Best Friend Books has a mission—to empower kids (and adults). Our hope is that all of our titles become books that are not only books, but books that are also considered friends.

After several months, my partner, Lisa Daugherty-Combs and I are ready to release our new book. The title is "Completely Different, Just the Same." The book focuses on our differences, our commonalities and how we have much more in common then meets the eye. We think it couldn't come out at a better time, especially in a world seemingly full of anger, unkindness and misunderstanding. I know that I have become angry and unkind throughout this election cycle and have turned to Lisa's empowering words several times to find comfort and encouragement.

We have had several chances to talk about and present workshops supporting the important messages of our books and several big events are coming up next month:

Book Signing, Art Exhibit
Thursday, November 3; 6 pm • Union City Arts Depot • Union City, Indiana • http://www.artsdepot.org

Book Signing and Presentation
Thursday, November 10; 6:30 pm • Morrison Reeves Library • Richmond, Indiana • http://www.mrlinfo.org

We hope to see everyone over the next couple months.