Moon Watchers Interview & Event
Proud to being a launch event for Moon Watchers this weekend. Prouder still that we will be turn the event elements into an event kit for public libraries to celebrate Ramadan and Eid this Fall. Lovely NBC interview with the Author and Illustrator. Share...
Read MoreHappy 10 Years Raising Readers!
Curious City is honored to have been the Book Consultant for Raising Readers for the last six years. What an organization. What an impact on the educational future of the state of Maine. 1.3 million books given to Maine children. Thank you Libra Foundation! Share...
Read MoreSteampunk Invasion
“Love the Machine. Hate the Factory” So goes one of the anthems of the Steampunk movement, a social, literary, historical, dystopic, alternative phenomenon that Cory Doctorow calls a “big vat of awesome.” Steampunk (in the words of the panel at School & Library Journal’s Day of Dialog) honors an alternative history where we did not lose our relationship with machines. Each machine in the Steampunk sensibility is still hand-rendered, hand-maintained, and lovely in the eye of the creator and beholder. Steampunk clings thus to the Victorian era when fashion and...
Read MoreBreast, Breast, Breast
There. I said it. Let’s all say it. Charlotte Agell just received a grand review from Kirkus for her upcoming chapter book, The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister. The book contains India’s quite declarative thoughts on the world and her sweet sketches. The Kirkus reviewer remarked in the end, “In some communities, the sketch of the plaster breast that hangs on the family’s living-room wall may provoke more than giggles.” As India says in the book, “Why do breasts make people act funny?” You can read more about what India has to say about the...
Read MoreMeasure Up?
A round Victorian cheer for the release of Kathleen T. Pelley’s new picture book illustrated by S.D. Schindler, Magnus Maximus, A Marvelous Measurer (FSG) and the release of her book trailer produced by those folks at Curious City! Share...
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