Nick Sharratt: The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway

Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books, writes of his Book of the Month:

One of my all-time favourite picture books is The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway. It’s got everything: a fantastically silly plot ( all about a village that makes a colossal strawberry jam butty to trap four million pesky wasps), rollicking verses that are a delight to read out loud, and above all the most wonderful illustrations, full of humorous detail that will make you want to look at them again and again.

Nick’s most recent book, Vikings in the Supermarket, is his first poetry collection and was shortlisted for an Independent Bookshop Award, 2016.