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
By Lisa Cohn When we released our first book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence, we wanted to teach kids all about the brave, helpful and sometimes life-saving things dogs do for kids. We wanted to tell hero dog stories and superpower dog stories. Michael, who was five at the time, decided
By Lisa Cohn Nine years ago, an award-winning teen videographer filmed our boy and puppy book trailer, featuring puppy Hudson (now 9) romping with Michael, age 5. Hudson became a new family member a few months after our dog Lucy died suddenly at the age of six, breaking our hearts.
By Lisa Cohn We’ve written about a superpower dog or three before: dogs can identify when a diabetic person’s blood sugar is dropping, and alert them to the need to act. They can sense when autistic kids are getting upset, and exert pressure on their legs or arms to help
We’ve written about superpower and superhero dogs: Using their keen sense of smell and ability to sense how humans feel, they help people with diabetes, autism, seizures and other conditions. For example, diabetic service dogs sound the alarm when they sense drops in kids’ blood sugar. They try to “tell” children
This week, our hearts are with Vera, our next book’s Ukrainian heroine and an important force for good–in the book and in real life. We were just finishing up our fourth book when Russia declared war on Ukraine. In the book, Vera is an assistant mayor and Bash’s grandmother from