“Are we going to Skype with some classes today?” Michael often asks when he wakes. “It’s so much fun!” We’ve been touched, inspired, moved, educated and delighted by our Skype in the Classroom experiences, during which we teach kids about writing and publishing and ask them for ideas for our
Trust me. We never expected that writing our own kids’ dog book would lead us to write songs about kids’ books. Like much of our journey–beginning with the death a year ago of our dear dog, Lucy–our adventure has followed the passions of 5-year-old Michael. It all began the other
Michael, our 5-year-old co-author and YouTube book reviewer, loves to do Scooby-Doo book reviews. He has read dozens of these kids’ dog books, and is in the midst of reviewing many of them on his YouTube Channel. That’s why we’ve created a new playlist just for Scooby-Doo Book Reviews, and
Here at Bash And Lucy, we’re counting our many blessings over the holidays and focusing on ways to encourage fortunate children like Michael to give to the less fortunate (both human and four-legged). One of the ways to help kids focus on giving is by reading “The Sparkle Box,” a
Press Release: Mom-Son Authors to Sell Book, Donate to Oregon Humane Society, Dec. 6-8 at Christmas Bazaar Writer Lisa Cohn and her son, Michael, will sell their award-winning kids’ dog book, “Bash And Lucy Fetch Confidence,” and donate the proceeds to the Oregon Humane Society at the Christmas Bazaar in Portland
Ever notice that when you yawn, your dog often yawns? With these yawns–often called contagious yawns–dogs show that they understand how you’re feeling. That’s empathy–and just one of the many wonders of the magical dog-child connection. It’s pretty common to see humans yawn when they see each other yawn–especially
We visited a class of second- and third-grade book lovers last week, and talked to them about why and how we wrote and published “Bash And Lucy Fetch Confidence.” As you can see in this photo, Michael, age 5, (“Bash and Lucy” co-author), brought along a stack of his favorite
Last week, we visited the Oregon Humane Society (OHS), where Michael received a Certificate of Appreciation for helping raise $300 for OHS at the book release party for “Bash And Lucy Fetch Confidence.” Barb gave us a tour, where we learned all about animal shelters. At the Oregon Humane Society,
In this book review for kids (on youtube), Michael, age 5, gives the kids’ dog book “Walter The Farting Dog Banned from the Beach” 10 stars, on a scale of 1 to 5! And he gives the book a bonus fart rating. We share these book reviews for kids in
Deaf dogs are smart, great companions, and learn lots of tricks even though they can’t hear. That’s what we learned from Bryn Borum, co-founder of Deaf Dogs of Oregon, at this year’s Dogtoberfest! At the fund raiser for Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital, Borum explained how she rescues these dogs,