Claydate A Playdate with the Claymates

Join the claymates for a claydate—a madcap adventure about playing, not perfection—in this rollicking read-aloud by the duo behind Claymates!

When two clay friends decide to sculpt a unicorn-dragon and a potato-knight and try to tell an epic story with them, nothing goes quite how they planned. Unicorn-dragon isn't fearsome at all, and potato-knight keeps getting squished! Can the claymates work together to save their story and remember that a playdate doesn’t have to be perfect to be plenty of fun? Anything can happen in this laugh-out-loud adventure that celebrates friendship, storytelling, and endless creativity.

Dev Petty was once a visual effects artist who worked on films like The Matrix, but these days she writes funny picture books for kids and their people, such as Claymates and I Don’t Want to Be a Frog. She lives in her hometown of Berkeley, California, with her husband, daughters, dogs, cats, and a snake named Boots. She invites you to visit her online at devpetty.com or @devpetty.

Lauren Eldridge is a three-dimensional photographic artist and the illustrator of Claymates, Hustle Bustle Bugs, and Sleep Train. She studied landscape architecture in college, earned a graduate degree in early childhood education, and subsequently taught in special education. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, children, dogs, and no snakes whatsoever. She invites you to visit her online at eldridgestudio.com or @eldridgestudio.