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Exactly one year ago, Adrian and I were married here in Seattle :) There were a lot of different things that made that day so special: the setting (we were tucked away in the beautiful Dunn Gardens), the surprise Lion Dance that kicked off our reception, the unique cake centerpieces at each table… I even […]

Here’s this week’s question… do we have a new free book for you to read to your kids or grandkids? What a silly question. Of course we do! :) As parents and grandparents I think we’re always asking ourselves if we’re doing as good a job as we can. We all know that reading to […]

I’m one of the lucky few people to have a female co-founder of a tech startup. And I have long known that working with senior women can often be a significantly more valuable experience than the traditional sausage fest. (Yes… I just said “sausage fest”.) It’s not that women are inherently better or worse… it’s […]

Hey A Story Before Bed pals (is ‘pals’ too familiar? maybe I should stick with ‘fans’)… what’s that sound? It’s the sound of 19 new books arriving in our bookstore for you to enjoy. Thunk! (Now imagine that sound 18 more times.) Almost anyone who’s now 30 or older the will immediately recognize the Junior […]

When you run a business, you try to keep things steady and predictable. It makes life easier when things happen at a regular and predictable pace. This is true both in terms of the internals of the business and the externals, including things like how often we have new books for you. But in reality, […]