Get Your Extraordinary On
Congratulations to Sarah Dillard! Her Extraordinary Warren: A Super Chicken is a Finalist for the Cybils! The Extraordinary Sarah reached out to Curious City looking for ways to get the word out about her two forthcoming picture book/early reader/comic book chicken-hero releases. As with each new client, we started with a brainstorm, That brainstorm looked like this… Makes perfect sense right? The result of the brainstorm was the decision to create a Story Hour Kit where readers could become “extraordinary” themselves. Together Sarah and I developed three...
Read MoreVampire Babies Help Libraries
Do You Know a Vampire Baby?? Do those baby teeth look a too pointy? Does that baby bite just a little too hard? Admit it, have you ever suspected a teething baby or toddler of vampirism??? The big brother in the hilarious picture book Vampire Baby by Kelly Bennett and illustrated by Paul Meisel (Candlewick Press) sees the signs in his very own baby sister! Bring out the vampire in your child and your library could win books! Easy as… 1… 2… 3! Your Vampire Baby Photo = Free Books for Libraries Select a set of hilarious vampire lips from the Vampire Baby Kit! Snap a photo of...
Read MoreIntern on Self-Taught Artist Bill Traylor
CURIOUS CITY, a children’s book consulting company that builds creative marketing projects and outreach for authors, illustrators, and publishers focused on engaging readers with story, is looking for an intern(s) for Winter/Spring 2013. That intern can be a college student from anywhere in the U.S. THE INTERNSHIP would be focused on the picture book It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw by Don Tate and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. “…the story of this man’s life is an introduction to a noted American folk artist of the 20th century, and...
Read MoreRaj 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 MoreClone My Brain (Part 1): Q&A from SCBWI Austin
Pleased as pie to have spent such delicious time with the creators at the SCBWI Austin Conference. This welcoming and boundlessly productive conference was planned, encouraged, and steered by the grand Debbie Gonzales, Carmen Oliver, Mark G. Mitchell, and a bounty of clever volunteers. This Q&A is a result of my presentation and individual consults with creators. Why a Q&A a week later and 2,000+ miles from the original source? There is only so much time in a conference weekend, so I requested written questions and promised this follow-up post. Brain Cloning Q: Can...
Read MoreGobble, Gobble Activity Kit
Cathryn Falwell has released another ‘perfect summer’s day’ of a picture book with Gobble, Gobble (Dawn Publications). Jenny, the young naturalist in the book, discovers arrow prints in the spring mud and follows her curiosity to…wild turkeys. She continues to watch them throughout the year and her days come to mimic theirs. “Not just for Thanksgiving, this should be a welcome addition to nature shelves all year round.” —Kirkus Reviews Cathryn Falwell and Curious City under the ‘wise as owls’ advisement of Maine Audubon, have...
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