Frequently Asked

Every published title is on Amazon, in paperback and Kindle editions. The Books page carries the live link for each book the day it publishes — if a title is marked Coming Soon, it is not on sale yet, anywhere.

Little Explorers titles like Bears of the World are first-facts picture books for ages 1–4. The Douglas adventures and holiday specials are written for ages 4–8. Every book is built to be read aloud together.

Each series is banded by age, so you can begin where your reader is. Little Explorers first-facts picture books are for ages 1–4. Gabriel Explains — a big brother telling the holidays to his little sister — is for ages 2–6. The Douglas adventures and holiday specials are for ages 4–8, and the Big Learners editions grow the same titles up for ages 5–8, with richer facts, a fact file, a glossary and a quiz in every book. The Activity & Coloring Books are hands-on paperbacks for any age that holds a pencil.

He is. In every Douglas adventure and holiday special, Douglas hides in every scene, waiting to be found — a small seek-and-find game running underneath the story, different on every page.

New titles arrive one at a time and join the Books page the day they publish. The Coming Soon shelf shows what is finished and on its way, in the order it will arrive.

The stories begin in English. Our Bilingual Library — volumes that teach in both directions, English into a new language and back again — is in preparation, beginning with Spanish, French and Italian Beginner volumes.

Narrated read-alongs — every page on screen, every word read aloud — are in production now. Channel links will appear here and on the home page with the first video.

Not yet — the shop is being fitted out and opens very soon. Every piece will be made when it is ordered, never warehoused. Openings are announced first on our Facebook page.

Through the Contact page — every message is read at the family table. You can also follow the stories as they arrive on our Facebook page, where new books, new characters, and storytime videos are announced first.