Arlo Finch In The Valley Of Fire is not just a book, not just the start of a series, not just an escape into magical woods, it is a literary springboard to become a better, fuller, more realized version of creative yourself, whether you’re 10, 13, 38 or 42.
To hear author John August tell it on his wonderful Wondery podcast called Launch, in which he goes deep into the woods to walk the listener through the process of conceiving, writing, pitching, editing, selling, and releasing his first book, Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, this magical fictional […]
We always look forward to fall. But this September, it is more than just the soccer on TV, crisp autumn air blowing in through the open windows, and crunchy leaves scattered on the ground that has us ready for fall! There’s a ton of exciting Family Entertainment coming soon. Here’s […]
It was an ever present threat levied during my lazy, underachieving childhood. My dad would never have done it. I think. At the very least, my mom wouldn’t have let him send her baby away, but I heard the foreboding words ‘Valley Forge Military Academy’ a whole awful lot as […]
Technically speaking, my kids aged out of the picture book demographic…a half decade ago, but we all still appreciate the art, creativity and inspiration found in the best books written and illustrated for the toddler set. We love it when food talks, when inanimate objects come to life on the […]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Reading books on the Kindle app on iPads These are a few of our favorite dads. My sincerest apologies to both Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical theater crimes I’ve just committed, but the opportunity to […]
A couple quick things before I send you over to PBS Parents. 1) Justin Roberts saw his first kid’s book published this fall. It is wonderful and features prominently in my new Adventures in Learning post for PBS. 2) My pal Chris Routly is trying to Kickstart his new kid’s […]
Is it terribly vain for a guy who’s been published often on the vanishing digital pages of the wide world web to be a teensy bit stoked about having a story that will, in 6 weeks time, be printed in, you know, print? Hope not, because I’m pretty stoked to […]
