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An unexpected visitor, a plate of egg sandwiches and a hungry little boy. What could possibly go wrong? ""Don't you ever listen?"" bellowed the bear. ""Bears don't eat egg sandwiches!"" Just as Jack sits down for lunch, there is a knock at the door and in comes a hungry bear! Jack tries to offer the bear his favorite food, egg sandwiches, but the bear has other ideas. . . . Jack tries his best to figure out what bears eat and ends up sitting on the plate himself. How will Jack get out of this mess? A fun tale for 3-5 year olds that will have them guessing what bears do eat for lunch. A great book to read with groups of children in schools or libraries, with opportunities for them to join in with the repeating refrain throughout.

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Bears don't eat egg sandwiches--but a tasty little boy, just maybe. As Fulton's story opens, Jack, a young boy, is getting ready to have a favorite lunch of egg sandwiches when a bear knocks on the door. 'I'm hungry, ' the bear informs Jack. Jack suggests an egg sandwich. 'Bears don't eat egg sandwiches, ' replies the bear. As the bear goes about setting up its lunch of choice--it needs a big plate and a big spoon--Jack keeps mentioning that egg sandwiches really are tops and lots would fit on a big plate and lots would fit in a big spoon. But bears don't eat egg sandwiches. When Jack is situated squarely on the plate, the bear admits that what bears like to eat are 'little boys!' As it opens its maw to slip Jack in, Jack starts listing the reasons he would not be a tasty bite. He'd taste of 'grass stains and snot, ' of mud and unwashed socks. Then Jack pulls the ace from his sleeve. He'll taste like egg sandwiches, whereupon the bear spits Jack out. 'Eeeeeuuuuuuuucccccchhh!' howls the bear. This sufficiently cockamamie story is complemented by broadly cartoonish, digitally collaged artwork, and young readers will enjoy both the dawning realization that the bear wishes to eat Jack and chiming in on its repeated, increasingly energetic declarations that 'Bears don't eat egg sandwiches!' A clever tale about ursine dietary restrictions. --Kirkus Reviews --Journal

Bears don't eat egg sandwiches--but a tasty little boy, just maybe. As Fulton's story opens, Jack, a young boy, is getting ready to have a favorite lunch of egg sandwiches when a bear knocks on the door. 'I'm hungry, ' the bear informs Jack. Jack suggests an egg sandwich. 'Bears don't eat egg sandwiches, ' replies the bear. As the bear goes about setting up its lunch of choice--it needs a big plate and a big spoon--Jack keeps mentioning that egg sandwiches really are tops and lots would fit on a big plate and lots would fit in a big spoon. But bears don't eat egg sandwiches. When Jack is situated squarely on the plate, the bear admits that what bears like to eat are 'little boys!' As it opens its maw to slip Jack in, Jack starts listing the reasons he would not be a tasty bite. He'd taste of 'grass stains and snot, ' of mud and unwashed socks. Then Jack pulls the ace from his sleeve. He'll taste like egg sandwiches, whereupon the bear spits Jack out. 'Eeeeeuuuuuuuucccccchhh!' howls the bear. This sufficiently cockamamie story is complemented by broadly cartoonish, digitally collaged artwork, and young readers will enjoy both the dawning realization that the bear wishes to eat Jack and chiming in on its repeated, increasingly energetic declarations that 'Bears don't eat egg sandwiches!' A clever tale about ursine dietary restrictions.--Kirkus Reviews -- Journal

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Julie Fulton lives in Evesham, England and has been writing since childhood. She has too many hobbies to mention but enjoys spending time in her garden and on a narrow boat on the canals. Rachel Suzanne lives in Staffordshire with a pet parrot, two cats, and a one-eyed budgie called Mr Tweet. She graduated from Birmingham City University in 2015 with a first class honors in illustration.

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