The inspiring librarian in our next–and fourth–children’s book is Ally, Bash’s older sister. Not only is she a comforting presence when Bash is upset. She’s also the mayor and the founder of a dance troupe, “Impulsive!” She is a special kind of leader; she leads without people knowing she’s leading
When we began writing our fourth (released April 4) kids’ book a few years ago, Russia had not yet invaded Ukraine. At the time, we chose to make Michael’s surrogate grandmother from Ukraine, Vera, a main character. (You can see her in the photo above with Michael. They are both wearing Ukrainian-made
In our upcoming book–our fourth–Bash’s Grandma Vera, the assistant mayor, wants to create “much dog love.” She urges people to listen to each other, in fact, to listen like a dog. Here’s how Bash interprets her suggestion: Listening like a dog meant sitting absolutely still and gazing into the speaker’s
Looking back, we’ve chosen some of our favorite blog posts on Bash and Lucy–puppy videos, our Roving Reader Leaders interviewing a popular author and our school presentations. We’ve created a number of puppy videos over the years-about autism service dogs, our puppy barking when his favorite person is taking a
Dog power is a theme in our upcoming Bash and Lucy book (#4). And what’s dog power? It’s dogs’ ability to change lives, in the way that golden retriever Hudson changes Coach Danny for the better in our book series. It’s dogs’ ability to comfort, whether rushing to the side
By Lisa Cohn We’ve been writing a lot about dogs that have superpowers. And dogs that are heroes–rescue dogs, for example. An amazing hero dog was the rescue dog, Frida, who recently died at the age of 13. She was a search-and-rescue Labrador Retriever famous for locating victims after an
Throughout our children’s dog book series, we have added new tail waggers. Our first Bash and Lucy book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence, introduced Lucy, who helped the kids on a soccer team feel confident by kissing them and making them laugh. Our second book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy, added
Our golden retriever, Hudson, is always the most popular dog in the park, as you can see from these photos. When we go to the park, kids surround him, ask if they can pet him and beg to throw his ball for him. They want to know his name, age,
Who are the Roving Reader Leaders who appear in our upcoming kids’ book? They’re a group of reading lovers who meet weekly at the library to discuss books, which is just what we do in real life. In our next book, the book lovers must work together, along with golden
We finished writing our fourth kids’ dog book, and our illustrator, Heather Nichols, just sent us the first illustration (above). It’s so exciting when Heather starts sending us illustrations. They make our stories come alive. This is the fourth time the talented Heather has illustrated our dog books. We met