~ OFFERED SPRING 2006 ~
Children’s

THE ICKY JONES DIARIES

Icky Jones is a different kind of hero. He is not particularly big, strong nor talented. In fact, he is a stuttering, geeky-looking asthmatic. However, Icky, possessed of his own brand of yucky power, can be counted on to save the day. In the process, he elicits laughter and squeals of subversive delight.

The Icky Jones Diaries chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Icky and his cohort of very abnormal fifth graders in Normal, Illinois. A chapter book of hysterical stand-alone short stories, the book follows the fifth grade class of Normal through a wild, unimaginable, event-filled school year.

Icky’s special power, indeed the reason for his name, comes from the fact that when he is nervous or afraid (which is often), he ejects a rather dangerous substance from his nose. It isn’t pretty and his friends work feverishly to make sure that never happens. But Icky is not the only one with awkward problems. His girlfriend, Pym Pull, whenever she gets upset, tends to break out in zits filled with lethal pus. Newt Jersey, the class bully, has troublesome anger management issues. Ms. Annabelle Sweet-tooth, Icky’s favorite teacher, has breasts so large that the kids live in fear of being hugged and suffocated. Then there is Coach Boondoggle who, by sheer luck of scheduling and parental interference, finds himself and his team in a game way over their head.

Icky Jones will appeal to and stimulate wild imaginations as he battles King Kong, space aliens, ghosts, motorcycle gangs, sharks, pirates and more. The Icky Jones Diaries will have kids turning pages and reward their love of reading. It encourages laughter, overcoming the odds, standing up to bullies and finding the power that is in oneself.

Harry H Harrison Jr. is a best selling author with over 1.3 million books in print. His first book, Father to Son: Life Lessons on Raising a Boy, has sold more than 800,000 copies and continues to be one of the best selling books on raising boys in the country. It is entering its 24 printing since its release in April 2000. His follow-up, Father to Daughter: Life Lessons on Raising a Girl, hit the NY Times best seller list in 2003 and has grown in sales every year. It topped the Book Sense Parenting Best Seller list for months and continues to be a Book Sense favorite to this day. It has sold over 420,000 copies and is entering its 9th printing since 2003. Mother to Daughter was released in 2005 with an initial printing of 100,000 copies. It became a major Christmas hit and is entering its second printing. Mother to Son is releasing in March 2006 with an initial printing of 100,000 copies.

Mr. Harrison has appeared on over 22 television programs and over 50 local and syndicated radio programs coast to coast. His books are regularly on the NY Times and Booksense list of best selling non-fiction trade paperback and parenting books and have been licensed for sale in Thailand, Indonesia, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, and Brazil among other countries. He has authored two of the top 3 best selling Workman chunky books.

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