The Spotlight
January 2024 - Immedium
1. NEWS
A. Happy Year of the Dragon
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We hope everyone will have a great 2024. We celebrate the new year with
The Year of the Dragon:
The star animal in our popular annual series Tales from the Chinese Zodiac, the dragon inspires us with its magical charisma and uplifting potential.
Dominic the Dragon shares his adventures in a revised edition, bilingual in simplified Chinese. Wonderfully illustrated by animator Jennifer Wood, Dom will befriend a new generation of courageous kids and protective parents!
The lunar new year starts on February 10th. In the meantime, join us for fun author events at:
- 1/6: JCCCNC in San Francisco's Japantown, CA (11 am): celebrate "Japanese new year"
- 1/20: South San Francisco Public Library (Main: 10:30 am; Grand Avenue 2 pm): enjoy storytimes!
- 1/28: Linden Tree bookstore in Los Altos, CA (10:30 am): experience a fantastic family program :)
January Promo
Order any book from our zodiac series and get a free Dragon 8x10 photo print!
B. Dominic on sale at Target!
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We always recommend supporting your local independent bookstores and retailers. But for the next 2 months, if you happen to be near the retail chain Target, pick up a copy of The Year of the Dragon!
Target features The Year of the Dragon in their seasonal Lunar New Year promotion, which will run from January 4th to February 25th.
Our Tales from the Chinese Zodiac book will be on sale in 476 stores across America. Get an extra copy for friends or relatives!
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests at nearly 2,000 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5% of its profit to communities.
C. The Discovery of Chess at the SFPL - 12/9
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The New York Times Sunday magazine (12/10/23) reported that chess is more popular than ever.
"Chess.com hit the top spot among free gaming apps on the Apple App Store earlier this year. The site's membership, slowly building for more than a decade, has tripled since the pandemic began, to more than 153 million... More people regularly play chess now than at any time in human history - 605 million adults worldwide, according to the United Nations."
How did the world's most popular game originate?
The Discovery of Chess satisfies your need to know!
www.immedium.com/products/discoveryofchess.html
- this is the first English picture book to show how chess came to be and then changed the world
We captured our title in the wild at Green Apple Books (San Francisco, CA). Share this entertaining and enlightening story with chess-minded children in your life!
2. REVIEWS
The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder
by Phil Amara and Oliver Chin
illustrated by Juan Calle
"[The authors] pack as much STEM information into Dao You's history lesson as there is metallic powder in pyrotechnic stars: 'In a mortar, the lift charge ignites to launch the shell up to 300 miles an hour, more than 1,000 feet high.' Calle's bright cartoons infuse energy and enthusiasm into each spread."
- Publishers Weekly
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The Treehouse Heroes
by Phil Amara
illustrated by Alina Chau
"In this ecological fable that takes place 'long ago, in a far-east land,' the forests and rivers are populated with mythological beasts...[The artwork] is charming and vibrant. Created by a veteran animator, it recalls the stylized landscapes and figures in The Secret of Kells."
- School Library Journal
3.
EVENTS
January
1/6: JCCCNC - Oshogatsu Matsuri, San Francisco, CA
1/19: Year of the Dragon, GMIS, Berkeley, CA, 10:30 am
1/20: Year of the Dragon, South San Francisco Public Library, 901 Civic Campus Way, SSF, CA, 10:30 am
1/20: Year of the Dragon, South San Francisco Public Library, Grand Avenue, SSF, CA, 2 pm
1/28: Year of the Dragon, Linden Tree bookstore, Los Altos, CA, 10:30 am
1/30: Year of the Dragon, CAIS, San Francisco, CA, 9 am
February
2/3: Year of the Dragon, Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, CA, 11 am
2/3: LAPL - Memorial branch, 1 pm
2/3: LAPL - Westwood branch, 3 pm
2/4: Year of the Dragon, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, 11 am - 3 pm
2/5: Carver Elementary School, San Marino, CA
2/5: Pantera Elementary School, Diamond Bar, CA
2/6: Marian Bergeson elementary School, Laguna Niguel, CA, am
2/6: Long Beach public library, Long Beach, CA, 4 pm
2/7: Valentine elementary School, San Marino, CA, 12:45 pm
2/7: LAPL - Silverlake branch, 4 pm
2/8: LAPL - Chinatown branch, 10 am
2/8: LAPL - Lincoln Heights branch, 11:30 pm
2/8: LAPL - West LA branch, 4:15 pm
2/9: St. James & St. Andrew school, LA, CA, TBD
2/9: LAPL - Watts branch, 3 pm
2/10-11: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
2/12: LAPL - Studio City branch, pm
2/13: LAPL - West Valley branch, 10:30 am
2/15: Hicklebees bookstore - school visits, San Jose, CA
2/17: Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
2/21: Stratford School Pleasanton, 4576 Willow Rd, Pleasanton, CA
Keep reading!
Immedium
P.O. Box 31846
San Francisco, CA 94131
orders@immedium.com
Immedium, Inc. inspires a world of imagination, and creates entertaining books that have multi-dimensional appeal. Based in San Francisco, CA, Immedium sits on the Pacific Rim, a vibrant intersection for crossover cultural trends from Asia and America. Embracing an increasingly diverse and "multimedia" world, Immedium publishes titles ranging from eye-catching children's books and contemporary non-fiction to commentaries on art and popular culture. Visit us at www.immedium.com
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