J. Bell-Jones LLC was founded in May 2008. The company currently publishes the family board game, The County Fair Game. The company's owner, Joanne Zwingler Farinacci, grew up in rural Ohio and every year attended a large county fair. Her background is in magazine journalism and corporate writing. Another founding member was an editor for 50 years with a major book publishing company in Los Angeles and Wisconsin. Her name, "Zetta," can be found within the game. (Look closely!)
In addition to offering The County Fair Game for sale through fairs, stores and catalogs, J. Bell-Jones donates games through the TIA Toy Industry Foundation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, to natural disaster victims, schools, a local hospital, senior centers, and more.
The company is a member of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions. The board game is represented at the American International Toy Fair (Toy Industry Association) and at BookExpo America in New York.
Memorable moments from this summer's fairs: Men and women waving and smiling from the senior wagon to the strangers below; that blue hat...the gorgeous blue hat; the 54"-tall girl in hot pink sunglasses with the hot pink phone and yellow flower in her hair, measuring up for the Ferris Wheel; the young boy racing toward a fan -- any fan -- to stand before with his shirt pulled high, to cool off; the lady exclaiming to her friend, "WOO! A BREEZE!" And, the animals. All of the animals' beautiful noses and eyes, looking at me.
J. Bell-Jones LLC, located in Cleveland, Ohio, has two new games in development for publication.
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