Mary had a little jam

Mary had a little jam

Tammi Sauer

Book - 2025

"Fashion-forward Mary is known for adding flair everywhere she goes. One day, while strumming her ukulele, she decides to make music on a grander scale. And she knows she can use her stylish talent to organize a fabulous band. Soon she's rehearsing with her friends. When the group strikes some wrong notes and chaos ensues, Mary steps up, takes the lead, and restores harmony--just in time for a big performance." --

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Subjects
Jam bands > Juvenile fiction.
Bands (Music) > Juvenile fiction.
Music > Juvenile fiction.
Neighborhoods > Juvenile fiction.
Characters and characteristics in literature > Juvenile fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Bands (Music) > Fiction.
Music > Fiction.
Neighborhoods > Fiction.
Characters in literature > Fiction.
Harmonies (Orchestres) > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Histoires rimées.
Musique > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music.
Neighborhood > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Histoires rimées
Published
New York : Union Square Kids [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Tammi Sauer (author)
Other Authors
Vanessa Brantley-Newton (illustrator)
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Audience
03-07.
P-02.
ISBN
9781454933045
Contents unavailable.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

The protagonist ofMary Had a Little Glam (2016) andMary Had a Little Plan (2022) gathers her pals for a jam session. Mary, a Black girl who wears a nest housing a bird family atop her head, sits on the front stoop strumming her pink ukulele. "I think I need a group," she announces before recruiting a diverse cadre of friends, among them Jack and Jill, Bo Peep, and Boy Blue. They gather in her living room and start playing different tunes simultaneously, producing a cacophony. This isn't what Mary had in mind. She gets their attention and tells them they need some harmony. As her band, dubbed the Nurs'ry Rhymers, practices and improves, joy abounds. And while Mary still occasionally plays on her own, she loves being part of a band. Bursting with color and motion, this lively story will keep readers as busy as the artwork; little ones will enjoy pointing out what the bird family is doing, tracking the trouble that Bo Peep's sheep get into, and identifying other animals (such as a goose and a spider) also found in nursery rhymes. Mary's trusty companion, a small white dog, adds to the fun, howling in the midst of the musical mayhem. A toe-tappingly fun tale about what it takes to bring auditory beauty to life.(Picture book. 4-7) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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