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Jessica Linn Evans is an author-illustrator and SCBWI member who lives in Idaho with her husband, her delightful children, and a backyard full of birds. All her illustrations are rendered with traditional media: watercolor, graphite, and ink. Jessica loves crafting stories where illustrations do the heavy lifting, featuring adventure, friendship, and a little bit of peril.

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	Not Finished Yet: Trusting God with All My Feelings by Sharon Garlough Brown (Goodreads Author), Jessica Linn Evans (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Sets Sail 4.68 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elk King (Tales of Animalia Book #1) by Jenn Discher (Goodreads Author), Jessica Linn Evans (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting Through Winter by Jason Farley (Goodreads Author), Jessica Linn Evans (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Mouse Finds a Friend (Little Mouse Family Book 1) by Jeni Leidenfrost, Jessica Linn Evans (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Sets Sail: A Wordless Picture Book About Friendship, Adventure, and Finding Home 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Takes Flight (Adventures of Penguin and Friends Series) - A Wordless Children’s Picture Book for Kids, Classic Kids Books for Ages 4–8 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin to the Rescue (The Adventures of Penguin and Friends Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	O pinguinzinho viajante by Jessica Linn Evans (Goodreads Author), Cesare Turazzi (Editor), Mauricio Fonseca (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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“The stories that contain badness are not bad stories. Rather, they are among some of the best. Because the storyteller who loves the children and gives the whole of his or her self to them by means of the tale—inviting at the same time the whole of the children's selves—is of all people the best able to confront true and truly terrible things with the children.”
― Walter Wangerin Jr., Swallowing the Golden Stone: Stories and Essays

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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

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