Jigsaw Jackson
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"Potato farmer and fix-it man extraordinaire J. Jupiter Jackson is convinced by a smooth-talking puzzle peddler to parlay his lightning-quick jigsaw-solving skill into fame and fortune. The two hit the road, dazzling crowds...but despite the peddlers assertion that 'You're big potatoes now, ' Jackson grows homesick....This rattling fine yarn has elements of a tall tale and Birchman relates the story with gusto, its gleeful excesses mirrored in San Souici's merry watercolors....It's a rompif ever there was one."--Publishers Weekly.
Author: David F. Birchman
Format: Hardback, 32 pages, 280mm x 240mm, 478 g
Published: 1996, HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States
Genre: Children's Fiction
"Potato farmer and fix-it man extraordinaire J. Jupiter Jackson is convinced by a smooth-talking puzzle peddler to parlay his lightning-quick jigsaw-solving skill into fame and fortune. The two hit the road, dazzling crowds...but despite the peddlers assertion that 'You're big potatoes now, ' Jackson grows homesick....This rattling fine yarn has elements of a tall tale and Birchman relates the story with gusto, its gleeful excesses mirrored in San Souici's merry watercolors....It's a rompif ever there was one."--Publishers Weekly.