African American Children’s Lit on Live & Local
Once again joined the indomitable Chris Lenois on WKVT’s Live & Local to talk children’s literature. Listen here! This month, the conversation focused on President Obama’s call for America to do some “soul searching” about racial bias. One way to help children grow up with less bias is to feed them a steady diet of multicultural books. In honor of Trayvon Martin, we discussed contemporary African American (and cross-group friendship) books from toddler to teen. These books are a “mirror” for African American children showing them themselves in...
Read MoreHolly Meade Memorial
It is utterly heartbreaking to think there will not be another children’s book illustrated by Holly Meade. The children’s book community and community of readers mourns the loss of Caldecott Honor winner Holly Meade who passed on June 28th near her home in Maine. In memory of Holly, Curious City encourages those that love her children’s book work to donate a copy or copies of her picture books to the Maine Children’s Cancer Program (MCCP) for an in-house library and for distribution to the children they serve. The incredible MCCP team integrates books into their...
Read MoreChildren’s Lit Live & Local
Pleased as pie to join Chris Lenois on WKVT’s Live & Local to talk about fab summer reads for kids of all ages. Listen here to Curious City’s AM debut and browse the title Chris and I covered below! Snug By Carol Thompson Published by Child’s Play Ages 0-3 Locate a copy at Local Bookstore | Amazon | Library Tough card format, perfect for babies and toddlers. What makes you feel snug? Is it being curled up in a blanket? Feeling safe in your cosy bed? Being at home? Or being given a hug? All sorts of children are compared to all sorts of animals as we look at the...
Read MoreCategories, Hobbits, & Other Adventures in WordPress
Are you a WordPress user? I am. (In fact, sometimes my enthusiasm borders on Gollum-my-precious-like affection.) I am going to attempt to describe an aspect of blogging on WordPress that I have so far failed to describe with clarity–Categories. I will attempt to do so using loose and sacrilegious literary references. Categories allow you to index your blog posts. In the past (before WordPress became our sparkly future), the only ways to navigate through a series of blog posts was to scroll through page after page or to click on the Archive that sorted our posts by date. This will...
Read MoreAll Hat, No Cattle: Marketing Q&A
Thanks to all the creators that attended Curious City’s “All Hat and No Cattle Children’s Book Marketing in Today’s Wild, Wild West” talk at the SCBWI Wild, Wild Midwest Conference. You had great questions. I hope these are great answers. (For those with website or blog questions, I answered your questions over yonder.) CURIOUS CITY How does Curious City work with new clients? What do you cost? Does Curious City work with unpublished authors and illustrators? Self-published creators? Thanks for asking. That is swell of you. These questions are best answered on...
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