Evelyn Bookless's Blog
May 6, 2025
JINX!
It's publication day for JINX! Here's a little about this new picture book for silly kids.
Hey, let's play a game! I bet I can say the color on the next page before you. I need to hear you, so say it loud. Ready? . . . Green! . . . JINX!
What can you say about this storybook character? He's a talker and a trickster! From the very beginning, he challenges the reader to a game, resulting in a . . . JINX! Until that jinx is lifted, the reader is now forbidden to talk!
The character has played this game before it seems, as he knows that even the smallest sound from the reader will make him the winner of the game. As experienced as he is at the rules of jinx, he tries every which way to get the reader to speak, even betting that he could do so!
He offers the reader slurping slugs and chewy worms to eat and tries to scare the reader with spiders crawling behind them, anything to get a reaction! He even tries telling jokes, but nothing seems to be working!
Can the reader withstand the barrage of tricks to win the game and be released from the jinx? Or is this book simply too funny and surprising to hold in screams and giggles? Will the character prevail and be "YOUR RULER FOR EVERMORE"?
"This interactive book breaks the fourth wall as the main character engages the reader in a series of challenges to escape the jinx placed upon them." Reycraft Books
Watch the book trailer here:
https://www.evelynbookless.com/jinx
Available wherever books are sold.
Hey, let's play a game! I bet I can say the color on the next page before you. I need to hear you, so say it loud. Ready? . . . Green! . . . JINX!
What can you say about this storybook character? He's a talker and a trickster! From the very beginning, he challenges the reader to a game, resulting in a . . . JINX! Until that jinx is lifted, the reader is now forbidden to talk!
The character has played this game before it seems, as he knows that even the smallest sound from the reader will make him the winner of the game. As experienced as he is at the rules of jinx, he tries every which way to get the reader to speak, even betting that he could do so!
He offers the reader slurping slugs and chewy worms to eat and tries to scare the reader with spiders crawling behind them, anything to get a reaction! He even tries telling jokes, but nothing seems to be working!
Can the reader withstand the barrage of tricks to win the game and be released from the jinx? Or is this book simply too funny and surprising to hold in screams and giggles? Will the character prevail and be "YOUR RULER FOR EVERMORE"?
"This interactive book breaks the fourth wall as the main character engages the reader in a series of challenges to escape the jinx placed upon them." Reycraft Books
Watch the book trailer here:
https://www.evelynbookless.com/jinx
Available wherever books are sold.
May 25, 2018
Book Tour - Captain Green and the Plastic Scene
What a busy and fun five weeks it's been, visiting schools within days of Captain Green and the Plastic Scene's Singapore release. I've read the story to children from 3 to 9 years old and had such lovely feedback, which has meant so much to me. I was touched by the children's reactions to seeing Dolphin, Seagull and Turtle in distress and watching the relief on their faces as the animals were each saved. Some children designed the own eco superheroes after seeing some rough character sketches that Danny Deeptown had produced when developing Captain Green's image. With others, we talked more about the plastic pollution crisis and little changes we can all make in our daily lives to help save our seas.
The hundreds of children that I have met genuinely care about the plastic problem and want to make changes, at school and at home, that will have a real impact. Let's support them in doing that. There is no Plan B after all - planet Earth is all we have. Let's look after her.
The hundreds of children that I have met genuinely care about the plastic problem and want to make changes, at school and at home, that will have a real impact. Let's support them in doing that. There is no Plan B after all - planet Earth is all we have. Let's look after her.
