UNBORED TOUR — DECEMBER
By:
December 1, 2012
Friends,
My new book UNBORED (co-authored with Elizabeth Foy Larsen) provides over 300 pages of activity ideas for kids, including classic science experiments, crafts and upcycling, board game hacking, code-cracking, geocaching, skateboard repair, yarn bombing – and more.
UNBORED is a pick on the following Holiday Gift Book lists:
* Amazon Editor’s Picks: Kids & Teens Holiday Gift Books
* Barnes & Noble’s BOOKS WE LOVE list (HOW-TO category)
* WIRED’s GEEKDAD HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
* Sports Illustrated Kids Holiday “Gotta Get It Guide”
* Powell’s Holiday Gift Guide: KID’S ACTIVITY BOOKS
* The BOING BOING Gift Guide
* USA TODAY’S blog POP CANDY Holiday Gift Guide
* Momfilter’s GIFTS WE LOVE list
* Publishers Weekly’s DIY CRAFTS BOOKS 2012 round-up
* BookPage’s SMART ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS list — “TOP PICK IN LIFESTYLES”
* NY MetroParents STUFF WE LIKE blog’s Holiday Gift Guide
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Please drop by one of the following kid-friendly events in Boston and NY this December! For more info about each one, scroll down the page.
December 4
Harvard Sq. (Cambridge)
Harvard Book Store
7 pm
December 9
Amherst (MA)
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
1 pm
December 16
Brooklyn (NY)
The powerHouse Arena
3 pm
December 20
Jamaica Plain (Boston)
RETURN ENGAGEMENT! City Feed & Supply
4 pm
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Also check out the glowing compliments UNBORED has received from parents, reviewers, and Amazon users!
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DECEMBER 4
HARVARD BOOK STORE (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.), 7 pm
JOSHUA GLENN
joined by UNBORED designer and art director TONY LEONE
& joined by illustrators MISTER REUSCH and HEATHER KASUNICK
A brief talk by the author. A few volunteer kids will be invited to try out a fun project! Followed by a book signing. Illustrators Mister Reusch and Heather Kasunick will not only sign but doodle and personalize each book!
Location: Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass Ave., Cambridge.
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DECEMBER 9
ERIC CARLE MUSEUM (AMHERST, MASS.), 1 pm
JOSHUA GLENN
joined by UNBORED designer and art director TONY LEONE
& joined by illustrators MISTER REUSCH and HEATHER KASUNICK
A brief talk by the author. A few volunteer kids will be invited to try out a fun project! Followed by a book signing. Illustrators Mister Reusch and Heather Kasunick will not only sign but doodle and personalize each book!
Watch this space for event info.
Location: Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, 125 West Bay Rd. Amherst.
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DECEMBER 16
POWERHOUSE ARENA (BROOKLYN, NY), 3 pm
JOSHUA GLENN & ELIZABETH FOY LARSEN
joined by UNBORED designer and art director TONY LEONE
& joined by UNBORED CONTRIBUTORS GINIA BELLAFANTE and JEAN RAILLA
A brief talk by the authors and contributors. A few volunteer kids will be invited to try out a fun project! Followed by a book signing.
Location: The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn. 718-666-3049
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DECEMBER 20
CITY FEED (JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS.), 4-7 pm
JOSHUA GLENN
joined by UNBORED designer and art director TONY LEONE
A brief talk by the author. A few volunteer kids will be invited to try out a fun project! Followed by a book signing. Plus, there will be a local teenage rock band: Mister Q.
Location: City Feed & Supply, 672 Centre St., Jamaica Plain