In our upcoming book–our fourth–Bash’s Grandma Vera, the assistant mayor, wants to create “much dog love.” She urges people to listen to each other, in fact, to listen like a dog. Here’s how Bash interprets her suggestion: Listening like a dog meant sitting absolutely still and gazing into the speaker’s
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
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
“Be like a dog” is one of the themes of our fourth book, now in progress. What does that mean? Last week, for our dog, Hudson, a golden retriever, it meant chasing sledding kids down a hill even though Hudson has arthritis. It meant refusing to go inside, even though
By Lisa Cohn When Michael, now 13, was five, our dog Hudson was just a puppy. Hudson frolicked wildly at Michael’s fifth birthday party, and taught us a few lessons. At Michael’s recent 13th birthday party, Hudson also insisted on being in the middle of the action, but he didn’t
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 have raised $150 for the Oregon Humane Society as a result of sales at our book release party Saturday, as well as pre-sales of “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts.” In addition, some of the donation we’re making today to the Oregon Humane Society came
We were thrilled to discover that Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts made Amazon’s #1 New Release, children’s soccer books (kindle version). The book has a girl-power theme. Bash’s cousin, Paula, says that under Title IX, all-star canine coach Lucy, Bash’s dog, should coach Paula’s girls’
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