Books with author Jen Smith

IDW Publishing presents The Great Cow Race, one of Smith's most well regarded tales, in the award-winning Artist's Edition format. Featuring the entire Bone clan-Fone, Smiley and Phoney-as well as Gran'ma Ben and Thorn, and, of course, those stupid, stupid Rat Creatures! Don't miss what promises to be one of the finest Artist's Editions of the year! NOTE: At a later date IDW will release a S/N limited edition version of this book. Brought to you by the same team responsible for the Eisner Award-winning Walter Simonson's The Mighty Thor: Artist's Edition and David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again: Artist's Edition. AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART. While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art-for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board. Jeff Smith's Bone was launched through Cartoon Books in 1991. Winning 10 Eisner Awards (while being nominated for another 11), Bone is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed independent comic book series' of all time.

Trapped in a dungeon while the fate of the Valley is decided by two raging armies, Thorn is haunted by the dangerous and mysterious object of power known as the Crown of Horns. Guarded by dragons, the Crown of Horns is the only thing that can stop the Locust and end the war... but how, and at what price? Fone Bone believes he knows the answer, and he must decide where his heart truly lies...

Introducing "Sookin' Berries", her collection of stories for younger readers, Jess Smith writes: 'I have been a gatherer of tales for most of my life, and I suppose it all began when I was a wee girl. I shared a home with parents, seven sisters and a shaggy dog. It could be said that I lived a different sort of life from most other children, because 'home' was an old blue bus. We were known as tinkers or travellers, descendants of those who have wandered the highways and by ways of Scotland for two thousand years'. Acclaimed for her autobiographical trilogy, "Jessie's Journey", Jess is on a mission to pass on the stories she heard as a girl to the young readers of today.'If you are aged from around 10 going on 100, then you're a fine age to read, enjoy and hopefully remember forever these ancient oral tales of Scotland's travelling people. What I'd like you to do in this book is to come with me on the road; back to those days when it was time to pack up and get going, and to take the way of our ancestors. I want you to imagine that, as my friend, you are by the campfire listening to the magical Scottish stories that have been handed down through generations of travellers'.

Many many years ago, before you were born, before your parents were born and before their parents were born, there was a strange and magical land called Quinkanna - a land that was home to many kind and wonderful people and creatures.Quinkanna was a peaceful land ruled by the kindest King and Queen ever to have lived. The Kindg and Queen shared their humble castle with their two young children; Prince Benjamin the Wild and Princess Jessica the Wise. Quinkanna had been at peace for over a thousand years. The last time the land had been threatened was during the Great Dragon War when the fiercest, most evil dragons had nearly destroyed Quinkanna. Luckily for the King and Queen, no dragons had been seen in Quinkanna for a thousand years.Until now.The discovery of a friendly but scared dragon cub in the land followed by a mysterious illness that befalls the beautiful Princess Jessica threatens to destroy the happiness that had been bestowed on the land for so may years. When the wisest healers in the land are unable to cure the child it falls to the brave little dragon cub to take on an incredible quest to save her, and all of Quinkanna, from the threat of the Wonambi Dragons!A Thousand years ago, Quinkanna had been attacked by the terrible and evil Wonambi Dragon tribe. After the land was destroyed in the Great War, the Wonambi retreated to the treacherous Mountains of Bex, far away from the green and lush fields and orchards of Quinkanna. Since then, no creature or person had ever met a Wonambi dragon and lived to tell the tale. To succeed in his quest and save the Princess, the infant dragon cub must face his darkest fears , overcome his weaknesses and discover the truth about his own past before facing the most terrible danger in the land.Only then can he find the cure....

Some call Archie Starmageddon‘s grandmother a witch, but that suits her just fine–it keeps the dangerous pirates away from her small farm in the swamp. But when young Archie rescues a baby monster, she insists he return it to its mother, and thus begins an adventure that ends with Archie and his charge the only ones who can stop their modest kingdom from becoming the first to fall before the new pirate empire.This is a chapter eBook for ages 8-12.