This blog is sponsored by the natural pet care company I and love and you , which backed the Kickstarter that will help pay for our next kids’ dog book! Boy-and-dog mysteries are 5-year-old Michael’s favorite books. He loves to guess how the boy-and-dog detectives will solve the mysteries. What’s more, these
By Lisa Cohn If you’ve got book lovers, teaching them how to review books has numerous advantages: They learn communications and public-speaking skills, for starters. What’s more, book reviews can give kids an outlet for communicating their emotions about any topic that’s important to them. For example, Michael, age 5,
Thanks to the support of our Kickstarter backers and our 5-year-old co-author’s enthusiasm, we’re ready to begin writing our second kids’ dog book in the “Bash and Lucy” series. To help raise funds, our young co-author, Michael, sold books at the NW Pet Fair, handed out flyers to local businesses
In our award-winning book, “Bash And Lucy Fetch Confidence,” a wise but mischievous Golden Retriever instills confidence in the boys on a soccer team. Our “Bash and Lucy” book is the recipient of a Mom’s Choice Silver Award and a 2013 USA Best Book Award. As the book’s authors, we
Special Needs Boy and His Service Dog to be Characters in Kids’ Dog Book As Result of Kickstarter Campaign, Two-Thirds Funded Natural Pet Care Company & Peak Performance Sports to Play a Role Tristen Doose, an 11-year-old boy with special needs, and his service dog-in-training, Benji, will be characters in
The kids have spoken! During our “Write, Publish, Publicize An Award-Winning Book” Skype in the Classroom lesson, we added, almost as an afterthought, an exercise during which we asked kids to help us brainstorm ideas for our next children’s book. Over and over, the students have told us that’s their
By Lisa Cohn After our dear dog, Lucy, died about a year ago, we began searching for a puppy. Some experts say families should wait before finding a new dog. But we couldn’t stand the emptiness of a home without her. When we first visited the breeder from whom would
Parents, encourage your kids to follow their grief when a pet dies. That means kids should talk about their pet, write about their pet, and draw, paint or even sing about their beloved pet. Don’t let children hold in those feelings of sadness and grief. Tell them to share their
“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
As “World Read Aloud Day” (WRAD) advocates and big believers in the benefits of reading aloud, we wrote a piece for LitWorld.org, a non-profit literacy organization that aims to “foster resilience, hope and joy through the power of story.” You can read it here: Singing Book Reviews, Potty Training and