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CURIOUS CITY HAS MOVED !
Curious City has relocated their blog and website. Please stop by and see us HERE.

(And thanks to Blogger for years of fabness).

Belated Valentine from Portland Phoenix

Some sweet folks nominated Curious City for one of Portland's Most Influential People for "getting creators, readers, and fans of children's books on the same page." Well, thanks and gosh, Portland Phoenix and mysterious somebodies.

The Science of Superheroes Expo

Bronx Community College (BCC) and Kids Comic Con band together for another brilliant blend of kids, comics, and education with their upcoming The Science of Superheroes Expo. Students will research superheroes' abilities and how science fact and science fiction play into their powers. Results from that study will be presented in a science expo at BCC in Spring 2010.

We are happy to offer the graphic novel, The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea as a fictional jumping off point for studying the science of cloning. One of the powers of Korea's legendary hero, Hong Kil Dong was the ability to clone himself so that he could lead his Robin Hood-like army against the corrupt nobles in every corner of Korea.



Korea has been one of the world’s leading cloning research nations and elsewhere in the region, China is making strides in stem cell and regenerative medicines. The growth in these areas of science are outlined in a recent article in The Economist.

Educators interested in the title and supporting materials should contact Curious City at 207-699-2755 or kirsten@curiouscity.net.

To Hamlet or Not To Hamlet, That Is...

A Hamlet Look-Alike Contest? Could it be so?

We here in the Curious City lair are hard at work designing a photo contest for Erin Dionne's hilarious middle grade novel, The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet.

Illustrator, Jamie Hogan just delivered a Yorick skull (complete with accessories) to be used in the design of the promotion.

Soon you too will be able to gaze on poor Yorick for prosperity and prizes. Stay tuned, my dear Bard-ites...

Photograph of Erin Dionne contemplating the Total Tragedy of the prototype...

Stink, Stank, Stunk

Seems like we do not totally stink at creating games and activities because Candlewick Press has had us back for a new round of book activities--this time for the indomitable Stink Moody and his friends.

Proud to have had a hand in Sniff it Out: Hunt for Stink’s Treasure, The Walking Stink-O-Pedia: Test your Stink I.Q., Stink’s Solar System Superhero Scramble, and Stink’s Cross-the-Solar-System Crossword. The complete will soon to be posted at Stink' website...

A super stinky thank you to my brilliant 2nd-grade nephew who helped me brainstorm all things Stink and my creative 2nd-grade niece who helped decide what pictures would look best with which games. Below is my nephews mind-blowing Stink maze design which sadly did not make it into the official kit, but you can try it at home...