MIM's Christmas Jam

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Book Overview

The best part of Christmas is the whole family savoring Mim's belly-hum jam together . But this Christmas, Pap is far away in New York City, digging a hole for something called the subway, and his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152019189
• ISBN13: 9780152019181
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.2" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 3 years and under

Customer Reviews

A Belly-hum of a story!

It's 1915 and Pap is working on the new subway in New York, keeping him from his family on Christmas. His wife, Mim, and children, Saraleen and Royce, miss him very much, so they make and send him some of the family's traditional holiday recipe - Belly-hum jam. This jam is so good, Pap is able to use it to sweeten the sour attitudes of the foremen, Mr. Mead and Mr. Evans, who send the men home to celebrate with their families. Luckily for us readers, the recipe follows the story. Once again the Pinkneys have brought us a wonderful, meaningful story, this one a touching holiday tale. The scratchboard illustrations are beautiful. I always look for new books by this family of authors and illustrators to add their work to my school library's collection.