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Summer Reading - Make a Splash!

The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) help supports library programs in your communities. The 2010 Summer Reading theme is "water".

Founded in 1987, the CSLP is a grassroots consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children at their public libraries.

Immedium is happy to encourage children to read. Starting in June we will read our "water" adventures of Baltazar and the Flying Pirates and the Octonauts at libraries throughout California. We'll visit Half Moon Bay, San Diego, and most of the branches in Alameda County.

Families can enjoy fun stories that inspire kids to read, draw, and write! We'll share coloring pages and youngsters can create their very own pirate and Octonaut!

Stop by for a seaworthy storytime!

Artist Spotlight - DGPH

DGPH is a creative team who hails originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. This graphic design studio is wildly inventive and partial to moles (we mean the four-legged and furry kind).

Far from the bane of gardeners, DGPH's mascot Topo (Spanish for "mole") is a cute character who has assumed a rainbow of guises from toys to clothing. Now he embarks on what might be his most fantastic adventure: into outer space! DGPH is busy creating their upcoming tale Space Cadet Topo. To achieve that goal, DGPH has gotten their project launced on Kickstarter!

Take a look, become a backer, and get amazing gifts! The range of rewards is priced for all pocketbooks, from the super affordable to the ultra collectible! The deadline for supporting DGPH on Kickstarter is August 15th, so hurry up and tell your friends. If all goes well, we'll share the finished book with you by October!

Share Immedium stories online

We are glad to announce that our children's books are now available online at www.astorybeforebed.com.

Make our stories your own! Customize the experience and share it with friends or family. As long as one has a webcam, a customer can record themselves reading the book, page by page. Like a television's picture in picture feature, they can see themselves in a little window next to the story's illustrations. Then if they like their performance, they can pay an affordable fee to "own" it, and then they can email their "storytime" to another person around the globe who can enjoy playing it.

This is a great way for parents on the road to send greetings home. Similarly, grandparents and friends can email their love in living color. Plus as a service to our men and women in uniform, people in the United States armed forces can sign up for a special mailing list offering free recordings and discounts so they can send greetings to their children who may be far away.

Check out www.astorybeforebed.com and give our adventures your own personal spin. Let us know what you think!



July newsletter

Author Events

Artist Brianne Drouhard attends Anime Expo this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Brianne will hand out cute buttons and postcards of her Spring 2011 children's story Billie the Unicorn.

The first person who pre-orders Billie from us gets a special prize! Get free copy of Brianne's brand new "Girly Poo" sketchbook iPhone app (33 pages, $2.99, free with redeemable promo code for the iTunes store)!

Recent Reviews


Immedium was featured in American's main trade magazine on book publishing, Publishers Weekly.

The Year of the Tiger:
"Children will enjoy the bright-eyed characters and cartoon illustrations in this romp...the point gets made that friendships come in all different species."
- School Library Journal

Octonauts: GGR:
"The Octonauts are a team of eight underwater explorers who resemble Hello Kitty and friends, but have the gumption of Jacques Cousteau ... Kids should be drawn in by the zippy graphics and comprehend the message about conservation."
- Publishers Weekly