It’s a very special day at Penn State Children’s Hospital for Kaia and Becky, the hospital’s two facility dogs. This golden dynamic duo has a lot to bark about, including their mission to provide kids and families with emotional support as they navigate their way through their hospital journey. From Lindsay C. Barry, author of Journey to Constellation Station, and Susan Szecsi, award-winning illustrator of Yes, I Can Listen!, comes this exciting new picture book about a day in the life of Penn State Hospital’s emotional-support Golden Retrievers. A portion of all royalties are being donated to the Children’s Hospital in hopes of helping other children and families in the future.

Susan Szecsi is an award-winning illustrator with traditional fine art training. As a little girl she wanted to be an astronaut a princess or a magician. She has fulfilled one of her dreams because she discovered that illustrating books is like doing magic every day. Susan has two sons and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband. See Susan’s works at www.brainmonsters.com Lindsay C. Barry is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and has worked in advertising and executive search. But her first love has always been writing and education. Barry lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband, two sons, two cats, two guppies with ever-changing names, one red Beta fish named Goldie, a blue budgie named Ice Dragon, and a yellow budgie named Goldie (sense a theme?). Her sons inspire her life and writing every single day. Find her at www.lbarrybooks.com, and on Instagram and Twitter @lbarrybooks