TIME BUDDIES was chosen by 3rd to 5th grade students AND by 3rd to 5th grade librarians as a favorite title for the Children’s Book Council’s 2025 annual list! Plus, it is ranked #8 on the 3rd to 5th grade children’s list. 

From CBC: “The books on the annual FAVORITES lists are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S. every year!” 

“Each year, children, teens, teachers, and librarians across 50 states read newly published K-12 grade books and vote for the ones they like best. Over 70 coordinators nationwide display hundreds of publisher-submitted titles in their schools and libraries so that every book can be read and voted on. The books with the most votes become the annual CBC Favorites Awards Lists, a group of 12 lists showcasing new books that young readers, teachers, and librarians loved reading.“

Time Buddies Vol 1 and VOl 2
​Now in Print!

published by Andrews McMeel

From the world of Cat Ninja, the action-packed spinoff series features the beloved superhero owlet Hoot on a time-travel adventure with her new friend, Bentley. 

 

Featuring...

Time Buddies #2
Puzzle of Peril
written by Marcie Colleen
​illustrated by Line Mato
(Epic! Originals)

Hoot and Bentley are stuck in ancient Egypt! They'll have to navigate puzzles, crocodiles, and shifting sand to get back to their own time.Time Buddies Book 2: Puzzle of PerilHoot and Bentley are stuck in ancient Egypt! They'll have to navigate puzzles, crocodiles, and shifting sand to get back to their own time.Time Buddies Book 2: Puzzle of PerilHoot and Bentley are stuck in ancient Egypt! They'll have to navigate puzzles, crocodiles, and shifting sand to get back to their own time.

Now available on Epic! www.getepic.com. ​

Time Buddies #3
Chowdown at
​Pie Noon

written by Marcie Colleen
illustrated by Chad Thomas
(Epic! Originals)

The Wild West just got wilder! Can Hoot out-eat the competition and save the locals, or will she and Bentley stay trapped in a ghost town?

Now available on Epic! www.getepic.com. ​

Time Buddies #4
​Time Flies

written by Marcie Colleen
illustrated by Chad Thomas
(Epic! Originals)

Hoot and Bentley are even further in the past! Can they convince one of history's greats that his ideas are more than just flights of fancy?

Now available on Epic! www.getepic.com. ​

Time Buddies #5
Glow Time: Rewind

written by Marcie Colleen
illustrated by Chad Thomas
(Epic! Originals)

It's chrono-chaos as Hoot and Bentley go back in history--again! Can the buddies figure out how to finally get themselves home? 

Now available on Epic! www.getepic.com. ​

Time Buddies #8
Floppy Disk Fever
written by Marcie Colleen
​illustrated by Eduardo Medeiros
(Epic! Originals)

Hoot and Bentley hustle on back to the 1970s to meet Bentley’s grandfather, the famed inventor of the floppy disk. But when his grandpa’s talents turn out to be a bit different than expected, can Bentley learn to just “roll” with it?

Now available on Epic! www.getepic.com. ​

Time Buddies #13
Tale of the Spooky Sleepovers
written by Marcie Colleen
​illustrated by Eduardo Medeiros
(Epic! Originals)

There's nothing better than spooky stories at a sleepover! But Bentley's favorite tale takes a not-so-spooky twist--what did Hoot do this time? 
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Now available on Epic! www.getepic.com. ​