My Magnificent Jelly Bean Tree by Maura Finn and Aura Parker

en t c i f i n g y Ma

y l l e J N M

A E B REE T

Maura Finn

Illustrated by Aura Parker

My Magnificent

Jelly

BEAN TREE

First published in Australia 2016

by New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd ABN 67 126 171 757 48 Ross Street, Glebe NSW 2037, Australia www.newfrontier.com.au Text copyright © 2016 Maura Finn Illustrations copyright © 2016 Aura Parker This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Creator: Finn, Maura, author.

Title: My Magnificent Jelly Bean Tree / Maura Finn; illustrated by Aura Parker.

ISBN: 9781925059588 (hardback) Target Audience: For primary school age.

Subjects: Jellybeans--Juvenile fiction.

Magic--Juvenile fiction.

Other Creators/Contributors: Parker, Aura, illustrator.

Dewey Number: A823.4 Designed by Celeste Hulme Printed in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

For Dad – who really loved this one. MF For Rory – my little boy with a big imagination. AP

My Magnificent

Jelly

BEAN TREE

Maura Finn Illustrated by Aura Parker

If I had a jelly bean tree, I would care for it while it was small.

Sprinkle on sugar,

And jugfuls of jam,

Then watch it grow sturdy and tall.