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Books Of Wonder
Books of Wonder is an independent bookstore and publisher based in Manhattan. It was established in 1980 by Peter Glassman and James Carey and is focused on selling antique, classic and new children's books. It has been called "New York City's oldest children's-only bookstore" still in activity. History The first Books of Wonder store was established in 1980 on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village. Peter Glassman, who had recently dropped out from Brown University, wanted a place to sell his antique children's books to collectors. After Carey and Glassman finished setting up the bookshelves and placing the items, the couple realized they still had plenty of space left and decided to sell classic and new children's books in addition to Glassman's books. During its first year open, the store made around US$78,000 and saw enough success that they decided to move from its 150 square feet to a larger location in 1982. The location on Hudson Street factored into the store's early succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Bookstore
An independent bookstore is a retail bookstore which is independently owned. Usually, independent stores consist of only a single actual store (although there are some multi-store independents). They may be structured as sole proprietorships, closely held corporations or partnerships, cooperatives, or nonprofits. Independent stores can be contrasted with chain bookstores, which have many locations and are owned by large corporations, which often have other divisions besides bookselling. Social role Author events at independent bookstores sometimes take the role of literary salons and independents historically supported new authors and independent presses. U.S. decline and renaissance For most of the 20th century, almost all bookstores in the United States were independent. In the 1950s, automobiles and suburban shopping malls became more common. Mall-based bookstore chains began in the 1960s, and underwent a major expansion in numbers in the 1970s and 1980s, especially B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheers
''Cheers'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across 11 seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television (original), Paramount Network Television, and was created by the team of James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar and namesake Cheers Beacon Hill, Cheers in Boston, where a group of locals in the city meet to drink, relax and socialize. At the center of the show was the bar's owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, who was a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show's ensemble cast introduced in the Give Me a Ring Sometime, pilot episode were waitresses Diane Chambers and Carla Tortelli, second bartender Coach Ernie Pantusso, and regular customers Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin. Later main characters of the show also included Frasier Crane, Woody Boyd, Lilith Sternin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George O'Connor (comics)
George O'Connor (born November 5, 1973) is an American-born author, cartoonist and illustrator living in Brooklyn. Career O'Connor's first picture book, ''Kapow!'', was a New York Times bestseller. His first graphic novel, ''Journey into Mohawk Country'', was published in 2006. It uses as its sole text an English translation of the journal kept by the Dutch barber/surgeon/explorer Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, who in 1634 journeyed from what is now Albany, New York 100 miles into the interior of the North American continent. This journal is one of the earliest extant accounts of the Iroquois people. O'Connor followed up ''Journey'' with his work on ''Ball Peen Hammer'', the first graphic novel written by famed playwright Adam Rapp. Set in the near future of an unnamed city after a societal collapse, the story follows the lives and loves of a handful of survivors. He also storyboarded and contributed illustrations for the "graphic novel" portions of the ABC news special ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Han
Jenny Han is an American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction. She is best known for writing the '' To All the Boys'' series and ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' trilogy, which were adapted into a film series and TV series, respectively. Early life and education Han was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, to Korean-American parents. She graduated from Governor's School for Government and International Studies in 1998, then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2006, she received her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at The New School. Career Han wrote her first book, the children's novel ''Shug'', while she was in college. ''Shug'' was published in 2006 and is about Annemarie Wilcox, a twelve-year-old trying to navigate the perils of junior high school. Her next project was a young adult romance trilogy about a girl's coming-of-age during her summer breaks. The three novels, ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'', ''It's Not Summer Witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Chin
Jason Chin (born 1978–1979) is an author and illustrator of children's books. His books, which usually deal with science and nature, were the recipients of a Caldecott Medal, a Sibert Honor and a Orbis Pictus Award. Early life and career The son of a child psychologist and a teacher, Jason Chin grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, before moving with his parents to a rural area of New Hampshire when he was seven years old. As a teenager, he lived in Lyme, New Hampshire, and attended Hanover High School, at which he met famous illustrator Trina Schart Hyman during a presentation at his school. After being called by Chin for help with an art project, Hyman became his mentor. Chin went to Syracuse University to study illustration, and moved to Brooklyn in 2001. While there, he began to work at a bookstore called Books of Wonder, where he was exposed to a great variety of picture books, and fell in love with the idea of working with that medium. His job included illustrating book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Bruel
Nicholas Tung Ming Bruel is an American author and illustrator of children’s books, most notably the ''Bad Kitty'' series. The first book in the series, ''Bad Kitty'', is an alphabet-themed picture book, and expanded series includes both picture books and chapter books, as well as a guide to drawing comics. His books have been ''New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...'' bestsellers. Authored-Illustrated Works *''Boing!'', 2004 *''Who is Melvin Bubble?'', 2006 *''Little Red Bird'', 2008 *''Bad Kitty Makes Comics . . . and You Can Too!'', 2015 *''A Wonderful Year'', 2015 Bad Kitty Picture Books *''Bad Kitty'', 2005 *''Poor Puppy'', 2007 *''A Bad Kitty Christmas'', 2011 *''Bad Kitty's Tasty Treats'', 2014 *''Bad Kitty Does Not Like Dogs'', 2015 *''Bad K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinybeans
Tinybeans is a family photo sharing app that helps parents capture and organize their children’s life stories using photos, video, and written messages. The primary advantage for parents is not having to give away ownership of the images and videos they post. The site also includes additional privacy features not typical of larger social media sites. Founded in Sydney, Australia in 2012, Tinybeans has a large user base in over 200 countries, with a majority of users residing in the United States. History Stephen O'Young built the first version of the website to track his 3 children's milestones and an app to share their photos with his family. In March 2012, Stephen founded Tinybeans with Sarah-Jane Kurtini to make the site and app publicly available. Tinybeans competes directly with other social media companies by letting users own the rights to the images and videos they upload. Additionally, user privacy is maintained by not including a search function to find users. A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
