We went to sleep with gum in our mouths and now there’s gum in our hair and when we got out of bed this morning we saw an absolutely scathing review of Cozy Classics. Replete with phrases such as “pass on this snake oil” and “breathtaking opportunism”, the review is, well, breathtaking. The bad news is the review is by… Read more →
Category: Odds & Ends
Apartment Therapy – Modern Dads Series
Wow! Apartment Therapy has been “surveying some of the coolest guys we know about life as a modern dad” in honour of Father’s Day, and they were kind enough to include both of us in their Modern Dad series! If you want to find out more about our families, our favorite childhood toys, our parenting superpowers, and other odds and… Read more →
Cozy Classics Wiggle 3D
We’ve had lots of parents tell us that our felt images are so realistic and 3-dimensional-looking that their young children often reach out towards the books to try and grab the figures! Well, just to take the 3-D effect one step further, here are some wiggle 3-D animated GIFs, which really create a neat effect. We’re not animators by any… Read more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Nikki McClure – Apple
Sometimes, as the old saying goes, all that is old is new. That’s certainly the case with Cozy Classics, as well as with the “new” book by acclaimed cut-paper artist Nikki McClure called Apple. It was, in fact, her very first book, originally self-published and sold in a limited edition of just 200 copies. Now, 16 years later, it is… Read more →
The Henry Books by Sara O’Leary and Julie Morstad
Long before Cozy Classics found a home at Simply Read Books, our children were already in love with another series from the same publisher: the “Henry Books” written by Sara O’Leary and illustrated by Julie Morstad. The three titles in the series, When You Were Small, Where You Came From, and When I Was Small, have been described by Quill… Read more →