By Lisa Cohn Two Roving Reader Leaders–a club created by me and Michael–appeared on live TV yesterday to share their love of reading and discuss their book reviews and author interviews. With teddy bears in hand, they discussed their favorite books and their recent interview with Troy Cummings, the popular
By Lisa and Michael Cohn On our new YouTube Channel and website–Roving Reader Leaders–Kids lead kids’ book chats–in gyms, bookstores, parks, museums and on playgrounds–anywhere kids can be found! To share our love of reading and writing with more children, we decided to move our children’s book reviews and our
By Lisa and Michael Cohn We love dog books that teach life lessons! In our latest kids’ dog book review, Michael, age 7, reviews “Brave Nellie,” and says (in his own words) that this book teaches kids to be brave and open to new experiences. The book begins with Nellie
By Lisa Cohn and Michael Cohn Michael, age 7, loves to give advice to young readers at bookstores and libraries. And that happens nearly every day because he frequents bookstores and libraries most days. If
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
By Lisa Cohn On Thursday Michael and I had the honor of telling our writing and publishing story to 45 students and the adults who read with them. We did this during a Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) celebration hosted by the Rotary Club of Clackamas. After sharing our
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.
Boy, Age 6, and Mom Receive Mom’s Choice Silver Award for Second Book; Authors Give Books to Schools, Take Part in Literacy Programs Michael Cohn, age 6, and his mother, Lisa Cohn, were awarded a Mom’s Choice Silver Award for their new children’s book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy,”
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