The Libronauts: Book One
A children's book for kids who'd rather build a rocket than read about one.
Buy the bookEveryone said the children’s book market was saturated. They were right. It’s completely saturated. It’s also where I decided to publish a book, because the best time to do a reasonable thing is never, and the second-best time is also never.
What it’s about
The Libronauts follows a crew of kids who build a ship out of library books and go looking for the one story nobody has written yet. Along the way they learn that being scared and doing it anyway is the entire job description of being brave — a lesson I keep having to relearn as an adult, at significantly higher stakes.
It’s a book about curiosity, courage, and ignoring the people who tell you the market is saturated.
What’s inside
- A hardcover you won’t be embarrassed to leave on the coffee table
- Illustrations that hold up to the seventeenth consecutive bedtime reading
- A story that sneaks in a real lesson without anyone noticing it’s a lesson
- Exactly zero QR codes, apps, or “companion experiences”
The honest pitch
I can’t promise this book will make your kid smarter. I can promise it won’t make them dumber, which is more than most of what they’re looking at can say. If they don’t love it, the contact page works for complaints too.
Questions & answers
- What age is The Libronauts for?
- Roughly ages 5 to 9 — old enough to follow a story, young enough to still think anything is possible. Adults report enjoying it too, then getting defensive about it.
- Is it available as an ebook?
- The print edition is available now. A digital edition is in the works, because apparently people want to read to their kids on a screen at 2am. No judgment.
- Do you offer bulk or classroom pricing?
- Yes. Teachers and libraries get a break — use the contact page and mention how many copies you need.