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Our Kids' Audiobook Bark-Over Artist Turns 11!

Hudson hiking in the Columbia River Gorge By Lisa Cohn Hudson, our kids’ audiobook bark-over artist and a character in our last two Bash and Lucy books, just turned 11. Eleven years ago, when we brought puppy Hudson into our home, we had just released our first Bash and Lucy book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence. Puppy Hudson was the star of our book trailer: He appeared in a story in The…

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"Squishy Taylor" Gets High Marks from Our Roving Reader Leader for #ReadYourWorld

“Squishy Taylor” Gets High Marks from Our Roving Reader Leader for #ReadYourWorld

“Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters” by Alisa Wild immediately caught the attention of Michael, age 9, chief of the Roving Reader Leaders. It was delivered to our door for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2018 by Capstone Publishing. After quickly reading this first book, Michael insisted on going to the bookstore and getting the rest in the series. Here’s what he had to say about the first…

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This Kids' Dog Book Gets a High Rating From Kidlit Lover, 9

This Kids’ Dog Book Gets a High Rating From Kidlit Lover, 9

The kids’ dog book “Rumplepimple Goes to Jail” by Suzanne DeWitt Hall gets a very high rating from kidlit lover Michael, age 9. Watch his review here: Spoiler alert! Michael gives away the plot in this review. Earlier, a 7-year-old Michael reviewed the first Rumplepimple kids’ dog book, and gave it 99 million stars. Watch that…

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Our Reader Leaders Interview 8-yr-old Author Nia Mya Reese!

Our Reader Leaders Interview 8-yr-old Author Nia Mya Reese!

Nia Mya Reese               Roving Reader Leaders Michael, age 9, and Lila, age 10, interviewed bestselling author Nia Mya Reese, age 8, about “How To Deal with And Care For Your Annoying Little Brother.” Michael, who is a little brother,  and Lila, who has a little brother, asked questions based on their experiences. Watch our Reader Leaders talk to her here:…

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We Love Thank-You Notes Like These from Students!

We Love Thank-You Notes Like These from Students!

    We love the thank-you notes we receive from the students we visit via Skype in the classroom, and these are no exception! This week, we worked with a group of 3rd and 4th graders attending a camp. On that day, they were focusing on careers, and visiting with authors and professionals in other careers. We told them about our journey and how it began with the death of our dear Lucy. The kids…

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Mom-Son Author Visits with Students Across the Country--and World!

Mom-Son Author Visits with Students Across the Country–and World!

Mom-Son Author Visits with Students We love our Mom-son author visits with students! This year, we visited kids from all over the US–plus students in Qatar and other countries–via Skype in the classroom and the Microsoft Educator Community ! To date, we’ve “traveled” 470,000 kilometers, visited 12 countries and earned a Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator badge! During our visits, we tell…

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For Multicultural Children's Book Day 2017, We Reviewed Barefoot Book of Children

For Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017, We Reviewed Barefoot Book of Children

Multicultural Children’s Book Day For Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017–which aims to raise awareness about the need to include children’s books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves–we reviewed the “Barefoot Book of Children.” Beautifully illustrated and full of fascinating detail, the book takes kids on an eye-opening world journey. It made us want to visit the many…

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KidLit Lovers, Age 8, Appear on Live TV to Share Love of Reading

KidLit Lovers, Age 8, Appear on Live TV to Share Love of Reading

KidLit Lovers, Age 8, on Portland Today Live TV 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 author of the Notebook of Doom kidlit…

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Boys, Age 8-11, Show Love, Knowledge of Troy Cummings Books in Chat

Boys, Age 8-11, Show Love, Knowledge of Troy Cummings Books in Chat

Four Roving Reader Leaders–fans of children’s book author and illustrator Troy Cummings–demonstrated their love and knowledge of Cummings’ Notebook of Doom series in a fun Skype interview with the author. During the interview, the boys, age 8-11, members of the Roving Reader Leaders, informed Cummings of when his next book was due to be released, recited the titles of his books by series number,…

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Stay Tuned for Our Next Kidlit Author Interview!

