Curious City on the Brown Bookshelf
Honored to be invited by author/illustrator Don Tate to write about “Making Your Own Market” for The Brown Bookshelf, a website “designed to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers.” “For me, children’s book marketing on the Brown Bookshelf or off has never been about social media, press, coverage, or other perils of “self-promotion.” For me, marketing has always been about storytelling and discovery. The best marketing finds ways to: retell a story beyond the framework of the book engage readers deeper in the story...
Read MoreDon Tate at American Folk Art Museum
Join author Don Tate, illustrator R. Gregory Christie, Curious City, and art educator Kelly McConnell for a gallery tour and art project celebrating the artwork of Bill Traylor and the picture book It Jes’ Happened at the American Folk Art Museum! More info here. Share...
Read MoreIntern on Self-Taught Artist Bill Traylor
CURIOUS CITY, a children’s book consulting company that builds creative marketing projects and outreach for authors, illustrators, and publishers focused on engaging readers with story, is looking for an intern(s) for Winter/Spring 2013. That intern can be a college student from anywhere in the U.S. THE INTERNSHIP would be focused on the picture book It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw by Don Tate and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. “…the story of this man’s life is an introduction to a noted American folk artist of the 20th century, and...
Read MoreOut of the Park!
In the last inning of opening day for She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story, Curious City launched the trailer for author Audrey Vernick. For the picture book biography of the Negro League’s ‘mother hen,’ Curious City turned to Dion Graham, the award winning narrator of We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Brilliance Audio) to voice our script. John Marshall Sound welcomed Dion in to do the initial (brilliant) recording and then William Dufris of Mind’s Eye Productions beautifully layered in music and sound effects. HarperCollins was...
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