5 Must-Read Kids Books That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Lovely Books for Lovely children

As the resident childrens author in my friend group, I get asked for book recommendations a LOT.  Hey Laurie, do you know a good book about moving?  Hey Laurie, do you know a good book about grief?   Hey Laurie, do you know a good book to give a 9 year old girl who loves dragons?  […]

How To ‘Think Positive’ And Grow A Healthy Mind (Poop Jokes Included)!

Dog man image

‘Think Positive’ about Dog Man Max and his books “Mom, can you read me Dog Man?” <insert inner mom dialogue … what is it about poop and comic books?> All my kids enjoy Dav Pilkey’s books, but recently I’m reading a lot of Dog Man with my six-year-old. He can’t read it alone, so we […]

How to Help Your Students Stay Optimistic in 2021

Be Optimistic!

There is both good stress and bad stress that everyone, including children, must deal with every single day of their lives. Especially during a pandemic! Everyone has stress of some kind. It’s a normal part of life and some people would suggest that without stress, no one would accomplish anything.  As a teacher in 2021, […]

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Laurie Wright with books

About Laurie Laurie Wright is a woman on a mission to improve the mental health and emotional welfare of children around the world, one book at a time. Her background in early childhood education served as the foundation in launching a successful career as a children’s book author and publisher. Wright published her first book, […]

Everything You Want to Know About Childhood Anxiety

About Childhood Anxiety

Strictly speaking, anxiety isn’t a condition, it’s a feeling. It’s a natural emotion that is normal and healthy to feel sometimes, in the same way that it’s normal to feel anger, sadness and frustration. We WANT our kids to feel some anxiety, and to learn what to do with that BIG feeling, so that they can handle it when they are older.

How To Successfully Launch A Children’s Book

How to successfully launch a children's book

For most of my books my launch style was ‘push publish and cross fingers’ and the truth is, it wasn’t the end of the world. My ‘under the radar’ launch style might not have helped me all that much, but it also didn’t seem to hurt.
Then a few years went by, I matured *slightly* and developed this neat thing called ‘patience’.

A Conversation About Racism

Children's Author Camryn Wells

Since the death of George Floyd I’ve been among the many people trying to learn more about race and racism, and vowing to do better.

It’s been eye opening for me. Also embarrassing.
How is there so much that I didn’t know?

How to find a perfect illustrator for your children’s book!

Your words + perfect art = MAGIC

Does this sound familiar? You were inspired to write a book for your kids.  It took late nights and plenty of staring at the wall, but you got it done!  The elation had you dancing in your kitchen with your kids, the vision of your future as a children’s author was brilliant and the excitement […]