Losing a Legend
William Dufris of Mind’s Eye Productions with Curious City’s Kirsten Cappy As you well know, I work with authors, illustrators, and publishers to lift their stories and their voices. That work was often done with, well, voice. And that Voice was my fierce-hugging-hiya-of-a-friend and beloved studio collaborator William “Bill” Dufris. He is being remembered this week by the book and children’s media industries for his work producing and narrating over a 1000 audiobooks, voicing Bob the Builder, and creating immersive audio experiences for graphic novels like Joe Hill’s...
Read MoreCurious City Featured on Lifelines Podcast
Curious City was honored to have our projects I’m Your Neighbor Books and the Welcoming Library featured on Ann Braden and Saadia Faruqi’s podcast Lifelines: Books That Bridge the Divide. EXPLORE AND LISTEN. Curious about the engagement tools we mentioned? Have a peek at our: Educators Guide for NOWHERE BOY Readers Theater for I’M NEW HERE and SOMEONE NEW Share...
Read MorePodcast: Naming Oneself
Friends, it is Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15). If the term “Hispanic” seems dated to you, well, it is. Hispanic Heritage Month was inaugurated by the Gipper himself, Ronald Reagan, 30 years ago. Setting aside the desire for alliteration, should Hispanic Heritage Month become Latinx Heritage Month? “Latinx” was coined in an linguistic revolution to include men and women of all races, but also trans, queer, agender, non-binary, gender non-conforming or gender fluid. Explore more here. The language we use to express race, heritage, and culture...
Read MoreClive & Friends: KidLit Transforming Gender
In classrooms and homes across the country, kids and teens are revolutionizing concepts of gender. Their revolution is made all the more more extraordinary by the fact that early childhood in America is filled with gender stereotypes. From toys to talk to television, we reinforce gender roles and the gender binary. The Gender Binary: A system of viewing gender as consisting solely of two, opposite categories, termed “male and female”, in which no other possibilities for gender or anatomy are believed to exist. —Transstudent.org In a study done by Nancy K. Freeman at the University of...
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