We just received advance copies of the Cozy versions of Les Misérables and War and Peace today! Hurray! The rest are on a ship in the Pacific right now, and should arrive on our shores in late March. And here is a picture of our first four titles together. Can’t you imagine these beautiful little spines filling up an entire… Read more →
Author: Cozy Classics
Our favorite bookstore displays
Last week, McNally Jackson in New York City put up a cheeky book display entitled “Goodnight Nobody: Existentialism for Babies”. Not only did the display include classics like Goodnight Moon, Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Little Prince, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go (which all merit Wikipedia entries), but it also included Cozy Classics: Moby Dick! Here are a… Read more →
Simply Read Books 2013 Spring Catalogue
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 →
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 →
We’re not worthy!
Jack and I are doing our best Wayne and Garth impression today. Not only do we have the privilege of having our version of Moby Dick profiled in Prima Baby in England, we get to share a page with Kate Middleton! Holman has spoken with the Queen once in his life (in grade 9, in front of a Science World… Read more →
Kathy Beliveau – The Yoga Game
It’s the start of a new year, and many of us have made resolutions to improve our health: drink less, exercise more, stop smoking, cut out sugar… maybe even do a little yoga? Even if you aren’t going to commit to a yoga regime for yourself, why not expose your toddlers or older children to this fun and healthy lifestyle… 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 →
Christmas and the Classics
‘Tis the season to think about Christmas… and the classics. Christmas was evidently on the minds of many a great novelist. For example, here is the word count for “Christmas” (excluding chapter titles) in the original versions of the four current Cozy Classics titles: Moby Dick – 4 times Pride and Prejudice – 6 times Les Misérables – 7 times… 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 →
So Super Awesome!
This week, Cozy Classics hit the Tumblrsphere in a big way. Sosuperawesome.net, a photo blog billing itself as “promoting independent artists and makers of awesome”, blogged about Cozy Classics on November 29 and featured images from our current titles (Pride and Prejudice and Moby Dick) and our upcoming titles (Les Misérables and War and Peace). Two days later, the post now… Read more →