What do you eat at Easter? Chocolate eggs? American kids eat jelly beans!

This man is making the beans. He is adding sugar.

This lady is checking the beans.

The colours and avours are mixed.

A machine puts jelly beans into packets.

A: The parents hide the jelly beans around the house or garden. Then, the kids nd beans and put them in baskets then, they eat them! YUM!

Q: Whats this? A: Its a factory, in California, USA. Q: What does it make? A: It makes sweets jelly beans!

Q: How many jelly beans does it make every year? A: It makes 15 million kilos! Q: What do American kids do with the jelly beans at Easter?

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BEFORE YOU READ

What do you eat at Easter?

FILM
Look at the photos. Where can you see these things?
an American ag a green hat lots of orange beans a yellow hat blue gloves
Pictures Picture Picture Pictures Pictures

All answers are on page 14

The beans are drying in trays in the different colours and avours.

These are the most popular jelly bean avours in the USA.

1. Cherry 3. Grape

2. Strawberry 4. Lime

The Jelly Belly jelly bean company makes some strange avours, too!

Garlic

Popcorn

Cappuccino

Now the jelly beans are ready. They can go to the shops!

My Jelly Bean
Think of a new jelly bean avour. Draw it here: What colour is your jelly bean? _____________________________ What avour is your jelly bean? ______________________________

Americ an kids eat 16 billion jelly be ans at Easter.

www.jellybean.com

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