Miss 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...
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...
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...
read moreAutomaton 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...
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,...
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...
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...
read moreMoon 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...
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