switchblade Symphony? They named their 2nd CD (1997) after this book, which was the first I‘d heard of it. So cool you found it!! 6y
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Natasha.C.Barnes This was one of my favorite books EVER!!!!! 6y
Natasha.C.Barnes Her little meal with the doily and vase of violets and taking one bite of each item in a circle, it influenced me so much 6y
Bklover @Natasha.C.Barnes Oh, and the egg with the salt and pepper! This was my favorite too. 6y
ferskner @Bklover @Natasha.C.Barnes The cardboard salt shaker BLEW MY MIND as a kid, and the little basket of cherries. I know I mimicked all of the food scenes in the book a lot as a kid. 6y
ferskner @ApoptyGina69 I've heard of the band but haven't listened to them. I'll have to look for that! 6y
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Buddys_Momma
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This is hands down my favorite and best loved book from childhood. My parents bought me a copy for my 5th birthday, then again for my 6th because I had worn out my other copy!! #LIBERTHDAY

Happy Birthday @Liberty !!!! 💜📖 📚 😺

EvieBee Aww! This is one of my favorite book too! 7y
Reecaspieces Omg!!! Loved this book!! 7y
DebinHawaii I loved this one too! 📚💜 7y
LiteraryinLawrence I totally grew up on this book! 7y
Buddys_Momma @EvieBee84 @Reecaspieces @DebinHawaii @LiteraryinLititz Oh yes---I just adored this book--may have to buy a new copy 💜💜 7y
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Sharpeipup
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Thank you Mom for reading "Bread and Jam for Frances" to me until the cover fell off. What book made you a reader? #reading4life

Bibliogeekery Paddington Bear 7y
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Liberty
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Day 11 of the #Riotgrams challenge: favorites children's book! I am going with my favorite book when I was a child. I absolutely adored Frances.

And when I got older I learned Russell Hoban is a versatile genius! He also wrote TURTLE DIARY (amazing!), RIDDLEY WALKER (bananapants apocalypsey!), and EMMET OTTER'S JUGBAND CHRISTMAS (!!!!!)! ❤❤❤

Aims42 Awww I loved these books too! I remember reading one about her getting a tea set. I'd have my mom read that to me over and over and over again at night ❤️ 7y
Amie I loved Frances and Emmett Otter. Most people I talk to have never even heard of Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas 7y
Bookishlie Emmet otters jugband Christmas is on Netflix! 7y
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kspenmoll Love them❤. Fun seeing Littens posts that bring up memories! 7y
JSW Yes!!! Frances is my girl!!! 7y
aubergine123 I loved these so much when I was little. 7y
jennw1212 I loved this book! 7y
MelanieMefford Oh my gosh, I remember that Emmet Otter's Christmas special in the 80s, I think?! Loved it! 7y
MaureenMc I didn't know Emmett Otter was a book! *mind blown* (edited) 7y
Matilda Wow you just gave me the biggest flashback I had totally forgotten this book until this image. I checked this it SO many times from my school's library. 7y
readinginthedark I didn't know the last one was a book either! Thank you! (frantically searching internet for a copy...) 7y
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EvieBee
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After a tiring weekend of...wait for it...errands...we sat around today and didn't do much of anything this evening. Except for make dinner and play Trivial Pursuit on PlayStation. Where does the weekend go these days? 👀Honey lemon garlic salmon, squash medley in light cream sauce, and spring onion risotto. #bookanddinner

courtney This looks delicious! 7y
EvieBee @courtney Thank you! It came together very quickly! 7y
Chachic Wow, that looks yummy! 7y
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kspenmoll Yum! 7y
Cinfhen Yum & more Yum 😋😋 7y
Buddys_Momma That looks delish! 7y
BrownGirlReading 😋😋😋😋 7y
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CarolynOliver
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Jam on biscuits, jam on toast . . . Anyone else love the Frances books as a kid? Now I love reading them to my son. #childrensbooks #kidlit

EnidBiteEm I read this to my children this morning 😀😍 8y
LiteraryinLawrence I loved them as a kid! 8y
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