Auntie to the Skibbys
Just returned from the New England meeting of The Society for Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI or Skibby as we call it) so nicely arranged by Anna Boll and others. Anne Sibley O’Brien (pictured smooching moi) acts as Auntie to all the Skibbys (published and soon to be published children’s authors and illustrators). It is a darn delight to watch Annie encouraging the work of others whether belting out book biz cabaret with Yolanda LeRoy or looking over portfolios or asking with genuine curiosity about new projects.She and I have had a wonderful 16 months...
Read MorePond Creation
Cathryn Falwell and Curious City have had fun dreaming up event possibilities for her new pond publication, Scoot! Readers attending her events will be able to play all the animals that leap, creep, lurch and perch their way thru her beautiful book.Cathryn just completed this AMAZING portable pond. It is far beyond the image that Curious City dreamed up. Share...
Read MoreThis Easter, Save the Egg
This Easter you might consider giving the bunny a rest and helping out the dragon instead. Author, Sarah L. Thomson and Curious City devised a Dragon Egg Hunt where young readers can solve runes, protect a dragon’s egg and deliver the egg safely to the Hatching Grounds. The downloadable event kit allows bookstores and libraries to feature Sarah’s wonderful book, Dragon Egg and highlight the rest of their dragon book collection. Share...
Read MoreAnts Spared Across the Country
It has been an absolute honor to have imagined, designed and managed The Hey, Little Ant Essay Challenge for authors, Phillip & Hannah Hoose and the 10th Anniversary of their thought-provoking picture book, Hey, Little Ant. Kids from all over the country have been answering the question, “What do you think that kid should do?” in reference to a Kid considering squishing an Ant (who is being uncommonly vocal about her place int he world). A sampling of kids answers can be viewed on the Hey, Little Ant blog. Share...
Read MoreRaising Readers Books Ahead
Curious City was pleased to once again head up the book committee in their review of over 80 books for consideration in the Raising Reader 2009 (or beyond) collection. This incredible program has given over ONE MILLION picture books and board books to Maine children under five (thanks to the Libra Foundation). The swell staff at Raising Readers and I anxiously await the final scores from the committee and the day we get to select the 12-15 books that will be given out in 2009. Share...
Read MoreThe House of David
The HTML has been flying around our offices as of late. Author, David Elliott is releasing so many new books this year (5?!) that our intrepid web designer had to rework his site.We added a feature that allows him to easily edit his own Homepage and Events page. Our web impressario also redesigned his My Books page to display the myriad covers quite nicely. Congrats, David on the plethora of publications. Share...
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