Jo-Ann Stores (JAS) 11-K Annual report of employee stock purchases

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated March 27, 2007, accompanying the financial statements of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Associate Stock Ownership Plan included on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the previously filed Registration Statements of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 33-72445, effective February 16, 1999 and File No. 333-128157, effective September 7, 2005).

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
March 27, 2007