In May, the 2012 London Olympic Games’ mascots were unveiled: Wenlock, the mascot for the Olympics, and Mandeville, the Paralympics mascot.
Shortly after that, we saw an awful lot of sassy Zakumi, the World Cup mascot.
Mascots are a lot like clowns; I know that there must be children out there who are entertained by them, but [...]
Choosing a typeface is a very important part of designing a book. Just ask our designers!
Sylvie says: “The type tells a story. When I was first in art school in France, I would create new typefaces using scratchboard and a rapidograph. The teacher would literally come over and take a magnifying glass to make sure all [...]
Now it’s our favorite joke, too! (Well, maybe Tim has a better one…)
Chris Crutcher is the author of King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography as well as many other critically acclaimed novels for young adults. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award [...]
Oh, good…maybe he’ll reveal when he’ll be sending his new manuscript. Maybe he’ll tell us what it’s about!
Chris Crutcher is the author of Whale Talk and many other critically acclaimed novels for young adults. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature [...]
Hmmm…let’s get this topic out of the way early…
Chris Crutcher is the author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes and many other critically acclaimed books for young adults. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults, the ALAN Award [...]
