Oh, So Sweet!
Leave it to me to book my return flight from ALA Midwinter at the same time as the awards are being announced. As I land in Detroit all 100 passengers discover they have missed their connecting flights.Everyone is shouting at the flight attendants or complaining into their cells. I click online to check the awards. There I find that Melissa Sweet has won a Caldecott Honor and Beth Krommes has won the biggie. I start whooping and laughing and jumping up and down in the middle of the angry crowd. Silence descends. The mob is all staring at me.I think, first person killed for a...
Read MoreOnline Flapdoodle
Curious City just finished up a website for author Amy MacDonald. Having just released, Too Much Flapdoodle that includes the same line up of eccentric characters as her chapter books, No More Nice and No More Nasty, we decided to create a greater “series presence” for her books.As the third book did not follow the naming mechanism of “No More…” we created a themed website based on the character’s names and quirks.As the books deal with the formerly straight-laced boys, Simon and Parker spending time with their wacky luddite Maine relatives, we decided...
Read MoreBig Books in the Big Apple
Just back from a swoop through the New York publishing offices on a buying trip for Raising Readers.I have over 237 board and picture books in play (and stacked on my office floor) to select from for the literacy group’s upcoming book selection committee meeting.The group gives 12-15 books to Maine kids from birth to age 5 at their well child doctor visits. The organization has given out 1.2 million books in the last seven years!If under pen point I had to choose the work I love the most, it would be hunting down and narrowing down what books amongst 1000’s published each year,...
Read MoreWhat DID Lincoln Say?
Was pleased to work with the HarperCollins marketing department to create a mailing for Sarah L. Thomson’s upcoming picture book, What Lincoln Said. Beautifully illustrated by James E. Ransome, the book frames Lincoln’s bio for the 6-10-year-old set with quotes from the brilliant man.Curious City mined the Lincoln Bicentennial website following up every event, talk, symposium, museum, and store where kids will be interacting with the story of Lincoln over the coming year.The mailing included Sarah L. Thomson’s reader’s guide and a F&G of the book all shipped in my...
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