About Us

The Author

 

 Hi, I'm so glad you're here! I'm a mother of six children (four girls, two boys). I love to read, eat, cook, and pretend to be organized amidst all the chaos of running a household of the cutest hooligans you've ever seen. And of course, I love to write and am passionate about creating childhoods that teach our children important life lessons to set them up for happy, meaningful adult lives.

I believe passionately about: free play, independence, bravery, and authenticity.

My books are centered around my belief that children learn who they are through play—not screens. When kids are given space to imagine freely, they grow confident enough to be themselves. Girls shouldn’t be told who they’re supposed to be—what they should like, wear, or aspire to—and that boys shouldn’t be boxed in either. The other things that happens through play? Independence, confidence, social skills, problem solving, and so much more.

I hope to champion:

-Screen-free, unstructured play

-Kids taking healthy risks and learning independence

-Childhood without labels, pressure, or useless stereotypes

My books are for parents who believe childhood should feel playful again for our children's sakes. For kids who deserve the freedom to imagine boldly. For families ready to raise daring kids.

-D.K.

  

The Illustrator

My name is Polina and I'm an illustrator based in Amsterdam.

Nowadays I mostly produce illustrations for books and social media, comics, portraits and character design.

For creating my works I use Adobe Photoshop and traditional methods such as drawing and painting. My preferred materials are coloured pencils, watercolour, gouache, but I also love to experiment!

See more of my work and follow me on social media here.