Jackson Jones: The Tale of a Boy, an Elf, and a Very Stinky Fish written by Jenn Kelly and illustrated by Ariane Elsammak

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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.jennkelly.com/">Jenn Kelly </a></span></strong><br /><br />illustrated by:<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.artbyari.com/">Ariane Elsammak</a></span></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/0310720796">Jackson Jones: The Tale of a Boy, an Elf, and a Very Stinky Fish </a></span></strong><br /></p><p align="center">Zonderkidz (August 6, 2010) <br /></p>***Special thanks to Pam Mettler of Zonderkidz for sending me a review copy.***<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/AVvXsEikvRuvpxwo7e4UpGOoRflQGgV4lV7hbzQ8DVLhE6lrsFfSreUL53JXVIBCTUq78HGQxBycrTOHFZu4eCqV4_KGnq8SZxc_DVKcUDlmh_TIGX4SHkufYndmwuztKm_WM1uxj1YtJ8ppvsA/s1600/kellyjen.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvRuvpxwo7e4UpGOoRflQGgV4lV7hbzQ8DVLhE6lrsFfSreUL53JXVIBCTUq78HGQxBycrTOHFZu4eCqV4_KGnq8SZxc_DVKcUDlmh_TIGX4SHkufYndmwuztKm_WM1uxj1YtJ8ppvsA/s200/kellyjen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521810793881473074" /></a>Jenn Kelly lives in Ottawa, Canada, but her heart lives in Paris. Or Hawaii. She hasn’t decided yet. She is an undercover garden guru, painter, and chef, which has absolute nothing to do with this book. She won a writing award in grade 4, failed English Lit in university, spent many years writing bad poetry, and then decided to write a book. This is it. She is married to her best friend, Danny, and is mom to a five-year-old boy and a dog who worries too much. She embraces the ridiculousness and disorganization of life. <br /><br /><br />Visit the author's <a href="http://www.jennkelly.com/">website</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgnPLKyna2l9Y5Iza2eDBSLoX5xL6Fu-tco2XxHhkuCW2e2G4N56l8Z7DCTsL9iLDnkdRsq4iQikpWLPAAKdhrWFgxz_R4lMzrlhSuWdNa-0XzLD4BVJ2uwsJK8sSpa9l-tjVfFeNlio/s1600/ari_photo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgnPLKyna2l9Y5Iza2eDBSLoX5xL6Fu-tco2XxHhkuCW2e2G4N56l8Z7DCTsL9iLDnkdRsq4iQikpWLPAAKdhrWFgxz_R4lMzrlhSuWdNa-0XzLD4BVJ2uwsJK8sSpa9l-tjVfFeNlio/s200/ari_photo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521809914351545762" /></a>Ari has worked as a freelance illustrator for a variety of projects, mostly in children’s media. Her specialty is character design and she most enjoys illustrating humorous and wacky predicaments.<br /><br />She studied editorial and children’s book illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and the DuCret School of Art in New Jersey. She uses a variety of media to create my images both traditional and digital.<br /><br /><br />Visit the illustrator's <a href="http://www.artbyari.com/">website</a>.<br /><br />Product Details:<br /><br />List Price: $12.99<br />Reading level: Ages 9-12<br />Hardcover: 272 pages <br />Publisher: Zonderkidz (August 6, 2010) <br />Language: English <br />ISBN-10: 0310720796 <br />ISBN-13: 978-0310720799 <br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">PLEASE CLICK THE BROWSE INSIDE BUTTON TO VIEW THE FIRST CHAPTER:</span> </strong><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4RnlwTRS3FmXKnDp-e2Irt2bCGKJ2CR4ZJpM5t-wPJV-9BUMUDEKvIP60U25h636R_nDGq4mfX0rIKKijSs9zYS4so4iJm5kkbrhEBRfHTL3WLAXW8_vPddhjzhneOgleZXeMz_QqMM/s1600/Jackson+Jones.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4RnlwTRS3FmXKnDp-e2Irt2bCGKJ2CR4ZJpM5t-wPJV-9BUMUDEKvIP60U25h636R_nDGq4mfX0rIKKijSs9zYS4so4iJm5kkbrhEBRfHTL3WLAXW8_vPddhjzhneOgleZXeMz_QqMM/s200/Jackson+Jones.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521810639356312802" /></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 Jackson Jones, Book 1 By:Jenn Kelly" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310720799&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgetb7ab562f-e1c6-4a33-8e91-fbb227c3dc71" 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=9780310720799&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgetb7ab562f-e1c6-4a33-8e91-fbb227c3dc71" target="_blank" ><img style="border:none; width: 124px; display: inline;" alt="Cover of Jackson Jones, Book 1" title="Browse Inside Jackson Jones, Book 1 By:Jenn Kelly" src="http://www.zondervan.com/images/product/medium/0310720796.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 Jackson Jones, Book 1 By:Jenn Kelly" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310720799&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgetb7ab562f-e1c6-4a33-8e91-fbb227c3dc71" 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 Jackson Jones, Book 1By:Jenn Kelly"><a style="display: block; height: 20px;" href="http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310720799">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.9780310720799&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:

Jenn Kelly

illustrated by:

Ariane Elsammak

and the book:

Jackson Jones: The Tale of a Boy, an Elf, and a Very Stinky Fish

Zonderkidz (August 6, 2010)

***Special thanks to Pam Mettler of Zonderkidz for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jenn Kelly lives in Ottawa, Canada, but her heart lives in Paris. Or Hawaii. She hasn’t decided yet. She is an undercover garden guru, painter, and chef, which has absolute nothing to do with this book. She won a writing award in grade 4, failed English Lit in university, spent many years writing bad poetry, and then decided to write a book. This is it. She is married to her best friend, Danny, and is mom to a five-year-old boy and a dog who worries too much. She embraces the ridiculousness and disorganization of life.


Visit the author's website.

Ari has worked as a freelance illustrator for a variety of projects, mostly in children’s media. Her specialty is character design and she most enjoys illustrating humorous and wacky predicaments.

She studied editorial and children’s book illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and the DuCret School of Art in New Jersey. She uses a variety of media to create my images both traditional and digital.


Visit the illustrator's website.

Product Details:

List Price: $12.99
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (August 6, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310720796
ISBN-13: 978-0310720799

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