Reviews of our new children’s audiobook for “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts” are coming in and we’re excited! We just finished sending out 49 CDs to the winners of our Goodreads giveaway. Listen to a sample and check out the audiobook on Audible here: https://adbl.co/2Oh4KSY The
Our new kids’ audiobook of Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts is now available on Audible! In the kids’ audiobook, Lisa is the narrator and Michael, age 10, reads Bash’s part. The audiobook also features the voices of five of Michael’s friends, age 9-11, and his
We’ll be giving away our new kids’ audiobook–recorded with the voices of six kids, three adults, and one dog–Sat. Sept. 22 at the Hillsboro Public Library Local Authors Fair. We just finished recording the “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts,” audiobook, which features the voices of
We’re excited about our Mom-Son Author school visits this month, and will also be visiting the Hillsboro Public Library. In addition, we’re planning Mom-Son Author school visits via Skype in the classroom around the world, with our first later this month. During our school visits this month–with the Hillsboro Public Library,
COMPLETE THE KIDLIT BOOK STUDY GUIDE BELOW AND WIN A PRIZE! Students—either alone or as part of a class—who complete this study guide and email their answers to the authors receive one gift of their choice. A) A “Bash and Lucy” book, as a pdf or e-book B) A “Bash
A popular character in our latest kidlit book is Ally, the girl-power librarian, mayor and dancer in Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts. By popular, we mean that reviewers comment on her role in the book, often saying she’s a great role model for girls.They also
New Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera ratings and reviews are coming in! We’re still getting some negative reviews about the character of Paula, and her insistence that under Title IX, the best female coach–Lucy–should coach her all-girls team. At the same time, we’re getting numerous positive reviews. If you’d
By addressing Title IX in kidlit, we opened up a can of worms! We’ve been very surprised by some of the reactions to our use of Title IX in “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts.” In the book, Bash is very sensitive and relies on his
Vera, the girlpower grandma in our latest book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts, is profiled in “The Immigrant Story” this week by Lisa Cohn. In real life, Vera is Michael’s surrogate grandma. He likes to say about her, “She has awesomeness wow-power.” Here’s the story,
Watch Michael, age 9, dedicate our latest book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts,” to his immigrant Grandma from Ukraine in this short, sweet video: Michael met Vera as a toddler in a local community center, and also started playing with her grandsons, Levko and Lukyan.