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About five years ago, Robbi decided that we were going to start a small press that would publish children's picture books. After all, we made books. We had kids. Our kids liked books. We liked our kids. The one small problem was that I'd never written children's books...
The other day, at approximately the same moment, Robbi and I glanced over at the calendar, saw that it was 2016, and did a bit of math. It turns out we have been in Chestertown for ten years now. Even though it seems like we got here five minutes ago. After the shock...
It has been a big year. And yet we haven't been able to keep you up to date because so much has been happening behind the scenes — developments that we had to keep under wraps until certain news became public. A few weeks ago, the last bit of secret info became...
These three. They are our children. We made them. They changed our lives. They did not ruin our lives. I just want to make that clear at the outset. And yet, we made a book in which we make apparent claims about the things that children represent. Which is midnight...
A few weeks ago, we sent the most recent Bobbledy title to the subscribership. It is the story of a little girl and her even littler friend, a homemade doll made with a scrap of cloth and two marbles. Tiny Mama is not an imaginary friend. Tiny Mama is an actual...
It's that time of week again! Matthew is back with some doozies, but all things considered, I'm starting to worry that his drawing skills are just getting too good. I wouldn't say he's any better at capturing likenesses, but I do think I'm starting to see more...
Many of you have the distinct pleasure and burden of being Bobbledy parents. I say "pleasure" with the optimistic hope that your children enjoy the books we send your way. I say "burden" because I have heard from many of you that the yearly album of children's music...
Now that Matthew Draws has returned, I hope to curtail some of the bad habits that have plagued the previous incarnations. Gone are the days in which I would wait weeks and weeks to post answers! I add the exclamation point to remind myself that I mean it. Let's dive...
You are a kid. Or you were once a kid. Perhaps you even have a kid of your own. Regardless, you've been there: that awful moment when your parents tell you that it's time to turn off the TV, to use your imagination, to go outside, to do anything else but sit there...
