Raj Roars Into Virginia
Having heard that Raj the Bookstore Tiger by Kathleen T. Pelley (Charlesbridge Publishing) was nominated for a Library of Virginia Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children’s Literature, the fabulous Curious City summer intern, Allison Chase bundled up 50 Raj the Bookstore Tiger Story Hour Kits to send to Virginia libraries to help them celebrate. Booksellers, librarians, and educators, you can download your very own Story Hour kit with tigerish crafts, tigerish word games, and tigerish poems HERE. Share...
Read MoreLevel3’s Reunited Tour Kicks Off
LEVEL3 and Dilly Dilly Live at the Library! Free Concert, Free Band MP3’s, Free Book Chapters Long before there was One Direction, there was LEVEL3. Luke Dixon, Ryan Hale, and Travis Wyland had taken home two MTV awards and won a Grammy all before they were 18. Then, to the utter shock of their fans, the boys broke up. But, LEVEL3 is back together this summer for one short tour with Portland, Maine Indie girl rocker Dilly Dilly. And they are playing at the Portland Public Library!! Why our library and not a club or stadium? Because LEVEL3 has been...
Read MoreReunited Tour Bus
A road novel should have its very own transportation. Right? To support the Boston to Austin Level3 Reunited Tour for Hilary Weisman Graham’s YA novel Reunited, Curious City created a pop-up photo booth that allows you to be in the PeaPod, the book’s infamous vintage VW van. The photo booth was inaugurated at Hilary’s launch party with all the guests crowding in to wave out the front window. The spare tire happens to sport the national offer to text for free book chapters and band MP3s. As photos of the booth are shared on those mighty social...
Read MoreArmored Bears and MP3’s: Curious City Blogging for IRA
Delighted to have been asked to write about my audiobook evangelism for the International Reading Association’s ENGAGE Blog. “Why do I devote each summer to facilitating the experience of listening to young adult audiobooks through the SYNC program? Because audiobooks nearly ruined my summer wedding. True, my evangelism for Listening Library’s production of Philip Pullman’s THE GOLDEN COMPASS was renowned, but the bride should not have to tromp outside to locate her mother alone and wide-eyed in a parked car. A worried rap on the window (was she...
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