Announcing...

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Woof! It's an all new BIGGER Biscuit plush, just ready to hear a story and make a new friend! Soft and huggable, this is a just right plush for your home, school, or library! From MerryMakers, Inc. and available wherever books are sold!

Love to Read...

Willow the White House Cat

What an honor and privilege for me to co-write this book with our First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. Coming in June 2024 and with beautiful illustrations by Kate Berube, available everywhere you buy books.

Biscuit Visits the Firehouse

There's a lot to explore at the firehouse! There's a
shiny firetruck, lots of firefighters, and a new friend, too!

Biscuit and Friends Visit the Aquarium

A Day at the Aquarium

Our newest Level 1 story is here! When Biscuit takes himself to the aquarium, he sees fish of all different colors, sea turtles, large tanks of jellyfish, and even sea lions that bark just like him. Bark! Bark! Woof, woof!

Biscuit and Friends Visit the Aquarium
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A Visit to the Community Garden

Seeds-check! Shovel-check! Biscuit and the little girl are ready to visit the community garden.

From planting flowers with new friends to feeding the birds, there are so many ways to help in the garden!

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Biscuit 5 Minute Stores book cover

Biscuit Five Minute Stories

Whether you're listening to each story, or up to the challenge of reading a bit more about Biscuit, this one's for you!

Biscuit 5 Minute Stores book cover

Biscuit's Neighborhood

Take along Biscuit and friends no matter where you're going.

Biscuit Loves the Library

It’s Read to a Pet Day at the library! There are so many fun things to see and do! Biscuit plays with story-time puppets, visits with friends, and listens to recorded books. Before he goes, a librarian helps him find the activity that he loves most of all.

Katy Duck Flower Girl

The one and only Katy Duck is back to celebrate Aunt Ella's wedding! What's more exciting than being the flower girl?

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Katy Duck Makes a Friend

Katy Duck loves to dance. Ralph loves things that go fast. Can the two friends learn a bit from each other?

Katy Duck Makes a Friend childrens book cover
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The Library Fish

There’s nothing Library Fish loves more than her home on the desk of Mr. Hughes, the librarian. But one day, everything outside is covered in snow and no one comes to the library. Will Library Fish be brave enough to venture outside her fishbowl for the very first time and explore the library she calls home?

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The Library Fish Learns to Read

The Library Fish Learns to Read

Join Library Fish in her greatest adventure as she learns to read!

The Library Fish Learns to Read
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All That is You

From the bestselling writer of the Biscuit series comes a a picture book ode to the intergenerational bonds of love and joy shared between family and friends, featuring a diverse array of communities—for fans of You Are My I Love You and I Love You to the Moon and Back.

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Might Tug book cover

Mighty Tug

Around the gleaming channel, where the water’s deep and wide, tall ships stretch their sails and the ever so brave mighty tug leads the way across the waves. To the rescue in the busy, busy harbor, little tug saves the day every time. Mighty tug is the smallest, strongest, and bravest boat of all.

Might Tug book cover

Hand in Hand

In this sweet New Books for Newborns book, a parent and their child set out for a fun-filled day of adventure. Whether it’s having fun at the park, or letting your child learn something new, this sweet, rhyming board book is the perfect way to tell your little one that no matter where you are or what you’re doing, all that really matters is doing it together, hand in hand.

Good night My Darling Baby

With lilting lullaby text and lovely illustrations, the New Books for Newborns stories are the perfect first books for new parents to share with their little ones right from the start!

Blanket of Love

Blanket of Love

In this lovely story perfect for sharing, animals and families celebrate blankets of love, from a blanket of flowers in a field to a blanket of kisses that soothe a baby to sleep.

Blanket of Love

Emmett and the Bright Blue Cape

Emmett and his bright blue cape are inseparable…until Mrs.Duck hangs it out to dry on the clothesline. But with a bit of stitching and mending, maybe his cape is even better than before!

Ralph and the Rocket Ship

Ralph wants a rocket ship! But maybe the best way to visit the faraway planets is in a rocket ship you build yourself! Get ready to blast off with Ralph and his imagination!

Biscuit's Pet and Play Christmas

A very merry, warm and fuzzy celebration of Christmas for our youngest readers!

Biscuit's Christmas Storybook Collection 2nd Edition

Biscuit's Christmas Storybook Collection

From Christmas Eve to a fun-filled snowy Christmas Day, join Biscuit and friends as they celebrate the many joys of the holiday!

Biscuit's Christmas Storybook Collection 2nd Edition
cover of Biscuit's Hanukkah board book

Biscuit's Hanukkah

It's time to kindle the Hanukkah lights. But first Biscuit and the little girl can make their very own colorful menorah to hold the candles!

cover of Biscuit's Hanukkah board book
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Biscuit is Thankful

Sweet puppy! Biscuit is thankful for his bone, his blanket, and lots more, too!

Biscuit is Thankful childrens book cover

Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit!

It's pumpkin pie and plenty of family and friends for Biscuit to enjoy in a celebration of all we are thankful for!

Welcome!

Reading, writing, and imagining are some of my most favorite things to do. I hope a visit to my website will inspire you to do the same! There’s lots to discover and explore with characters and friends that are old and new. And, be sure to check back often; I’m so happy you stopped by!

Warmly, Alyssa

 

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Even more ways to love reading with Biscuit… From our I Can Read ebooks to our interactive app, have fun exploring Biscuit in our newest formats.

Tra-la-la! Quack! Quack! Be a Reading Star with Katy Duck! As Katy reminds us, with a bit of imagination, anything is possible! Katy Duck is loved…read all about it!

Bringing our world together,
one story at a time! 
Non-fiction Fun to Explore and Learn With

New and News!

An all new adventure with Biscuit and some favorite friends!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Thanks to all who visited with me this fall! Upcoming dates TBA!

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Now Available!

Biscuit’s Big Word Book in English and Spanish

Learn to read simple words in both Spanish and English with Biscuit, everyone’s favorite little yellow puppy, in this bilingual word book for new readers. Perfect for celebrating the 25th anniversary of Biscuit.
Reviews are in!  Read more

One of Parents Magazine's 30 Best Children's Books of 2020

Hand in Hand

A little hand holds on tight! Celebrate the special relationship every parent has with their child in this lovely New Books for Newborns board book coming in January of 2020!

Me
You
We, two
Hand in hand
Through and through

New Books for Newborns is where to start. With lilting lullaby text and lovely illustrations, the New Books for Newborns stories are the perfect first books for new parents to share with their little ones right from the start!

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