The Simply Read Books 2013 spring catalogue is out, featuring our image of Cosette from Les Misérables on the cover. View the entire spring catalogue online, and check out all of Simply Read’s great spring releases! Read more →
Category: News
Fall 2013 Cozy Classics Titles announced!
At the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Seattle, Washington this past weekend, we announced the Fall 2013 releases for Cozy Classics, which will be Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, and Emma by Jane Austen! Here’s a sneak peek at some of the art! Read more →
ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle
This past weekend, I attended the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Seattle, Washington for a book signing event. I drove down to Seattle from Vancouver, and after a stop at Trader Joe’s in Bellingham (which we don’t have in Canada) to pick up goodies like English toffee and chocolate-covered cherries, I arrived at the Washington State Convention… Read more →
Official Selection – Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition
Jack and I are thrilled to announce that illustrations from Cozy Classics have been selected for the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair which runs from March 25-28, 2013 in Bologna, Italy! We are among 77 illustrators (or teams of illustrators)—and only four from North America—selected from over 3,000 entries by an international jury of publishers, artists, and… Read more →
And the winner is…
Emma B. Patmore, Michigan, U.S.A. Emma correctly guessed that the character below (also featured in our time lapse needle felting video) is Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and won the draw from the pool of correct answers! Mr. Rochester was, in fact, the most popular answer, so congratulations to everyone who guessed him. The second most popular… Read more →
CBC Canada Writes – “How to be a genius”
Today, Jack is the big star on CBC’s Canada Writes! Jack, who is a writing professor and the Department Chair at Ithaca College in New York (not to mention the “ideas man” behind Cozy Classics), shares his writing tip on “How to be a genius”. Inspired by the CBC’s “Seussian” theme, Jack offers a few pearls of wisdom that are… Read more →
Oh Canada!
Hooray! Cozy Classics is starting to hit stores shelves in Canada! Here’s a picture of a healthy slice of bookshelf devoted to Cozy Classics at the downtown Chapters.Indigo in Vancouver, British Columbia. Amazon.ca now has copies of Pride and Prejudice in stock, and Moby Dick should be in stock any day. Cozy Classics has also been spotted in independent bookstores… Read more →
Needle Felting Time Lapse Contest Update!
For those who don’t know about our contest yet, it’s simple: watch the time lapse video below and guess who the literary character is. So far, we’ve had entries from Saint-Blaise, Switzerland to Kissimmee, Florida to Toowooba, Australia! And here are some of the top guesses so far for who the mystery character is: – Pip from Great Expectations –… Read more →
Cozy Classics and Early Literacy – Response to Linda Cameron
Earlier this week, Cozy Classics appeared on the front page of the Life & Entertainment section of the The Toronto Star. Here’s our response to Linda Cameron, an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, who claimed that our series “won’t help [children] learn to read, move their imaginations or turn them into lovers… Read more →
ABA’s Kids’ Reading Guide
Cozy Classics has been reviewed by children’s specialist booksellers and chosen to be included in the Australian Booksellers Association‘s 2012-2013 Kids’ Reading Guide, a selection of what is considered the best children’s titles published within the year. The Kids’ Reading Guide is sent to all book retailers in Australia. Cozy Classics is honoured to share a page in the Guide… Read more →