Acupuncture helps dogs after injuries! We learned this after our dog, Hudson, injured himself running on the beach Friday. Above, you can see he’s having a lot of fun romping on the beach. But as soon as we got home, he started limping. In fact, he cried and whined. We
Which KidLit Books are our Roving Reader Leaders excited about this summer? Levko, age 8, and Lukyan, age 10, are visiting Switzerland for two months. They just got library cards and checked out some of the books in the “Wimpy Kid” series plus “Bad Kitty for President.” Kerrigan, age 8,
Michael, age 8, our kids’ dog book reviewer and dog lover, just discovered the Rider Woofson series, about a pack of detective dogs led by Rider Woofson. Michael recently reviewed the first two books in the series–written by Walker Styles and illustrated by Ben Whitehouse–while vacationing in Hawaii. When we
We’re excited that Scooby author Laurie Sutton granted 7-year-old Michael’s wish to include a spiky monster in her next book! The Scooby-Doo! book, “Legend of the Gator Man” will be released by Capstone in October and features a monster that looks like this:
Don’t love dogs? Monsters may chase you in our next book, Book Three of the “Bash and Lucy” series, about the adventures of a dog-loving boy and his wise but mischievous golden retriever. Why include monsters? Because our 7-year-old co-author, Michael, enjoys drawing monsters, and we’re considering adding some
By Lisa Cohn Boy meets dog. Dog kisses boy. When we leave the library or book store, when we’re walking in the forest near our house, when we’re shopping in Portland–one of the dog-friendliest cities in the country–the story is often the same. Boy meets dog. Then there’s a
Bash and Lucy should fetch puppies kindness, bullies and love. These are just some of the ideas we have gathered for our next books–from students we visit via Skype in the classroom from around the country–and around the world Most every Friday, we visit with a new class via Skype
By Lisa Cohn Three years ago, our beloved dog, Lucy, died suddenly of cancer at the age of 6, giving no warning she was ill. Every day, up until the day she died, I ran with her through the forest behind our house. Every day, right up until the day
By Lisa Cohn Dogs calm kids who suffer from anxiety in the dentist office–and in so many other ways. I recently mentioned to a friend that her 10-year-old son seemed really connected to the family’s goldendoodle. “Yes,” she responded. “He used to have problems with anxiety, but now that we
By Lisa and Michael Cohn On our new YouTube Channel and website–Roving Reader Leaders–Kids lead kids’ book chats–in gyms, bookstores, parks, museums and on playgrounds–anywhere kids can be found! To share our love of reading and writing with more children, we decided to move our children’s book reviews and our