Automaton Anthropods
Sometimes you do not find story on the page, but by the mere glance at an astonishing object. This striped anthropod greeted my morning… …and by the afternoon, I had crossed the expanse of the bay, tarried down a lane, entered what seemed to be an ordinary clapboard house, and encountered this shiver. This beauty sent a shiver up my spine straight into my brain. That shiver hovered there between my flight instinct and my imagination daring not to choose. The arachnid (armed with needle and silk thread) is the creation of Mike Libby of Insect Lab. Mark and I had the glory of...
Read MoreSync YA Lit into Your Earphones
Curious City has been quite honored to spend the summer helping to build an audience for LISTENING TO LIT by working with the grand folks at Audiobook Community to produce Sync. The program pairs the download of a current YA with a corresponding classic. It is not too late to take advantage of the free audiobook downloads of the titles above. Two new titles appear every Thursday and two titles disappear so mark your calendar! Share...
Read MoreBook Trailer: Mary Mae & The Gospel Truth
Really pleased with this trailer we created for Sandra Dutton’s middle grade novel Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth. This is the first trailer where we did not use voice. The accent of the character needed to be quite specific and was just geographically (a tad) unattainable. We set the mood with music and type rather than voice. The script and direction was a beast to arrive at. The book is such a sweet balance of science and religion and of loyalty and exploration. How to create that in a trailer script? Sandra nailed it, though, and I love the result. All the photos were set up...
Read MoreOverheard at ALA
I am quick of mind, but slow of pen so I may have not gotten these quotes perfect… Here are things overheard at ALA Annual Conference that made sense or made me laugh… “Comics and superheroes open all the absurd possibilities of the world to children.” –Alex Simmons, Kids Comic Con & Color of Comics “Kids of color need to see superheroes of color…see themselves holding great power.” –Alex Simmons, Kids Comic Con & Color of Comics “It is about time that we see beautiful babies of color showing up in board books on a regular...
Read MoreSYNC YA Lit into Your Earphones
Proud as pie to have worked with the folks at Audiofile and Audiobook Community to create this free YA Lit audiobook download program for these hazy days of summer. More about the YA audience building program here. Share...
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