Check out the video we created that features Ding Bat, a character from the Our Little Friends children's book series.  It is a cute video that gives you a sense of what the audio book is about and how it reads to your child. We are so proud of this clip and can't wait until you get to see the entire cartoon of Ding Bat in the near future.

Today we launched our new website for All Around Our World. I've been waiting for weeks to get this up and rolling, and it's finally here! Hope you enjoy!  

The desired goal in my work is to focus primarily on finding unique but fun ways for a child to learn and enhance the key elements that are required to mature and strengthen their minds. Reading, language, vocabulary, communication skills, self esteem, confidence, creativity, and imagination, are such important things needed to learn and grow less stressfully from a child to a healthy and stable adult.

As a mother of four and the love I have for kids, I will continue to teach these things to the best of my knowledge and capability, for all of the precious little people who share our world.

When I was a child, I often felt the need to spend time with my parents as all children do.  Our parents and friends are so important to have, especially when we are young. I was very fortunate to have a stay home mom, but my father was always working to be able to provide for his family.

The memories I have of my father, Neal (Skip) McGrath, are much like how Skipper's friends felt in the story, Skipper the Wise Quacker - What?! When I create a story for children, I use memories and feelings as a way to relate and cope with the pain from my past or the present. This can be a healthy form of expression for anyone.  I encourage adults but particularly children to create as a strong coping and healing device for their mental development.

Each person in our lives has something to do with who we are as people. For some reason, we stick by the ones we love in the hope that one day they will value us as much as we value them.  If you look at a duck's natural instinct when he is with his companion, they are inseperable. So, wouldn't it be great if everyone had the instincts of a duck and stuck by one another?! That just might make our world an easier place to live.