Growing More than Books

October 2026 Newsletter: Awards, Literacy & What’s New in Friendship Falls

The October Dirt Dog and Friends newsletter is here! It has been a wonderful season in…

Choose Kindness This morning, I was reading comments on social media about the use of artificial…

Sometimes the busiest seasons produce the quietest blogs. Dirt Dog’s blog has been a little quiet…

by: Lisa M. Pritchard February 26. 2026 Last week, Dirt Dog and I took our first…

Sadly, it’s time to take down the Christmas decorations. Even worse, the burden of eating healthy,…

Dirt Dog and Friends welcomes you to our site. To all adults: It is our prayer…

Dirt Dog and Friends is a new series of picture books that engages children with stories…