By Lisa Cohn Our 7- to 9- year-old voice-over artists are hard at work again, this time recording the audiobook for “Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy.” Last year, they recorded the “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence” audiobook, which we gave to dozens of classrooms, along with our books, when
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
Cynthia Bardes, author of the “Pansy the Poodle” children’s book series, is the first subject of our “Mom and Son, Age 6, Interview KidLit Authors” series. We just launched the series, as part of our ongoing efforts to share with kids, parents and teachers our love of reading and writing.
We requested KidLit reviews of our award-winning “Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy” from bloggers, parents and grandparents, and are thrilled that the reviews focus on the picture book’s life lessons and beautiful illustrations. “There are so many amazing lessons in this book, I think every child should have it. As
Michael, age 6, loves to review KidLit–especially kids’ dog books. He reviews children’s books in taxis, parks, gyms, and on beaches and city streets. He’s often holding his teddy bear, Eddie, or dressed as one of his all-time favorite literary characters: Scooby-Doo! Michael loves Scooby-Doo books because they combine dogs
By Lisa Cohn My book lover and budding book critic–Michael, now age 6–began doing YouTube book reviews when he was a few months short of 5 years old. In his first review, at age 4, of “Clifford the Firehouse
Our 6-year-old book lover, Michael, has reviewed KidLit on the Oregon Coast, in a taxi, in New York’s Central Park, in numerous bookstores and libraries, in a ski lodge in Montana, in his bedroom, and even on the
Sometimes, a happy reader can make an author’s day! And yesterday, this review on Amazon about our first picture book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence,” from a grandparent really brightened our day! The reader posted the review shortly
We raised $350 for the Oregon Humane Society at our “Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy” book release party–thanks to our dog-loving Kickstarter backers, family members and friends. Our Kickstarter backer, Dania Doose, her daughter Michelle, and her son, Tristen, flew up from
By Lisa Cohn The first grader’s innocent question took me by surprise. Did we get the inspiration for our “Bash and Lucy” book series from our dog who died? Even though I had answered this question many times, there was something about the student’s earnest expression that brought tears to