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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 — 61 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 4.69 avg rating — 39 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) 4.75 avg rating — 20 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) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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 (Board Book) 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, The Adventures of Penguin and Friends Series, Picture Books for Kids, Wordless, Classic Kids Books for Ages 6-8 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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Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft

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The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great

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Jessica Linn Evans liked Sean Perron's review of Penguin to the Rescue (The Adventures of Penguin and Friends Book 2): "Even better than volume 1. Great boy book. Leave the spoons behind and grab the rope!"
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Jessica Linn Evans liked Jason Farley's review of Penguin Takes Flight (The Adventures of Penguin and Friends Book 3): "love it! I love this book! Such cute illustrations. Fun story. Can’t wait to check out the other books in the series! "
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Jessica Linn Evans rated a book it was amazing Mari in the Margins by Rebecca J. Gomez (Goodreads Author)	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
Mari’s full and chaotic life keeps the reader turning pages to discover how she interprets the next episode in her story. The more she writes and doodles out her experiences the more delightful her alliterations and internal rhymes become. Her poetic ...more
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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

tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity

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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

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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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

tags: fantasy, literature, philosophy

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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

tags: storytelling

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