Stay Tuned for Our Next Kidlit Author Interview!

KidLit Author Interview via Skype Keep an eye out for our next Kidlit author interview! Four of our Roving Reader Leaders, age 8-11, interviewed one of their favorite authors recently via Skype. The boys were excited and nervous, but asked great questions and came away from the interview very inspired. Watch our last author interview with Scooby author Laurie Sutton:…

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Audiobook Recorded with Help of Boys, Age 6-8, Bestseller on Audible

Audiobook Recorded with Help of Boys, Age 6-8, Bestseller on Audible

Boys Record Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy Our Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy audiobook, recorded with the help of Michael and his friends Edward, Matthew and Adam (age 6-8 at the time of recording) is a bestseller on Audible in two categories–animals and fiction (children’s books). You can buy the audiobook download for $3.46 here: Bash and Lucy Fetch Jealousy Audiobook You can buy the Bash and Lucy…

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"I Love This Book!" Says 8-Year-Old Budding Kidlit Reviewer

“I Love This Book!” Says 8-Year-Old Budding Kidlit Reviewer

I Love This Book! Says Budding Reviewer What prompts an 8-year-old budding book reviewer to shout “I love this book!” while swinging from a rope swing (while clutching the book in hand?). In this case, Michael, our budding KidLit reviewer, says the book, “Teddy Mars: Book #1: Almost a World Record Breaker” prompted the excitement. He stayed up til 1 am to finish this book! Read more here at…

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Love, Gratitude & Wonder for Guide Dogs for the Blind

Love, Gratitude & Wonder for Guide Dogs for the Blind

Photo Courtesy Guide Dogs for the Blind Love, Gratitude and Wonder for Guide Dogs for the Blind By Lisa Cohn At a tear-filled Guide Dogs for the Blind graduation ceremony Saturday in Boring Oregon, human graduates of the program expressed love, gratitude and wonder for how their guide dogs can change their lives. Michael and I attended the ceremony with friends, and we all were touched and…

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Saying Good-Bye to the Big Sister who Inspired our Book Project

Saying Good-Bye to the Big Sister who Inspired our Book Project

The Sister Who Inspired Our Book Project By Lisa Cohn Our “Bash and Lucy” book project began with a sad event–the death of our beloved dog, Lucy, about three years ago. To help us overcome our grief, Michael, who was 5 at the time, and I decided to write a series of children’s books that starred Lucy. In March of 2013, we started writing our first book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence.” With some…

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How Acupuncture Helps Dogs After Injuries: Our Dog Hudson

How Acupuncture Helps Dogs After Injuries: Our Dog Hudson

Our Dog, Hudson, Running too Much on the Beach Acupuncture helps dogs after injuries! We learned this after our dog, Hudson, injured himself running on the beach Friday. Above, you can see he’s having a lot of fun romping on the beach. But as soon as we got home, he started limping. In fact, he cried and whined. We immediately took Hudson to our “natural vet.” She recommended an acupuncture…

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Summer Reading List From our Young Reader Leaders!

Summer Reading List From our Young Reader Leaders!

Kids Lead Kids’ Book Chats Which KidLit Books are our Roving Reader Leaders excited about this summer? Levko, age 8, and Lukyan, age 10, are visiting Switzerland for two months. They just got library cards and checked out some of the books in the “Wimpy Kid” series plus “Bad Kitty for President.” Kerrigan, age 8, is reading the “Dragon Keepers” series and says the best book in that series is “How…

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Kids' Dog Book Reviewer, 8, Gives "Infinity" Star Rating!

Kids’ Dog Book Reviewer, 8, Gives “Infinity” Star Rating!

Kids’ Dog Book Reviewer Gets Thank You from Illustrator Michael, age 8, our kids’ dog book reviewer and dog lover, just discovered the Rider Woofson series, about a pack of detective dogs led by Rider Woofson. Michael recently reviewed the first two books in the series–written by Walker Styles and illustrated by Ben Whitehouse–while vacationing in Hawaii. When we tweeted Michael’s review to the…