Launch Campaign: Kate the Great: Pre-order Takes All!
Will YOU get a signed copy of the new Kate the Great (Crown) by Suzy Becker? The Magic 8 Ball says… It is certain It is decidedly so Without a doubt Yes, definitely You may rely on it Most likely Outlook good Yes Signs point to yes Reply hazy try again Ask again later Better not tell you now Concentrate and ask again My sources say no Outlook not so good WHATEVER your fortune holds, the independent bookseller, An Unlikely Story Bookstore & Cafe has Kate the Great: Winner Takes All available for pre-order! “A breezy, enjoyable excursion…A zippy little visit with a...
Read MoreCultural Authenticity in Marketing: Terry Farish
The conversation about cultural authenticity in children’s literature and #OwnVoices, painful as it may be, is essential for all writers. The book industry owes readers the honesty of voice and culture and the industry certainly owes creators of color a much, much larger share of the bookshelves. Cultural authenticity has always been deeply ingrained in Curious City’s marketing mission. If books are vehicles for engaging with a culture unlike your own (and books are prefect vehicles of such), the tools Curious City produces to facilitate that engagement should be vetted by that...
Read MoreAuthor Interview: Monster Trucks: Pit Stop on the Blog Tour
Beep, Beep -and- Beep, Beep, Yeah! The spark plug of an author, Anika Denise just zoomed over to Curious City in her Little Blue Bus. Anika was taking a quick pit stop on her zippy Monster Trucks (HarperCollins) blog tour. Below we talk about her hilarious girl-power truck picture book and our partnership on Trick or Reaters, the children’s book website where it is Halloween EVERY day. When was the last time Curious City got to hang out with her ghoul friend, Anika? When Anika donned bat wings and a monster wig and joined authors Josh Funk and Jennifer P....
Read MoreLaunch Campaign: Some Writer! Some Giveaway! Share E.B. White’s Words & Win
SHARE THE WORDS OF E.B. WHITE and win an E.B. WHITE COLLECTION for your favorite library! In celebration of the October release of Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet (HMH Kids) and Charlotte Web’s 64th birthday, we are offering you a way to share White’s words and Sweet’s illustrations! Share any of the images below using the hashtag #EBSomeWriter before 11/4/16 and you could win the book collection (pictured above) for a favorite library. How does this SOME GIVEAWAY! of SOME WRITER! work? 1) Share one of the Some Writer! images below...
Read MoreThe Storyteller Celebrated at the Brattleboro Literary Festival
THE STORYTELLER: The Moroccan Tradition & the Necessity of Telling Tales Brattleboro Literary Festival Saturday, October 15 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Oak Meadow Brooks House Brattleboro, Vermont Share on Facebook For over a 1000 years in Morocco, storytellers have held audiences in thrall. The global economy and technology, as is has in many cultures, has drained this tradition. Award-winning illustrator and author Evan Turk tells a tale of a day in Morocco when the last storyteller sat without an audience and all the fountains had run dry. A thirsty boy was beckoned by that...
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