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
We’re offering a free eBook and audiobook when you donate to Oregon Humane Society (OHS) and support the many animals the agency helps out. We’re raising money as part of OHS’s annual fundraising campaign, Doggie Dash. Donate any amount here: Our Doggie Dash Page As soon as you donate any
This week, we were excited to donate about 40 Bash and Lucy picture books, along with hundreds of used books, to the Children’s Book Bank, located here in Portland. We were looking for a place to donate both Bash and Lucy books and some of Michael’s used children’s books, and
Our fourth kids’ book stars Vera, a character based on Michael’s surrogate grandma, an immigrant from Ukraine. One of our aims in the book is to create a character who embodies goodness, just as Vera does in real life. When we spoke with Vera yesterday, she had recently received her
We started writing our kids’ dog books about seven years ago, after our dog, Lucy, died suddenly at the age of 6. To help us overcome our grief, we decided to write a book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence,” about how a dog named Lucy instilled confidence in the boys on
While we’ve been in isolation due to Covid-19, Ally, Michael and I have walked nearly every day with our golden retriever, Hudson. Hudson is a character in our third book and did some lively voice-over barking for our last audiobook His deep voice lends itself well to being an audiobook
We were recently invited to be speakers at an author workshop sponsored by Toastmasters, Write Here, Right Now At the workshop, we told the story of why we started our “Bash and Lucy” books about six years ago: We were trying to overcome grief over the death of our golden
We’re excited that we’ve begun writing the next kids’ dog book in the Bash and Lucy series! Dogs take center stage in this book. We can’t give away too many details, but we can provide a few hints. First of all, the main dog-loving characters are Bash (of course), his
We’ll be giving away our new kids’ audiobook–recorded with the voices of six kids, three adults, and one dog–Sat. Sept. 22 at the Hillsboro Public Library Local Authors Fair. We just finished recording the “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts,” audiobook, which features the voices of
COMPLETE THE KIDLIT BOOK STUDY GUIDE BELOW AND WIN A PRIZE! Students—either alone or as part of a class—who complete this study guide and email their answers to the authors receive one gift of their choice. A) A “Bash and Lucy” book, as a pdf or e-book B) A “Bash