This is a very interesting video. Who would have thought that hay may help clean up the BP oil spill.
A Florida-based contractor says he’s got an idea for how to use hay to cleanup much of the Gulf Coast oil spill. The contractor says he’s contacted BP to see if they’re interested.
Any options to safeguard [...]
In keeping with their tradition of helping kids read during March is Reading Month, Carl and Jean donated 185 of their Find My Friends board books to the Head Start program at Huron Valley Schools Apollo Center near Milford, Michigan.
Carl and Jean are also donating their award winning In the Woods series (Lost in the Woods, Stranger [...]
Recycling your Christmas tree benefits fish and wildlife. “In rural areas, discarded Christmas trees can be put to good use as erosion control or as brush piles to provide resting and escape cover for small animals,” according to the article “Fish, wildlife benefit from Christmas Trees after the holidays” from the South Carolina Department of [...]
Board books for toddlers are sturdy, educational and fun!
In our board book, Find My Friends, little ones learn how creatures of nature use their special colors to hide. Have you ever seen a walking stick?
Find My Friends is a Midwest Independent Publishers Association Honorable Mention Award Winner. Learn more about the book.
I came across a funny blog post about wildlife photography. It reminded me of my own failed attempts.
The author writes “It’s not that the birds don’t like our garden, or that the treats we put out for them aren’t to their taste. No. They just don’t like having their photographs taken…But when I go out there with [...]
Children’s Book Week is May 11 – 17. Started in 1919, Children’s Book Week remains a very important event.
According to Children’s Book Week, since 1919 Children’s Book Week has been celebrated nationally in schools, libraries, bookstores, clubs, private homes-any place where there are children and books. Educators, librarians, booksellers, and families have celebrated children’s books [...]
We may want to bring our snowman back out! A surprise winter storm hit us in Michigan. Everyone at Carl and Jean’s studio is hoping spring is here at last. It’s 50 degrees today.
I’m busy promoting the Spanish edition of our New York Times best selling children’s book Stranger in the Woods. I’m sending copies [...]
