Writing during a pandemic

As you may or may not know, I did a series of Instagram Live videos for three weeks at the start of the coronavirus pandemic here in the U.S. I read my picture books (with the illustrators) and read the first Two Dogs in a Trench Coat book (with special appearances by...

David Harbour from Stranger Things reads Snappsy!

SUPER FUN! David Harbour, aka Hopper from Stranger Things, read Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) for Storyline Online. There is nothing like seeing a professional actor read your book, let me tell you. This is amazing. Thanks to David Harbour,...

Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Enter Stage Left is available now!

The fourth book in the Two Dogs in a Trench Coat series is available now, wherever fine dog books are sold! In this book, Waldo and Sassy once again stack up to become an allegedly human student named Salty Woofadoginton, so they can attend school every day with their...

Preorder Time for Two Dogs Book 4

The next book in the Two Dogs in a Trench Coat series, Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Enter Stage Left, is coming your way December 26, 2019, and there's a special present for you if you preorder the book before it comes out. Here's Cosmo and Marlo to tell you all about...

The Great Indoors is available now!

My latest picture book, The Great Indoors, is out today (hooray!). It's illustrated with amazing and hilarious pictures by Ruth Chan, and published by Disney-Hyperion. The Great Indoors is about animals who go on vacation every year inside a house, during the same...

Pre-order swag for Two Dogs 2!

It's pre-order time for the next book in my Two Dogs in a Trench Coat series, Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Start a Club by Accident! In this book, dogs Waldo and Sassy are still following their boy Stewart to school. Everyone is joining after-school clubs, but the dogs...

No Boring Stories is available now!

Today is the day! My latest picture book, No Boring Stories, is available to purchase anywhere that books are sold. It's the story of an adorable bunny who wants to write weird stories, and she tries to join an offbeat group of animals (a star-nosed mole, a...

Pre-Order Swag for No Boring Stories!

It's pre-order time for No Boring Stories! And if you pre-order, you get a present! From me! I'm sure you have questions, so let's get right to it. Q. What's No Boring Stories about? A. No Boring Stories is about a bunny who wants to be a writer. The problem is, she...

Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School is available now!

Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School is now in the world! To answer some quick frequently asked questions I get about this book: Yes, it's a series. The second book will be out January 2019, and the third book is coming summer 2019 (and more after that, but those...