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WHO: Skoshie & Friends is created by Emely Varosky, illustrator + author ( + coffee-drinker ☕️).

WHERE: We're based in North Attleboro, Mass.

WHAT: Skoshie & Friends is named after our cat character Skoshie (SKO-shee), because she looks for a "skosh" (meaning a "smidgen") of good in every situation!

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  • Visit Skoshie's forest! — it's a REAL PLACE (fo...

    Step into the woods with Skoshie, Zeek, Wisp, and Vaysie — complete with 8-foot cartoon trees and a plushie-scale treehouse high off the ground!

    Visit Skoshie's forest! — it's a REAL PLACE (fo...

    Step into the woods with Skoshie, Zeek, Wisp, and Vaysie — complete with 8-foot cartoon trees and a plushie-scale treehouse high off the ground!

  • Shiny circles for an 8-arm birthday - Skoshie & Friends

    Shiny circles for an 8-arm birthday

    What could be more octopus-ish than an 🐙 8th 🐙 birthday? And to celebrate Zeek’s tentacle-numbered BIG DAY, we shoulddd have something appropriately BIG to tell you ... (So we...

    Shiny circles for an 8-arm birthday

    What could be more octopus-ish than an 🐙 8th 🐙 birthday? And to celebrate Zeek’s tentacle-numbered BIG DAY, we shoulddd have something appropriately BIG to tell you ... (So we...

  • Meet your NEW OWL FRIEND! - Skoshie & Friends

    Meet your NEW OWL FRIEND!

    For the first time ever, we're introducinga NEW Skoshie & Friends character — as voted on by YOU!   Yep, YOU all voted on our next character, and I'm so...

    Meet your NEW OWL FRIEND!

    For the first time ever, we're introducinga NEW Skoshie & Friends character — as voted on by YOU!   Yep, YOU all voted on our next character, and I'm so...

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