JIGSAW JACKSON


Written by David F. Birchman and illustrated by Daniel San Souci. Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York. Copyright 1996; this is the first edition/printing.

The author’s signature is inside a drawn (by author) jigsaw puzzle piece on the front endpaper.

J. Jupiter Jackson, a potato farmer, discovers he is a genius at jigsaw puzzles, and so one winter he leaves the farm and his animals to seek fame and fortune.

David Francis Birchman has authored a number of children’s books. Among them : Victorious Paints the Great Balloon (1991), Brother Billy Bronto's Bygone Blues Band (1992),Tale of Tulips, Tale of Onions (1994), The Raggly Scraggly No-Soap No-Scrub Girl (1995), and A Green Horn Blowing (1997).

As of 2018 Birchman was still teaching English at Moorpark College. He has a master’s degree in English and education and taught high school, dabbled in a graduate program in linguistics, became a technical writer and eventually drifted toward computers. He and his family landed in Thousand Oaks, California because his wife, Diane, enrolled in the exotic animal program at Moorpark College. While in California during the 1990s he worked for Hughes Aircraft and wrote his children’s books as a sideline.

His first book, Victorious Paints the Great Balloon, is a story for 7- to 11-year-olds and was inspired by an article on hot-air balloons that Birchman read in Scientific American magazine. The story takes place during the 18th Century and features a boy, Victorious, who goes looking for fame and fortune as an artist and architect, and along the way finds humorous adventures.

DESCRIPTION:

32 pages

9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches

author’s signature/first edition hardcover

CONDITION:

This hard-cover book is in fine condition, but is without the dust jacket. It’s not a library book. The illustrated hardcover is clean and shows no wear at the corners and spine ends. The interior is excellent with no names, marks, scribbles, tears or odor. The hinges and binding are excellent with no loose or missing pages.

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