In the Big Inning: Bible Riddles from the Back Pew written by Mike Thaler and illustrated by Jared Lee

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s1600/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg"><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s200/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480264388542368882" /></a></a>It is time for a <span style="color:#990000;"><strong><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/">FIRST Wild Card Tour</a></span></strong> book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span><br /><br /><font color="#cc0000"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></font><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.mikethaler.com/">Mike Thaler</a> (Author)</span> <br />and<br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.jaredlee.com/">Jared Lee</a> (Illustrator)</span><br /></strong><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">and the book:</span> </span></strong><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310715970">In the Big Inning: Bible Riddles from the Back Pew </a></span></strong><br /></p><p align="center">Zonderkidz (February 1, 2010) <br /></p>***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span> </span></strong></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipz0wtNURYKPvA92gT94Apw3eu2cjVZgWNlOZrOGtj9m0WTuR80hBU3NdJQ_9BmRtJL4ajXK-i5vklKXqgHJT-7gZO7_Oyh6Pyo9rGZC6NpIVof_oPYt-0OsTjzXJNj_uo09iF6YbSDg/s1600/mike+thaler"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipz0wtNURYKPvA92gT94Apw3eu2cjVZgWNlOZrOGtj9m0WTuR80hBU3NdJQ_9BmRtJL4ajXK-i5vklKXqgHJT-7gZO7_Oyh6Pyo9rGZC6NpIVof_oPYt-0OsTjzXJNj_uo09iF6YbSDg/s200/mike+thaler" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500997624041968882" /></a><br />Known as the Riddle King of America, Mike Thaler is the author of the popular Black Lagoon books and the Heaven and Mirth series. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and travels nationally, speaking in schools, libraries, and churches.<br /><br />Visit the author's <a href="http://www.mikethaler.com/">website</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5Fu4S_HlHV4ZeHjpb_1KyNm-wdDF4qR_HS5Moh6QKauAtB9MIkzA2reFTHe2Rfy_uXohFbvCq9loXU4qSilPOlTOdM-cm-Ehzv_FLdPYyRq8fvd9WW1KuZor-R6WZzVk8GDWy-qy8sQ/s1600/jared+lee"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 107px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5Fu4S_HlHV4ZeHjpb_1KyNm-wdDF4qR_HS5Moh6QKauAtB9MIkzA2reFTHe2Rfy_uXohFbvCq9loXU4qSilPOlTOdM-cm-Ehzv_FLdPYyRq8fvd9WW1KuZor-R6WZzVk8GDWy-qy8sQ/s200/jared+lee" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500999038630053794" /></a>Jared Lee is an accomplished illustrator with experience working for the likes of L.L. Bean, Procter and Gamble, Hasbro, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, and the U.S. Postal Service. He currently resides in Lebanon, Ohio. <br /><br /><br />Visit the illustrator's <a href="http://www.jaredlee.com/">website</a>.<br /><br />Product Details:<br /><br />List Price: $4.99<br />Reading level: Ages 4-8<br />Paperback: 32 pages <br />Publisher: Zonderkidz (February 1, 2010) <br />Language: English <br />ISBN-10: 0310715970 <br />ISBN-13: 978-0310715979 <br />Product Dimensions: 7.8 x<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Press the browse button to view the first chapter: <br /></span> </strong><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GzChsSxmBP9lTu_il2PIvbpsKxRjnzW_x38t-xTVOovIUPzwHFznqIcL4zB9B710OPhVr4L6M-KHkxotNhXLtjTR1z92e8QRnf-G2i22g3UlstioUcPGtOUnGEXjYAAncBFM7kmPdpo/s1600/In+the+Big+Inning"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GzChsSxmBP9lTu_il2PIvbpsKxRjnzW_x38t-xTVOovIUPzwHFznqIcL4zB9B710OPhVr4L6M-KHkxotNhXLtjTR1z92e8QRnf-G2i22g3UlstioUcPGtOUnGEXjYAAncBFM7kmPdpo/s200/In+the+Big+Inning" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500997355754085106" /></a><div style="OVERFLOW: auto; HEIGHT: 307px"><div class="zondervanbrowseinside" style="margin: 5px 0; color: white; text-align: left; width: 142px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;"><div><div style="height: 29px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_top.gif') no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 6px; float:left; width: 18px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Go to: Zondervan.com" href="http://www.zondervan.com">Z</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 95px; height: 12px; margin-left: 5px;"><a style="display: block; height: 10px;" title="Browse Inside In the Big Inning… Bible Riddles from the Back Pew By:Mike Thaler" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310715979&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget9ac0c42a-7e61-4f84-aee1-57eff41110c3" target="_blank" >Browse Inside</a></div></div><div style="padding-top: 2px; text-align: center; padding-left: 1px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_mid.gif') repeat-y;"><a href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310715979&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget9ac0c42a-7e61-4f84-aee1-57eff41110c3" target="_blank" ><img style="border:none; width: 124px; display: inline;" alt="Cover of In the Big Inning… Bible Riddles from the Back Pew" title="Browse Inside In the Big Inning… Bible Riddles from the Back Pew By:Mike Thaler" src="http://www.zondervan.com/images/product/medium/0310715970.jpg"></a></div><div style="height: 39px; background: url('http://www.zondervan.com/zondervan/images/bi_bg_bottom.gif') bottom no-repeat;"><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" title="Browse Inside In the Big Inning… Bible Riddles from the Back Pew By:Mike Thaler" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310715979&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget9ac0c42a-7e61-4f84-aee1-57eff41110c3" target="_blank" >Browse</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Learn more about In the Big Inning… Bible Riddles from the Back PewBy:Mike Thaler"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310715979">Info</a></div><div style="overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;" title="Add this to your website."><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310715979&bis=1">Add</a></div></div></div></div></div><br />

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Mike Thaler (Author)
and
Jared Lee (Illustrator)

and the book:

In the Big Inning: Bible Riddles from the Back Pew

Zonderkidz (February 1, 2010)

***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Known as the Riddle King of America, Mike Thaler is the author of the popular Black Lagoon books and the Heaven and Mirth series. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and travels nationally, speaking in schools, libraries, and churches.

Visit the author's website.


Jared Lee is an accomplished illustrator with experience working for the likes of L.L. Bean, Procter and Gamble, Hasbro, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, and the U.S. Postal Service. He currently resides in Lebanon, Ohio.


Visit the illustrator's website.

Product Details:

List Price: $4.99
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (February 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310715970
ISBN-13: 978-0310715979
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x

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