Rattlesnake Jam is a rhyming romp, with crazy old Gran
and Pa arguing over how to cook up the rattlers he catches. Gran
wants to boil and bottle them into her cure-all Rattlesnake Jam, but
Pa longs for a rattlesnake pie.
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Rattlesnake Jam is a hilariously funny
children’s picture book about an old couple who share an
irresistible affection for rattlesnakes. There’s only one problem:
While Pa would rather have the rattlesnakes turned into fritters or
pie, old Gran prefers them turned into jam… disgustingly green,
sweetened, gooey rattlesnake jam!
So no matter how cold the
weather is, there goes brave Pa hunting after the snakes. And as he
hunts them, he fantasizes about the various ways Gran could cook
them—hot on a plate, fried, sliced on white rice, hmmm… But no way
will his dreams ever become a reality, for as readers will learn
“…snake cooked for Pa was not in Gran’s plan. She dreamed of them
sweetened and made into jam.” Will Gran ever stop?
Colliers’s colorful, wacky illustrations complement Finke’s
humorous rhyme perfectly. The book has 28 pages in all, and each
story page has an illustration with a short text at the bottom—a two
or four line rhyme. Whimsical and amusing, Rattlesnake Jam is one of
those books young children will beg their parents to read to them
again and again. --Mayra Calvani, Midwest Book Review
“Whoever heard of rattlesnake
jam? Horrid! Disgusting! And how perfect for the imaginative child
with a sense of adventure! This rhymed and well-metered tale of a
grandma set on making rattlesnake jam, as if it were on everyone’s
breakfast menu, will have youngsters squealing and squirming with
delight. They’ll follow the hapless Pa into the field in search of
the critters, and back into Gran’s kitchen where she cooks up a
rattling brew for folks near and far.
