The Giant Jam Sandwich

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The Giant Jam Sandwich
Author John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway
Illustrator John Vernon Lord
Cover artist John Vernon Lord
Country United States
Genre(s) Children's picture book
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date 1972
Media type Hardback and Paperback
Pages 32
ISBN ISBN 0-395-44237-0

The Giant Jam Sandwich is a children's picture book, with story and pictures by John Vernon Lord and verses by Janet Burroway. The rhyming story tells how the fictional town of Itching Down was invaded by four million wasps. The villagers decide to build a gigantic jam sandwich to trap the pesky insects.