Children, adults, and basketball fans will love the story of Darcy Pug transforming into an amazing basketball player and leader on her team. The importance of practice, listening to coaches, following rules, and being a team player, are all valuable lessons this story reveals. Darcy Pug will inspire children to be active with sports like basketball because they're fun and rewarding. Children will learn how every BODY can reach their goals and become winners when they work hard like Darcy Pug. Basketball skills can transform into life skills that help develop the future leaders we look forward to having in our communities. Darcy Pug will inspire children to bounce, dribble, pass, and shoot for the stars.

Dr. Megan Johnson McCullough, EdD, is the owner of Every BODY's Fit (fitness studio) in Oceanside, CA. She is a Doctor of Health and Human Performance and is a Drug and Alcohol Fitness Recovery Specialist. Dr. McCullough is also a world champion professional natural bodybuilder, fitness model, and has 5 other books she has published with Palmetto Publishing and two more cookbooks she has written about metabolism. This is her second children's book she authored following the release of Nelly Pug Grows Muscles. Other credentials Dr. McCullough has held include Master Trainer (National Academy of Sports Medicine), Personal Trainer (National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association), Group Exercise Instructor in Aqua, Cycle, Yoga, and Zumba (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America), Corrective Exercise Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist, Senior Fitness Specialist, Wellness Coach, and Lifestyle and Weight Management Specialist. She is happily married to her husband, Carl, and loves her two pugs, Steve Nash and Scottie Pippen. Dr. McCullough also has a textbook about her research currently in publication and has released a cell phone application called Fit PACE and a program called Spread Your Wings for persons in addiction recovery to incorporate exercise during the maintenance of sobriety.