What better way for kids to spend time together on their family vacation than to review “Clifford” books together? When Michael was in New York state with his cousins, age 4 and 7, they had lots to say about Clifford books. In this video, they say they’re reviewing “Clifford at
We visited a class of second- and third-grade book lovers last week, and talked to them about why and how we wrote and published “Bash And Lucy Fetch Confidence.” As you can see in this photo, Michael, age 5, (“Bash and Lucy” co-author), brought along a stack of his favorite
Michael, age 5, and Mia, age 13, review “Nate The Great and The Big Sniff” in this video. “Nate the Great and the Big Sniff” is a great book about Nate and his very important detective-dog. But Nate’s canine assistant disappears. What should Detective Nate do? As Michael says, Nate
Last week, we visited the Oregon Humane Society (OHS), where Michael received a Certificate of Appreciation for helping raise $300 for OHS at the book release party for “Bash And Lucy Fetch Confidence.” Barb gave us a tour, where we learned all about animal shelters. At the Oregon Humane Society,
We’re excited that we raised $300 for the Oregon Humane Society at our book release party and benefit Sunday. On Thursday, Michael will receive a “Certificate of Appreciation” from the Humane Society and will learn all about how such donations are spent. The party featured caricatures by our talented illustrator,
In this book review for kids (on youtube), Michael, age 5, gives the kids’ dog book “Walter The Farting Dog Banned from the Beach” 10 stars, on a scale of 1 to 5! And he gives the book a bonus fart rating. We share these book reviews for kids in
We are thrilled that “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence” was featured by KATU-TV and The Oregonian–on the front page of the Living section–last weekend. We’re also excited about the 95 Facebook “likes” and 15 “tweets” on the online version of the Oregonian story. You can read the Oregonian story here:
Deaf dogs are smart, great companions, and learn lots of tricks even though they can’t hear. That’s what we learned from Bryn Borum, co-founder of Deaf Dogs of Oregon, at this year’s Dogtoberfest! At the fund raiser for Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital, Borum explained how she rescues these dogs,
Grief over the death of their Golden Retriever spawned a just-released children’s book and kids’ dog blog full of surprises for blogger Michael Cohn, 5, and his mom, award-winning writer Lisa Cohn of Portland, Ore. Their children’s book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence,” is about a wise but mischievous Golden
What can service dogs do for diabetic kids? Lots! We recently had the opportunity to interview a doctor who both works with diabetic kids and trains the dogs who can help them. Dr. Dana Hardin is medical director and pediatric endocrinologist at Eli Lilly and Company. She trains hypoglycemia alert