Purrfect Review of Bernie's Best Jokes at Basil's Blog!

I'm delighted that the beautiful Amber kitty over at the catriffic Basil's Blog gave us a warm and fuzzy review of Bernie's Best Jokes!

Heartfelt thanks to Basil, Amber, Cathrine, and Co. You have made us very happy indeed.

XO

J. E.

J. E. Bright at the Brazos Valley Book Festival Saturday May 19!

Please visit the Brazos Valley Book Festival on Saturday, May 19 at the Palace Theater in Bryan, Texas and say hello to me, J. E. Bright. I'll be there signing copies of Bernie's Best Jokes!

Bernie's Best Jokes Memes!

With Brighten Press updating Bernie's Best Jokes cover and title in a new edition, I figured it was time to try a new style of joke memes. Get ready to laugh!


The punchlines in this book are perfect for kids 6-12 and the whole family. Buy Bernie's Best Jokes by J. E. Bright now on in paperback, Kindle, or iBook editions now, or ask for it at your favorite bookseller!

Or visit jebright.com for more info, free sample pages and jokes, and chic merch!

AMA: What's Your Favorite Clean Joke?

UPDATE: I changed the title to Bernie's Best Jokes. Please play your life accordingly.

In my continuing efforts to publicize Bernie's Best Jokes, I'm running an AMA (Ask Me Anything) event where I'm discussing children's books, jokes, publishing, cats, and anything else you might want to ask me.

You can ask questions and post your favorite jokes for kids now. I'll respond to them all day on May 2, and answer everything I can.

I hope you'll join me at the event!

J. E. Bright's AMA: What's Your Favorite Clean Joke?

Click to join the AMA event.

And check out Bernie's Best Jokes!

XO
J. E.

Bernie's Best Jokes!

Give your kids the giggles with the silliness in my newest book, Bernie's Best Jokes! 

There are more than 350 ridiculous but clean wisecracks inside, with goofy pictures on every page. Enjoy the jokes with your whole family!

It's published by Brighten Press, and you can buy Bernie's Best Jokes now on Amazon in paperback or Kindle editions.


Visit jebright.com for free sample jokes!

XO
J. E.

Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary!

Children's author Beverly Cleary turns 102 years old today!

She's one of my all-time favorite writers. I doubt I would have become a children's book writer myself if I hadn't found the shelf of hers in my hometown library and systematically read and reread them all. 

I was always more of a Henry Huggins and Ribsy guy than a Ramona and Beezus Quimby fan, but that didn't stop me from following all their adventures, too. I also loved many of her other characters, like Ellen Tebbits and Otis Spofford, Ralph S. Mouse, Socks the Cat, and Leigh Botts from Dear Mr. Henshaw. 

There's a wonderful realism in her heartfelt books that never feels less than dramatic, even when it's terrifically funny.

I've created a whole shrine to Beverly Cleary here, on my main website. There I give a short bio of her amazing writer's life, relate my personal connections to her work, and discuss her many books in a comprehensive list.

If you're a Beverly Cleary fan, know you've found a kindred spirit. If you've never read her work . . . well, what are you waiting for? It's delicious for adults, too. 

Visit my Beverly Cleary Shrine.

XO

J. E.