title: The Giant Jellybean Jar (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)
author:  Marcie Aboff 
description: K-Gr. 2. Ben loves jelly beans and he loves going to Jo-Jo's Jelly Bean Shop, where every weekend the store's owner has a contest: he reads a riddle about a jelly bean flavor, and the kid with the right answer wins a jar of jelly beans. Ben always knows the answers, but he never wins because he is shy, and he lets the bigger, louder kids (including his older sister) take over. Readers of this Puffin Easy-to-Read title will work out the answers with Ben, and they'll sympathize with his nervousness and applaud when he finally finds the confidence to shout out the right answer. The tasty, rhyming riddles make words part of the fun, and the clear, playful line-and-watercolor illustrations show the small kid's failure, the building tension, and, at last, the boy's triumphant win. <i>Hazel Rochman</i><br><i>Copyright &#169; American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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