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Pairs of pictures and a simple word enable young children to make up stories about the encounters of a bear cub with everyday objects, including cookies, blocks, water, a balloon, and a bed. Dennis Lee, known as a wizard of words and the author of classics like Alligator Pie, created Jelly Belly in 1983. This book combines playful and hilarious poetry with captivating illustrations by Juan Wijngaard, making it an ideal read for children ages one to five, as well as for family members of all ages. To generations of children, Dennis Lee is known as a wizard of words, the author of such classics as Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, The Cat and The Wizard, and the bestseller Bubblegum Delicious. With Jelly Belly, originally published in 1983, Lee created a new Mother Goose. As playful and hilarious as our traditional nursery rhymes, Jelly Belly combines toe-tapping poetry with the beguiling illustrations of Juan Wijngaard (winner of the Mother Goose Award). Jelly Belly is the ideal book for children ages one to five, for older brothers and sisters, for parents, grandparents and any grown up who remains young at heart.