Blackmore, S. (2025) Jinny Jana’s Giant Journeys, Tamarisk Books, ISBN-13: 978-738551149
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Jinny is a young girl who is always in trouble. She has her big furry cat Frumpy and her beloved floppy hat Hatty for company, but her mind is often looking for ways to escape. On the borders of sleep, she experiences delightful flying and lucid dreams, but also terrifying tunnels and a swirling black void. And even the flying can easily get out of control when it takes her to faraway oceans in a body that keeps changing size.
With Hatty’s help, and to Frumpy’s benefit, she learns how to control her imagination, how to appreciate these extraordinary experiences rather than being frightened by them, and how to be nicer and kinder, even to her horrid brother. The story inspires young readers and their parents to talk about odd experiences and things that happen in the night—to explore the antics of our own minds, not just to ignore them, fear them, or brush them away.
The book ends with a section called “The real-life Jinny Jana”, in which Sue Blackmore, the author, and an expert on altered states of consciousness, sets out what we know about the science and spirituality of Jinny’s experiences.
Read some of the Book Reviews:
“what might just be the best lucid dreaming book ever written for children – Susan Blackmore and Emily Troscianko’s beautifully bonkers masterpiece, Jinny Jana’s Giant Journeys.”
Daniel Love, Lucid Dreaming Teacher (read full review here)
“A wondrous little story that encapsulates the magical world of the mind, imagination, dreams and more. It is a quirky, wholesome tale, suitable for both children and the young at heart. More so, it acts as a subtle guidebook for young minds, helping them understand some of the more peculiar things the brain can do…..”
5* Review on Amazon.co.uk by Linguistic Mystic – read full review here
“Jinny Jana’s Giant Journeys was handed to me by a friend, it’s not particularly in my wheel house, though the cover image made opening it inviting. Still, I started with a little trepidation.
Then page 3 with its description of the light show closed eye’s can produce, hooked me, since it was so totally relatable given my own experiences. On page 22/23 the breathing exercise, likewise rang a bell. Page 54 and touching on the fear of not existing impressed.”
5* Review on Amazon.com by Peter – read full review here
“Jinny is such a lovable and relatable character, and her journey of learning to embrace her extraordinary experiences is both inspiring and uplifting.”
5* Review on Goodreads.com by Charlotte Anderson – read full review here
More about the book
Watch a video of Sue and her daughter Emily talking about how the book came about.
Read the Jinny Jana page on the publishers website
Book Launch
The official book launch was at Ivybridge Bookshop on Thursday 30 October 2025
