Lesley University Picture Book Seminar
Looking forward to talking picture book engagement at the invite of the indomitable picture book personality, author and MFA in Creative Writing faculty member, David Elliott. Lesley University Picture Book Seminar Sunday, 6/21/15 Marran Theater Lesley University Mellon Street, Cambridge, MA Sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing 10:30 AM -12:00 PM You’re an Open Book While the world of writers, illustrators and publishers focus on the craft of the picture book, others must facilitate the discovery of and engagement with the final product. From parks to parades to pediatricians (and other...
Read MoreGet 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 MoreRoast the Kaiser
Marketing children’s book allows one to play in every conceivable era. In Searching for Silverheels by Jeannie Mobley (Margaret K. McElderry Books), the political climate of 1917 Como, Colorado, churns with the declaration of war against Germany, exhibitions of patriotism and accusations of un-American behavior, and a lone cry for the women’s right to vote. The novel opens with 13-year-old Pearl saying that it is “strange how sometimes, even though the whole world is changing around you, everything can feel so much the same.” But, like every girl coming of age, the world starts to...
Read MoreDon Tate at American Folk Art Museum
Join author Don Tate, illustrator R. Gregory Christie, Curious City, and art educator Kelly McConnell for a gallery tour and art project celebrating the artwork of Bill Traylor and the picture book It Jes’ Happened at the American Folk Art Museum! More info here. Share...
Read MoreGot Uke
Got Uke? No? No worries, your library does. Portland, Maine library card holders can now check out ukuleles and equally hip young adult books from the Teen Room of the Portland Public Library. Based on a madcap idea by Portland Public Library teen staff member, Michael Whittaker, local businesses Curious City and Moose County Music and Surf teamed up to create a Ukulele Lending Library. Four ukuleles were donated by Moose County and named by Curious City after teen books in the Portland Public Library collection. LEARN more about Curious City’s new program UkeLit! “This is...
Read MoreMLK ‘s Young Citizens
Children attending the 32nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration in Portland, Maine will be treated to a series of art activities and games about cooperation, citizenship, and American history. Children ages 4-7 will meet Maine children’s book author/illustrator Cathryn Falwell and hear a reading of her award winning picture book, David’s Drawings (Lee & Low Books) In the story, a boy walks to school in the winter and is struck by the beauty of a leafless tree. He makes a drawing of the tree in class, and then welcomes crayon contributions from his...
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