Claydate: A Playdate with the Claymates

by Dev Petty, Lauren Eldridge (Illustrator)

Genres: Picture Books, Friendship, Childrens

40 pages, Hardcover

Published April 7, 2026

About the author

Dev writes books for kids which are also often enjoyed by immature adults.

She was a senior visual effects artist in film and is now- thanks to her husband, daughters and pets, fully recovered from her chronic workaholism.

She is also good at word jumbles. Really good.

Dev was born in Berkeley, California and now lives pretty much in Berkeley, California.

Reviews

[Kelly]

Boy, it is hard to follow Claymates, one of my favorite "maybe should have gotten some Caldecott love" books. I'm sorry, but I'm honestly not impressed with this one. It's like following Cars with Cars 2. It just doesn't have the same wow factor. Why didn't the Claymates just play together? Why did they need to create new characters? Hmm.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clever, funny, amazing vocabulary.

[Syntha Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how expressive the characters are

[terra · Rating 4 out of 5]

creative ✨