Registration No. 333-10091

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

JO-ANN STORES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Ohio	34-0720629
(State of Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5555 Darrow Road Hudson, Ohio	44236
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

1996 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors

(Full Title of the Plan)

David Goldston
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
(330) 656-2600
(Name, address, zip code, telephone number,
and area code of Agent for Service)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o

EXPLANATORY PARAGRAPH

     On August 13, 1996, Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-10091) registering 124,000 Class A Common Shares, 100,000 Class B Common Shares and an indeterminate amount of plan interests to be issued pursuant to the 1996 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”). The Plan terminated on March 12, 2006, and no awards remain outstanding under the Plan. Therefore, the purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is to deregister, as of the effective date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8, any securities registered, but not issued, under this Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hudson, State of Ohio, on September 21, 2009.

JO-ANN STORES, INC.
By:	/s/ David Goldston
	David Goldston
	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Darrell Webb* Darrell Webb	Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)	September 21, 2009
/s/ James Kerr* James Kerr	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	September 21, 2009
/s/ Scott Cowen* Scott Cowen	Director	September 14, 2009
/s/ Joseph DePinto* Joseph DePinto	Director	September 15, 2009
/s/ Ira Gumberg* Ira Gumberg	Director	September 16, 2009
/s/ Patricia Morrison* Patricia Morrison	Director	September 14, 2009
/s/ Frank Newman* Frank Newman	Director	September 14, 2009
/s/ David Perdue* David Perdue	Director	September 17, 2009
/s/ Beryl Raff* Beryl Raff	Director	September 14, 2009
/s/ Alan Rosskamm* Alan Rosskamm	Director	September 14, 2009
/s/ Tracey Travis* Tracey Travis	Director	September 16, 2009

     The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, executes this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement pursuant to powers of attorney executed by the above-named persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 24 hereto.

By:	*/s/ David Goldston
	David Goldston, Attorney-in-fact

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
24	Power of Attorney.