Jinx!

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"?

Evelyn Bookless grew up in the west of Ireland and with only two TV channels at the time, and no internet, she played JINX... a lot! She was eventually released from a particularly long JINX, so that she could study English at university and later became a teacher. Evelyn now lives in Spain and her favorite place to be is in the sea, dreaming up silly stuff.

Anna Süssbauer grew up in Cologne, Germany and always loved drawing and reading since she was a little child. Coming from a creative family she has been surrounded by art books, picture books, comics, and her father's typewriter on which she used to type her own stories to illustrate. Her first career was in web design and sales, later she got into human resources for a large retail company. She studied computer science in media alongside her job. Years later after having her lovely daughter Emilia and getting back to work part-time, she decided to become a freelance illustrator in the picture books industry-always driven by her passion for graphic design and the love for clear structures, bright colors, and wild textures. Anna's work is inspired by a whimsical sense of humor-she has a thing for silly jokes-and by her love for all kind of animals, including her two dogs Patsy and Brixie.