STORY CRUMB BOOKS — MEDIA NOTES Updated October 4, 2026 Author: Philip Cowherd Contact: pcowherd4+storycrumbbooks@gmail.com Website: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site Story Crumb Books is the author’s authorized promotional account. SHORT AUTHOR BIO Philip Cowherd writes picture books and speculative fiction. His children’s stories turn everyday certainty, careful plans, and small mistakes into playful read-aloud adventures. His novel The Shape of Blue imagines an afterlife inspired by recurring similarities in reported near-death and DMT experiences. BOOKS It Had to Be Ben! Available · Ages 4–7 · 32 pages Bea is certain her brother took her red truck. Every grin, song, and tiptoe seems like evidence—until the truck turns up and she has to admit she was wrong. Rhyming picture book. Siblings, mistaken assumptions, and a specific apology. Paperback and Kindle. Book information: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/it-had-to-be-ben.html Cover: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/assets/ben.jpg Ten Chips Exactly Available · Ages 4–7 · 32 pages Pip and Lou must check that Mabel’s cookies contain exactly ten chocolate chips. They count with perfect care—and leave a bakery full of crumbs. Rhyming woodland picture book. Counting, teamwork, and remembering what a task is for. Paperback and Kindle. Book information: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/ten-chips-exactly.html Cover: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/assets/ten.jpg The Shape of Blue Available · Literary speculative fiction · Older readers An atheist daughter. A Christian father. An unfamiliar afterlife that asks more of them than either expected. Recurring similarities in reported near-death and DMT experiences inspired the fictional afterlife. The novel explores grief, humor, scientific curiosity, and faith; it does not establish a scientific explanation of death. Kindle, paperback, and hardcover. Book information: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/the-shape-of-blue.html Cover: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/assets/blue.jpg The Ribbon Knows! Forthcoming · Ages 4–7 · 32 pages Theo has found his perfect dragon crown, but his measuring ribbon is missing. Without it, how can he know whether the crown fits? Liv has a rather useful question. Rhyming picture book about a missing measurement and the answer right on Theo’s head. No confirmed release date or purchase link. Book information: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/the-ribbon-knows.html Cover: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/assets/ribbon.jpg No Time Now! Kindle available · Ages 4–7 · 32 pages Finn’s dragon wagon is ready for the parade—apart from one small repair. He keeps saying there is no time, while a little wobble becomes a much bigger problem. Rhyming picture book about stopping to fix a small problem. Kindle publication October 4, 2026. Paperback is listed but ordering availability is pending. Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLXP1FH1 Book information: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/no-time-now.html Cover: https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/assets/wagon.jpg CONVERSATION STARTERS Children: How can a story make space to say “I was sure, but I was wrong”? Children: What changes when counting correctly gets in the way of the job? Children: When is a direct try more useful than a measurement? Children: Why can taking time for a small repair save a plan? The Shape of Blue: What becomes possible when an atheist daughter and a Christian father encounter the same unfamiliar world? The Shape of Blue: How did recurring descriptions in near-death and DMT accounts become a fictional experience? FREE READER RESOURCES https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/look-check-try.html https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/assets/look-again.pdf https://story-crumb-books.pastel-wave-9462.chatgpt.site/assets/count-first.pdf EDITORIAL MATERIALS The included covers may be displayed intact alongside editorial coverage of the corresponding books. Credit Philip Cowherd and link to the relevant book page. Please request other uses. Full digital review copies are available on request for editorial consideration. No favorable rating or review is required. The novel includes a fatal car accident, death, and grief. It is separate from the young children’s books. Near-death and DMT accounts have reported overlaps; the fiction does not claim universal identical experiences, that taking DMT is dying, or that science proves an afterlife. The Ribbon Knows! remains forthcoming with no confirmed release date. No Time Now! is available on Kindle; do not claim its paperback is orderable until verified. This media kit contains public cover images and descriptive material, not full books or private author information.