Category: Resources
Look Closely: Finding Wonder In Small Details
Keep your eyes open as you turn the pages of Hollis Saves Halloween. Hidden somewhere on every two-page spread is a little lizard who never says a word. He’s not part of the story. He’s just a quiet observer, simply watching what unfolds. Sometimes Lizard is easy to spot, sometimes you must search.
At first, when you’re reading this book with your child, simply enjoy the story. But on your third or fourth read, invite your child to start looking (unless they’ve already begun their own lizard hunt!).
Try asking an inviting question like:
- “I wonder where little Lizard is on this page?”
- Or offer a clue: “Take a look next to the tree. What do you see?”
You might even make a little game of it. Maybe you look on one spread, and your child searches the next.
Why the Little Lizard Matters
Finding this hidden friend turns storytime into a fun, engaging hunt and brings surprising benefits for growing minds. Here’s why looking for Lizard is more than just a game:
Is it time for you to publish your book for kids?
Come start your journey with our learning resources. 
✍️ Writing children’s books is an incredible way to improve the world.
🌎 Here are five benefits of being an author of children’s books:
• Share your creativity: Writing children’s books is a great way to be creative and share your ideas with the world. 💡
• Make a difference: You will have the opportunity to impact the lives of many young readers positively. 🤗
• Be an inspiration: Writing for young readers can provide inspiration and motivation to help them achieve great things. 🚀
• Express yourself: Writing children’s books allows you to express yourself through stories and characters. 📝
• Create memories: Writing children’s books can create memories that will last a lifetime. 💭
Get started. Can you do it? 🤩 You never know where it may lead you.
Reach out if you want help, author. #authorlife #childrensbooks 📚
So you might notice this site is a bit….wonky.
It’s chaos!! We pulled the blanket off the basket of our business one day, and it all went crazy! October 2022: Our site vanished. Poof. Gone. Webhost deleted it all and took off. Ummm.
So, as of October 2022, we’re rebuilding it all. We restored what we could, then took a moment for a little cry. 🙂 And… we are working on all the missing pieces. We’re here. Expect missing things for a bit. Thanks for your patience.
This, too, shall pass.
New Free Halloween Coloring Pages
There are several new free Halloween Coloring pages available on our GO FETCH! Page. Come grab some and share!
“I want to publish a book.” 4.5 Things to Know.
Transcript.
The following is a transcript of the video. There might be some grammar errors in this transcript. It’s not a book, it’s a casual transcript. 🙂
Hey, look, there we are. Hey, folks.
This is Sean Buvala from the Small Tooth Dog Publishing Group LLC based in Arizona. We’re happy to have you on this really brief little presentation and overview, if you will, about contemporary publishing, what that looks like here in the late part of the 2010’s, coming into the 2020’s.
Five things about contemporary publishing.
You can learn more about us at smalltoothdog.com. I’m Sean Buvala. Let’s get started. I have to do my own stunts on these slides. I have to look over here and then change slides. Here we go.
From Audience to Zeal: The Workbook
Enhance Your Learning!
Coming along after the original textbook, Laura S. Packer has a new WORKBOOK (at 92 pages!) companion volume to go with the original A to Z book! It’s a journal, it’s a guidebook, it’s a way to move from idea to implementation.
Designed to be a companion volume to “From Audience to Zeal: The ABCs of Finding, Crafting, and Telling a Great Story,” this workbook contains deep reflections, focused advice, intriguing readings, and active projects that will take your experiences in storytelling and oral communication to the next level. This workbook contains additional materials not found in the book.
Praise for the Workbook!
Laura has created a working text, a highly practical and useful book that is personal, powerful, and poignant. She captures in words and exercises what we need to do and hear. Using it will only improve your work in story. -Kevin Cordi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ohio University Lancaster; International Storytelling SIG Chair, National Council of Teachers of English
Get the Workbook!
You can order the spiral-bound version at this link. You can order the Ebook verison (.pdf) at this link.
Don’t Have the Textbook Yet?
Learn more about this project at this link here.
Hear the Interviews!
Sean Buvala and Laura did a series of interviews about this project. Hear them or read the transcripts at this link now.
Arizona Spring 2020 Author’s Mindset Conference & Other Training Sessions!
Lots of Training in the first quarter of 2020! Learn More about our upcoming Indie Author’s Mindset Conference, training held in spring 2020, in Avondale Arizona. Visit the page at this link now. Learn more about the FREE “So, You Want to Publish Your Book?” training-sessions at this link now.
New: You Wake Up One Morning- A Journal for Tweens and PreTeens
Come take a look at this new video for our latest journal for younger authors and creative spirits. Help your tweens break away from screen time to create journals, grids, graphics, and more. They’ll be inspired by more than 50 imaginative quotes about the world they discover when they “wake up one morning.” Fun, creative. Great gifts for the those kids ages 10-13.
Learn more at http://youwakeuponemorning.com.
2017 Catalog Sheet
We are glad to tell you we have a new 2017 Catalog Sheet ready for you. You can download the .pdf right here. It includes two of the new releases we have for 2017: “The Kids’ Guide to Making Great Stories” AND “The Fox and Crow” (finally!) Aesop book.
Download the 2017 Catalog List for Small-Tooth-Dog Publishing.