Honest books for honest families.
The Bedside Books is an independent publishing imprint creating honest books across two lines: picture books for children that tell the truth about growing up, and physician-authored books for adults that tell the truth about being well.
Our first book
“You asked for a puppy.
You begged and you cried.You promised you’d walk her.
You promised. You lied.”
A picture book that tells the truth about getting a dog: the chewed shoes, the early-morning walks, the years of love, and the long goodbye at the end. For the family who has asked, for the family who is about to, and for the family who has loved a dog all the way through.
Coming 2026
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About The Bedside Books
The Bedside Books is an independent publishing imprint founded in 2026. We publish two lines of books: picture books for children, and health books written by practicing physicians. What unites them is a single promise: real wisdom, delivered the way a good doctor or a thoughtful parent would deliver it. Honestly, intimately, without unnecessary medicalization or sweetening.
Our first book, The Truth About the Puppy, arrives in 2026. More are in development.
Founder: Dr. Jay · Greenville, South Carolina
Read our writing on Substack.