This past weekend I flew out to Phoenix, Arizona and was honored to get to accept my first award in the category of Children’s Books: Inspiration & Motivation for The Adventures of Wembly the Pug: Wembly’s First Day of School at the International Impact Book Awards.

Introducing Wembly the Pug Plushie! From the moment I saw the first sketch of him, I knew I had to bring this cuddly buddy to life. After 21 months of hard work and dedication, I'm thrilled to announce that Wembly the Pug Plushie is finally ready and is available to children everywhere!

Exciting news!! The Adventures of Wembly the Pug: Wembly’s First Day of School has earned it’s first literary award!!! Thank you to the International Impact Book Awards for selecting Wembly’s First Day of School to represent the Children’s Motivational / Inspirational group in the category of Children’s Education: Best Social and Emotional Learning!

Today was a milestone day at Walls of Books in Issaquah, WA as Wembly’s First Day of School hit 1,000 copies sold! A huge congratulations and THANK YOU to Gabrielle for being the lucky Number 1,000!

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So many people to thank for helping to make The Adventures of Wembly the Pug: Wembly’s First Day of School the success it is!