We’ve written about superpower and superhero dogs: Using their keen sense of smell and ability to sense how humans feel, they help people with diabetes, autism, seizures and other conditions. For example, diabetic service dogs sound the alarm when they sense drops in kids’ blood sugar. They try to “tell” children
Best Dog Books
Letting Go of Kids’ Books, Donating to Book Bank
It’s not easy for Michael, now 13 and chief of the Roving Reader Leaders, to let go of his kids’ books. But today, for the second time, we gathered up some of our favorites and donated them to the Children’s Book Bank, based in Portland. Among them were some of
Our Dog Taught Us Who Our True Friends Were
By Lisa Cohn When Michael, now 13, was five, our dog Hudson was just a puppy. Hudson frolicked wildly at Michael’s fifth birthday party, and taught us a few lessons. At Michael’s recent 13th birthday party, Hudson also insisted on being in the middle of the action, but he didn’t
Our Love of Dogs and Polar Bears, too: National Geographic Contribution
By Lisa Cohn You’ve heard about our love of dogs. But truth is, we love all animals–including polar bears. Michael and I recently participated in a National Geographic story about climate change anxiety in kids. The writer approached us because I had written a similar story for a local parenting
Kids’ Audiobook Review: “Hearing the Boys’ Voices was So Fun…Made me Laugh”
We were thrilled when another children’s book author this week listened to our first kids’ audiobook, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence,” and enjoyed the voices of the boys, age 5-7, who helped record it. “I listened to Bash & Lucy Fetch Confidence this morning and I was blown away. Hearing
Why We Began Writing Our Kids’ Dog Books
We started writing our kids’ dog books about seven years ago, after our dog, Lucy, died suddenly at the age of 6. To help us overcome our grief, we decided to write a book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence,” about how a dog named Lucy instilled confidence in the boys on
Team Vera Provides Face Masks to Healthcare Workers and Others
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
The Joy of Hiking with a Golden Retriever
While we’ve been in isolation due to Covid-19, Ally, Michael and I have walked nearly every day with our golden retriever, Hudson. Hudson is a character in our third book and did some lively voice-over barking for our last audiobook His deep voice lends itself well to being an audiobook
Free Kids’ Audiobooks, Recorded with Kids’ Voice: Our Holiday Gift to You
To celebrate the holidays, we’re offering you three free kids’ audiobooks, all of which were recorded with the voices of Michael (now age 11), his friends and family members. (Plus his dog!). All of the audiobooks are high quality enough to
We’re Writing our Next Kids’ Dog Book!
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