Author Visits
Enjoy these mini author visits with children’s author Lowey Bundy Sichol. In each video below, Lowey reads about some of the famous failures in her books.


Cookie Queen
Sit back and listen as Lowey reads Cookie Queen, the true story of 11-year-old Kathleen King who sets out to make the perfect chocolate-chip cookie that one day, is the inspiration behind the world-renowned TATE’S BAKE SHOP® cookie!

From an Idea to Disney
Did Walt Disney fail? Oh yes! In this video you’ll hear how a young Walt Disney overcame many failures and challenges before creating the mouse that changed everything.

From an Idea to LEGO
What does it take to create the most famous toy in the world? Lots of failure! Lowey shares how LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen evolved from building wooden toys to creating hollow plastic bricks that kids didn’t even like to play with at first!

From an Idea to Nike
Kick off those sneakers and listen to the true story of Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. His journey was filled with failure, rejections, and struggles as he built a running shoe company that would one day change the world.

From an Idea to Google
Can you imagine a world without Google? Let Lowey take you back to the 1990s when two friends, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, had an idea to build the best search engine in the world and built a company that no one wanted to own!