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  • Published: 1 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593112663
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 40

One More Jar of Jam




A sparkling and deeply felt story of love, loss, renewal—and jam!—offering  a gentle reminder of the cyclical nature of the world around us.

If you ever have a mulberry tree, you’ll climb branches and shake with all your might. You’ll gather berries and smush fruits, while your dad boils jars in a tall, silver pot sweating and happy as the kitchen fills with steam. Because if you’ve ever had a mulberry tree, you know that the sweetest things are worth waiting for.

Sumptuous text and deliciously expressive illustrations come together to form a gentle ode to nature’s bounty, to patience, and to one girl’s lifelong connection to the tree in her yard.

  • Published: 1 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593112663
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 40

About the authors

Michelle Sumovich

MICHELLE SUMOVICH is an author of books for children including Everything is Fine and I Have Three Cats, which was the recipient of The Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature. Michelle spent her childhood as a tree climber, snow fort architect, and living room fashion model. She now lives in Portland, Oregon with two children, two cats, and a rotating population of roly-polys.

Gracey Zhang

Gracey Zhang is a freelance illustrator and animator. She was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, and received her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is now based in New York City.