“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
In our last book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts,” Vera is the assistant mayor and the coach of the most successful girls’ soccer team in the town. She’s a dog lover and an inspiration to kids. In our next book, the girl-power grandma and immigrant
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
Vera, the girlpower grandma in our latest book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts, is profiled in “The Immigrant Story” this week by Lisa Cohn. In real life, Vera is Michael’s surrogate grandma. He likes to say about her, “She has awesomeness wow-power.” Here’s the story,
By Lisa and Michael Cohn Michael, our 7-year-old kids’ book reviewer, has read every “Magic Tree House” book he can find in libraries and book stores. In this kids’ book review, conducted in Charlottesville, Va., Michael reviews “Eve of the Emperor Penguin,” giving it 99 million plus 99 stars. Michael
It’s no secret that we love the Oregon Humane Society and donate a portion of our book sales to this wonderful organization. In the story below, Lisa tells writes about Oregon Humane Society’s technical animal rescue team, which rescues dogs who have fallen off steep cliffs in Oregon. The team
By Lisa and Michael Cohn Okay, we have to brag just a little. That’s because we’re so excited and proud. Our “Bash and Lucy” books are now ranked on Amazon’s top charts in three categories. “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence” has hit Amazon’s rankings in the children’s dog book category,
Today we launched our first kids’ voice-over contest! We’re looking for kids age 5 to 12 who would like their voices to be included in our second audiobook, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy.” Michael, age 6, twins Adam and Matthew, age 7, and Edward, age 9, will likely lend their
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.
What does a young book lover and book reviewer eat while he’s reading? What does his dog eat while keeping the book lover company? What are the book lover’s favorite books to review–and why is he writing his own series of books, along with his mom? In an interview with