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Janice Spina

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July 07

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Children's, Mystery, Suspense

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Janice Spina is an award-winning author with forty-nine books, of which twenty-three are children's books with life lessons in rhyme. Her children's books have won eighteen awards. She has also written for MG/PT/YA and has two magical/mystery series of twelve books for both boys and girls which have won seventeen awards, and four books in a fantasy series for YA with five awards. Her husband, John, is her illustrator and cover creator.

She also writes under J.E. Spina and has nine novels and a short story collection for 18+ in multi-genres. Two of her thriller/crime/suspense/mystery novels were finalists in Authorsdb First Lines Contest.

Her Motto is Reading Gives You Wings to Fly, Soar with Jemsbooks.com all year through! Her logo is JEMSBOO ...more

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	Louey the Lazy Elephant 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Case of the Missing Cell Phone (Davey & Derek Junior Detectives #1) 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Lamby the Lonely Lamb 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Jesse the Precocious Polar Bear 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Case of the Mysterious Black Cat (Davey & Derek Junior Detectives #2) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Case of the Magical Ivory Elephant (Davey & Derek Junior Detectives #3) 4.92 avg rating — 13 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
	Ricky the Rambunctious Raccoon 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Jerry the Crabby Crayfish by Janice Spina (Goodreads Author), John Spina (Illustrations) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Broose the Moose on the Loose 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Legend of the Taken Ones (Gateskin Chronicles #1) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2021 — 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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Books Read and Reviewed in January 2026!

Here it is already the end of another month. Where does the time go? I have been busy as usual reading some wonderful books for the month of January of 2026. Here are the 10 books I read and reviewed for January. … Continue reading →

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