The latest kidlit review of our book, Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love, Bark!’ came from one of the winners of our LibraryThing giveaway, which ended July 25. Here’s what the reader wrote on Amazon (and also in an email to us): Heartwarming This was a delightful book about
Every time you buy our new children’s book or ebook, Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love, Bark!” in May, we donate 100% of the proceeds (plus a match from us) to the Ukrainian Foundation. If you purchase the ebook, it costs $2.99, and we donate the full amount. If you buy the
Creating the cover of our new children’s dog book–to be released April 4–was a team effort. It began with a question from Heather Nichols, our illustrator. What illustration should she create for the cover? Michael, who is now 14, said that the cover should depict “Dog-tention,” which–in the book–is a
We’re excited that our fourth kids’ dog book, Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love, Bark!” will be released April 1. Above is the cover. We’ll tell you all about how it was created in our next blog. For now, we’re looking for readers–especially dog lovers–to read the pdf or ebook
As we’ve mentioned, our upcoming Kidlit book’s heroine is Vera, Michael’s surrogate grandma from Ukraine. In our upcoming book, Vera likes to say, “In my country,” when she’s giving Bash and his friends lessons about Ukraine. She’s also a force for good, trying to help the town’s citizens get along
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