Title: Sam and Jump
Author: Jennifer K. Mann
Illustrator: Jennifer K. Mann
Publisher: Walker Books
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Book format: Paperback
Sweet Strawberries: 
Description: Sam and Jump do everything together. One day they go to the beach, where they meet Thomas. They play all day. But when Sam gets home he realizes he’s forgotten something: JUMP!
*Free copy provided by publisher for review…
Review: This is a really sweet and simple tale that many kids will relate to. Sam and his best friend Jump, a cuddly toy rabbit, do everything together. Like many kids with their toys, Sam is very attached to Jump and one day they go to the beach where they have fun together, until Sam meets Thomas. Sam and Thomas end up enjoying the rest of the afternoon together at the beach, but when it’s time to go home Sam forgets poor Jump and doesn’t know what to do.
It’s hard not to spoil the ending of this story as it’s such a short and simple tale, but it has a really happy ending and I couldn’t help but smile at what happens. I really enjoyed this paperback picture book. It’s a little smaller than A4 in size and filled with thick colourful pages that have such simple illustrations. I really liked these pictures, they are so simple and yet really show the story well. They look like simple pencil drawings and that along with the font used in the book has a childlike appearance that I really enjoyed.
A lot of children have a favourite toy and can relate to losing that toy, or the idea of losing it, which is why I think a lot of children would like this book. It’s so simple and gives a happy, uplifting ending for what kids may sometimes experience. I certainly would have loved this book as a child and would definitely recommend it to others.
-Review first appeared online July 2017 – now republished here.
Have you or your children ever lost a favourite toy? What was your favourite toy growing up? Let me know what you think in the comments below 🙂
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The illustrations look lovely 🙂 My favourite toys were cuddly cats (you know I’m cat fan so I guess you’re not surprised) – how about you?
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Oh, anything cuddly too, especially cat related things (I’m a cat lover too!), although I didn’t have a cuddly cat until I was older, instead I had the cutest teddy bear with a bow tie! I also loved my set of Sylvannian Families toys, which I got when I was quite young too, Have you heard of them? I collected a few in my lifetime, mostly in my teens, and I still have them, although they’ve been packed away into boxes.
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I never had Sylvanian families (altho some of my friends did), but I had Kitty in My Pocket – I still remember the theme tune from TV for those! Little plastic cats of different breeds, which came with cards telling you about their personalities etc.
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Oh I love Kitty in My Pocket, so cute, although the only little kitties I ever had were the ones that came free in Wheetos cereal, lol. I don’t remember a tv theme tune though. 😦 I wasn’t really an avid collector of those, although I did collect some Puppy in My Pocket (and got the hotel for them), mostly because I could get hold of new puppies in my local Woolworths for about 99p a puppy, I think that’s what they used to cost, I relly can’t remember. lol. Aww, remembering those toys has made me feel all nostalgic 🙂
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