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,
Reviews of Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera & the Dream Beasts, our latest book, are coming in, and we’re thrilled with them! We’ve received reviews on Amazon and from bloggers. We hope they inspire you to read our latest book, which was recently featured in Voice of America, an
We’re excited that Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle will be attending our June 2 “Bash and Lucy” book release party! It’s happening 2-4 pm, Village Home Education Resource Center, Beaverton. In addition, if you come to the party, you can learn about the girl-power mayor and assistant mayor in “Bash and
A sensory-sensitive boy (Bash), his girl-power cousin, some canine coaches and a handful of “dream beasts” are all featured in our next book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts, due out in May! The dream beasts, which chase humans who don’t like dogs, were invented and
The kids’ dog book “Rumplepimple Goes to Jail” by Suzanne DeWitt Hall gets a very high rating from kidlit lover Michael, age 9. Watch his review here: Spoiler alert! Michael gives away the plot in this review. Earlier, a 7-year-old Michael reviewed the first Rumplepimple kids’ dog book, and gave
Roving Reader Leaders Michael, age 9, and Lila, age 10, interviewed bestselling author Nia Mya Reese, age 8, about “How To Deal with And Care For Your Annoying Little Brother.” Michael, who is a little brother, and Lila, who has a little brother, asked
For Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017–which aims to raise awareness about the need to include children’s books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves–we reviewed the “Barefoot Book of Children.” Beautifully illustrated and full of fascinating detail, the book takes kids on an eye-opening world journey. It made us
Four Roving Reader Leaders–fans of children’s book author and illustrator Troy Cummings–demonstrated their love and knowledge of Cummings’ Notebook of Doom series in a fun Skype interview with the author. During the interview, the boys, age 8-11, members of the Roving Reader Leaders, informed Cummings of when his next book
What prompts an 8-year-old budding book reviewer to shout “I love this book!” while swinging from a rope swing (while clutching the book in hand?). In this case, Michael, our budding KidLit reviewer, says the book, “Teddy Mars: Book #1: Almost a World Record Breaker” prompted the excitement. He stayed
By Lisa Cohn This year, Michael and I had so much fun brainstorming kids’ book ideas with students worldwide via Skype in the classroom. In fact, when Skype in the classroom launched its literacy campaign in February, we visited with two classrooms a week–meeting students from all over the United