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
Kids’ Dog Books
Writing Songs About the Kids’ Dog Books We Love: Scooby-Doo!
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
Grief Over a Dog Loss and the Healing Power of Writing
On the first anniversary of the death of our dear dog, Lucy, we’re here to tell you about another author who, like us, experienced a dog loss and turned to writing to help her overcome her grief. Her name is Teddy O’Malley. She is 24 and wrote her kids’ dog
Scooby-Doo Book Reviews By Michael, Age 5, On YouTube: New Playlist
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
“Bash and Lucy” Wins Mom’s Choice Award; Second Award For Kids’ Dog Book
We’re excited to announce that our children’s picture book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence” was honored with a “Mom’s Choice Silver Award” last week. This is the second award our book has received since it was published. The Mom’s Choice Awards program evaluates products and services created for children and
Mom-Son Authors To Sell Book & Raise Funds For Oregon Humane Society 12/6
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
Michael, Age 5, & Mia, 13, Review Child’s Dog Book About Friendship
The power of friendship is the focus of the child’s dog book, “Mr. Spunky and His Friends,” that Michael and Mia review on YouTube. This is one of a number of children’s books that Michael and friends have reviewed in response to requests from children’s book authors. They have a
“Bash and Lucy” Finalist, 2013 USA Best Book Awards
We’re honored and excited that our book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence,” was named finalist, 2013 USA Best Book Awards, in our category–Children’s Picture Books, Softcover Fiction. As independent authors, we’re especially honored our book was chosen along with titles from mainstream publishers, including St. Martin’s Press, Random House, Simon
Our Author Presentation to Young Book Lovers: Fun!
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
Book Review For Kids: “Imaginate” Being A Dog in Nate The Great
Michael, age 5, and Mia, age 13, review “Nate The Great and The Big Sniff” in this video. “Nate the Great and the Big Sniff” is a great book about Nate and his very important detective-dog. But Nate’s canine assistant disappears. What should Detective Nate do? As Michael says, Nate