Kindergarten Teacher Giveaway!
Curious City was happy to help Toni Buzzeo design a giveaway for her new title Adventure Annie Goes to Kindergarten. To celebrate the book’s release, Toni will be giving away 10 backpacks with Adventure Annie books and school supplies inside to Kindergarten and Pre-K teachers! Kindergarten and Pre-K teachers will also be able to enter their favorite school librarian to win a backpack of books from her Mrs. Skorupski picture book series as well as R is for Research and The Library Doors. Tell your favorite K or Pre-K teacher to enter before the 10/8/10 deadline! Come...
Read MoreMiss India’s Trailer
Wanted to share Charlotte Agell’s Book Trailer for her swell chapter book The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister. Using her own illustrations, the narration of her niece, and the musical composition of her son, Charlotte and her brilliant family of creatives have produced this sweet short You Tube. Share...
Read MoreEVENT: Moon Watchers Eid Celebration
Curious about the Muslim Holidays of Ramadan and Eid? Then please join us for: MOON WATCHERS: A Children’s Event Exploring Muslim Family Traditions Friday, September 17, 2010 4:30 – 6:30 PM (open house) All Ages, Best for Ages 6-11 Free Admission USM Bookstore & Campus Center 35 Bedford Street, Portland, Maine Sponsored by USM Bookstore _____________________________________________________________________ In conjunction with the USM Eid Reception, author Reza Jalali and illustrator Anne Sibley O’Brien will host a series of children’s activities exploring Muslim...
Read MoreWoodlands Wander
How can I deny it? My days are filled with as many random and wonderful things as creators can put into their books. Last week found me aboard a ferry crossing the Maine waters bound for Peaks Island. For that day I was helping plan an art show, a book launch, and a conservation fundraiser focused on the book Nest, Nook & Cranny by Susan Blackaby and illustrated by the queen of the tender line, illustrator Jamie Hogan. Tender? How can you deny it? Look at this illustration! A percentage of the event proceeds will go the The Peaks Island Land Preserve and their stellar president and...
Read MoreA Tol for Tol
Tol is the Korean celebration of a child’s first birthday. In the celebration, the baby’s family plays the prophecy game, toljabee which predicts what the baby will be when she grows up. Author Kate Aver Avraham and Illustrator Anne Sibley O’Brien, both the mothers of Korean daughters, released the sweet picture book, What Will You Be, Sara Mee? (Charlesbridge) in February 2010. And what will the book Sara Mee be? That was the topic of tea with Anne Sibley O’Brien. Has the Korean community found her book yet? Is it time to connect with Anne’s extensive...
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