Raising Readers Presents…Launches
Raising Readers Presents…launched on Read Across America Day with an evening of readings and activities associated with John and Ann Hassett’s picture book, Too Many Frogs!. Curious City was delighted to help plan and MC the event at the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine. A discussion with pediatrician Dr. Osborne of South Portland Pediatrics about Raising Readers was followed by a reading by the Hassetts and a painting activity that delivered a lesson on the amazing attributes of frogs. Share...
Read MoreA Warmer World
As the snow starts to fall in Maine during a winter that has seen so little snow, one might wonder and worry about “a warmer world.” Author Caroline Arnold brought a manuscript to Charlesbridge Publishing that outlined just that–a warmer world and how different species have been lost, have struggled, and have adapted to a globe that spins now without the insulation it so desperately needs. The manuscript landed with Jamie Hogan, an illustrator whose attention to detail reflects an innate tenderness for both the world she can see and the world she curiously...
Read MoreCity of Stories (Part One, The Illustrators)
When you pop on that jet plane and trundle off to a new city for a new conference or convention, you often have very little of that city on your mind. You cannot think about the hidden glories of the city because they will most often, well, stay hidden. Between conference schedules and shuttle vans you see only the stage sets of the city. Not so, when you head to SCBWI in the City of Stories– Austin, TX (dubbed so for this blog post alone and not yet adopted by the Austin City Council) –and absorb the city through its illustrators. Upon my first stumble into the hotel,...
Read MoreSamantha Clark Wins!
Children’s book author Samantha Clark has won two free hours of Curious City marketing consultation! How did she find herself in such a position? She attended our children’s book self-promotion workshop at the Austin SCBWI Conference and her list of marketing questions was pulled randomly from our sweet pile. Looking forward to her future publications and any help Curious City can be to building her readership! Cheers Samantha! Share...
Read MoreClone My Brain (Part 2): Q&A from SCBWI Austin
If you are just joining us…Curious City is answering submitted children’s book self-promotion / marketing questions by the ever-so-clever creators from the Austin SCBWI Conference on February 18. 2012. The conversation began in Part 1 (but you can start anywhere you desire.) This online Q&A stands as the only current affordable way to clone my (Kirsten Cappy’s) brain per conference requests. Teaching an Old Book…New Marketing Tricks Q: If you have had a hardcover out for awhile (and there seems to be little hope of a paperback), would you spend time...
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