“Rumble and ramble
In blackberry bramble.
Billions of berries
For blackberry jamble."
I am participating in Merle’s Vintage Challenge on Instagram and the prompt today is “Brambles” or “Blackberries” so I am pleased to share with you this vintage children’s book that my boys loved.
Jamberry is a rhyming board book that I think had even greater appeal to my children when they were young because we lived within walking distance of blackberry brambles. Heck those blackberries grew willy-nilly along the streets and roadsides around the town we lived in in British Columbia.
It did not matter the least to us that this was a bestselling classic book. More important was the berry-loving child and the rhyming bear, the wording and the fabulous illustrations. If you love berries just eating them or also picking them, you and the young child in your life will enjoy Bruce Degen’s Jamberry.
“Hatberry
Shoeberry
In my canoeberry
Under the bridge
And over the dam
Looking for berries...Berries for jam!”
Jamberry was originally published in 1982 and is available as a vintage or new book from an eBay seller by clicking right here or as a new book from Amazon by clicking right here. It’s suitable for pre-kindergarten through Grade 2 aged children and, of course, it can be enjoyed by anyone who loves berries, young or old.
See you
at the library!
Brenda
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