Cora and the Sock Basket
Cora has a basket, a mountain of socks, and a suspicion that some of them are hiding on purpose. What starts as a small chore turns into a very determined adventure — and show us that something good can always be found, even in a sea of lost things. 
Written to be read aloud, with a rhythm that holds up on the fifth night in a row.
Ages 4-8
Paperback and hardcover
Both editions live on the same Amazon page — pick your format there.
Buy on AmazonIt started with actual socks
The laundry basket in our house was a bottomless thing, and the small person helping me sort it had far better questions than I did. Where do the lonely socks go? Do they choose? The story grew out of those questions, and out of wanting a book that treats a child's curiosity as the main event rather than a detour.
More adventures coming
Cora has more ideas than I have finished drafts. New adventures are in the works — the newsletter is the easiest way to hear when one lands.
Lou (Alex) DeLuna
Lou (Alex) DeLuna writes the Adventures of Cora stories for young readers — and, on the serious end of the same bookshelf, books about steady habits and clear thinking. Cora and the Sock Basket is the first of Cora's adventures, born from a laundry basket that refused to behave. New stories are shared through the Purposeful Pivot newsletter.