‘Big Ears Jack and Friends’ is a collection of tall tales featuring extraordinary animals and plants from the Sonoran Desert of Baja California.
WILMINGTON, NC, August 01, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — Earl Vincent de Berge has announced that ‘Big Ears Jack And Friends’ has received a 5-star review from Readers Favorite.
Reviewer Essien Asian said, “The author presents educational information in detail while using the dialogue between the characters to stimulate young readers’ imaginations. The mix of strategically placed pictures, an engaging narrative style, and thought-provoking subplots regarding these animals ensures that young readers will learn vital lessons in diplomacy and survival from ‘Big Ears Jack and Friends’ while enjoying a captivating adventure.
Earl’s adventures in Baja deepened his youthful fascination with the Sonoran Desert and its plants and animals, and inspired him to write this collection of charming stories for young readers. The main characters are Big Ears Jack – a huge magician jackrabbit – and other animals, birds and plants of the Sonoran Desert and its coastal regions. “Big Ears Jack and Friends,” received a best-seller rating on Amazon, where it is available in both print and e-book formats.
On Amazon, reviewer Mark Winheld stated, “If you’re up for more fantasy fun, you’ll be tempted by chapter titles like ‘Sheriff Diamondback and the Egg-Thieving Coyotes,’ or ‘Dianna the Musical Tarantula,’ or ‘Swindler (a thieving seagull) and Big Umpo the Sea Lion,’ or ‘Lady Treble Clef and Dust Devils Rescue a Javelina Family,’ and many more.”
An AWA reviewer said, “One of the book’s greatest strengths is its world-building. De Berge weaves the flora and fauna of Baja California into the narrative, making the setting feel like a character itself. Talking cacti, dust devils playing tag, and wise desert tortoises enrich the stories, placing readers in an enchanting ecosystem where the line between reality and fantasy blurs.
“The themes of community, creativity, and environmental respect run throughout the collection. Young readers will enjoy the magical adventures and witty dialogue, while adults will appreciate the underlying messages about cooperation, individuality, and harmony with nature.”
Big Ears Jack and Friends’ is available in print and ebook form at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Earl-Vincent-de-Berge/author/B09R6M1G4Y?.
De Berge is also the author of a travel memoir, ‘A Finger Of Land On An Old Man’s Hand’. In this book, readers are immersed with four explorers in a transformative journey through Baja California in 1962 and 1964, inspired by ‘The Forgotten Peninsula’ by Joseph Wood Krutch. Baja proved a formidable challenge to men and equipment within its mountainous, sometimes lush, sometimes barren, desert environments; spectacular geology and complex ecologies bracketed by oceans. They enjoyed encounters with wild animals; found bountiful places to hunt and fish; met frontier families of the kindest sort; experienced Pacific storms, and love in a frontier village; met gold prospectors, hermits and one-of-a-kind characters.
One reviewer called the book, “. . . a beautifully written, fabulous tale of an incredibly brave and daring journey.” ReaderViews, in their 5-star review said, “A Finger of Land on an Old Man’s Hand by Earl Vincent de Berge is the stark, witty, and profound memoir of four college students testing their limits on the Baja Peninsula in the summer of 1962. One could think of this as the classic literary assignment, ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation.’ Only to do so would be to grossly underestimate this narrative.”
Earl has published three collections of his poems, “Allegro to Life,” “Swans to Carry Me,” and “Wind in the Elephant Tree,” which touch on nature, human nature, love, desert silence, and life in Guatemala.
All of de Berge’s books are available at Amazon and other online book retailers. More information, including an excerpt from the “Baja book” and a pdf of selected photos with insider details revealing Baja in the 1960s, is available on his website, https://www.earldeberge.com.
About Earl Vincent de Berge:
Author Earl Vincent de Berge is an Arizona native, writer, photographer, and poet. With a master’s degree in political science from the University of Arizona, he founded Behavior Research Center, Inc., and created the respected and widely published Rocky Mountain Poll (RMP), of which he was Editor for 35 years. Earl’s photographs, logbooks, and essays reflecting on life experiences serve as foundations for his prose and poetry. He has recently published three collections of his poems, “Allegro to Life,” “Swans to Carry Me,” and “Wind in the Elephant Tree,” which touch on nature, human nature, love, desert silence, and life in Guatemala.
He is currently assembling “The Man Who Ate His Dreams,” a biography of a rags-to-riches businessman, artist, and poet.
Earl and his wife Suzanne split their time between Arizona and Guatemala where they founded the nonprofit Seeds for a Future to help impoverished rural women improve their families’ access to adequate food and nutrition.
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