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	Brace Yourself - Book Nine of the Syndicated Stone Soup In the second Stone Soup book to be released in 2011, a new little being inserts herself into the Stone Soup mix. Joan and Wally may think of themselves as a boring married couple, but sometimes they surprise each other. In Book Nine, "baby oops" Luci promises to make the already interesting lives of the Stone family even more fun. Val Stone and her sister Joan live next door to each other, just across the fence... which means there are few secrets in this big, messy, extended family. Everyone shares in the chaos, trauma, excitement and joy that life throws their way. Book Nine is full of great Stone Soup story lines, but the BIG one is the birth of the newest family member, Luci. Born at home, and a redhead like her Aunt Val, Luci promises to bring some healthy competition for the center of family attention. Stone Soup now appears in over 250 newspapers worldwide. ISBN 978-0-9674102-8-9 / $14.95 / 192 pgs. / full color Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
	We'll Be REally Careful - Book Eight of the Syndicated Stone Soup These are famous last words from Holly and Alix, two members of the extended, blended family that populates the comic strip Stone Soup. Headed by sisters Val and Joan, the Stone family continues its chaotic, boisterous and loving journey through life. Happy, but always on the verge of some new disaster. Stone Soup celebrates 15 years in 2010, and is read and loved by millions of readers of over 250 newspapers throughout the world. But mostly here, in the US. Unless you are travelling to Shanghai, or Singapore, or Lisbon, or Romania, or Finland, or of course Canada... and now somewhere in South America, under the translated name "Las Hermanas Stone". Thanks to all our wonderful readers for their support! ISBN 978-0-9674102-7-2 / $14.95 / 192 pgs. / full color Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
	This Might Not Be Pretty is the seventh Stone Soup book collection. Eliot's comic strip is written from her experiences as a divorced, stressed-out working mom with two daughters, with an extended, blended network of family and friends to help her survive. Many of her characters are based on real, live wonderful people who hopefully enjoy seeing themselves in the funny pages. Stone Soup appears in over 200 newspapers worldwide. ISBN 978-0-9674102-6-5 / $14.95 / 192 pgs. / full color Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
	Desperate Households Book Six of the Stone Soup collections. Jan Eliot's cartoon strip follows the riotous and exhausting life of working mom Val, her daughters Holly and Alix, and her often too-close-for-comfort extended blended family... "conveniently" living upstairs and right next door. Distributed to more than 200 newspapers in six countries with over eight million loyal fans, Stone Soup is a funny, irreverent, sympathetic comic strip that mirrors today's complicated family life ... while cheering us on. "Capturing the riotous and exhausting life of working mom Val Stone and her extended blended family... Jan Eliot has created a classic family story for our times." —New York Newsday ISBN-13: 978-0-7407-6429-5 ISBN-10: 0-7407-6429-2 / $12.95 / 128 pgs. / full color Buy Now from Amazon.com
	Not So Picture Perfect - Book Five of the Syndicated Cartoon Stone Soup, continues the saga of the not-so-perfect Stone family, two household Eliot has seen it all ­ the good, the bad and the ugly ­ and dares to make fun of it. In this collection: Joan and Wally adjust to married life and their blended family. Val organized her famous Book Club Gramma learns to paint... nudes. Book Five is a generous 320 pages. $15.95 / 21.95 Canada Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
	ROAD KILL IN THE CLOSET The Fourth Collection Enter Stone Soup Land, Where Uproar Rules! This collection features some reader-favorite Stone Soup storylines: Val and Officer Jackson—The romance continues. Wally’s nephew Andy comes for the summer, but ends up as a permanent resident in his Uncle’s life. Joan and Wally’s wedding— After years of over the fence romance and disappointment, the big day finally arrives. Biscuit falls in love with a bunny slipper— Need we say more? From Four Panel Press $13.95 / $21.95 Canada, plus shipping Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
	STONE SOUP THE COMIC STRIP - The Third Collection Book three continues the story of a blended, extended family headed by Valerie Stone. Real-life humor and story lines have endeared the cast of characters to over 8 million readers of the daily funnies. Working-mom exhaustion, a 2-year old terror, and overly active dog, middle-school angst, love and the single parent... Stone Soup has it all. This collection covers almost two years' worth of installments, including the courtship of Joan and Wally and the introduction of Officer Jackson. From Four Panel Press $13.95 / $21.95 Canada, plus shipping Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
	YOU CAN'T SAY BOOBS ON SUNDAY - The Second Collection. A 192-page collection and the second in a series. It covers about two years of Eliot's work. Telling the story of a non-traditional household--two single moms who are also sisters, their collective children, their mother, and their yappy little dog---the humor in YOU CAN'T SAY BOOBS ON SUNDAY is of the all too real, "you must be a fly on my wall!" variety. This collection also contains biographical material on both Eliot and her characters. From Four Panel Press $13.95 / $21.95 Canada, plus shipping Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
	STONE SOUP By Jan Eliot - The First Collection What's a real family like? These days, it's bound to resemble Jan Eliot's lovable clan in STONE SOUP. Eliot draws on her own experience as a single mom. The resulting situations are both humorous and genuine. From Four Panel Press $10.95 / $16.95 Canada, plus shipping Buy Now from Amazon.com Buy an autographed book from the author
"Eliot’s gifts are many. She is a true talent with a drawing pen. And she writes brilliant dialogue." —Dan Hays, Oregon Statesman Journal, August 17, 2003 "Eliot reflects our culture and contemporary family life in a way that is very wise, but very funny." —Roz Warren, Editor of The Best Contemporary Women’s Humor, Women’s Glib, and other humor collections