A Custom Activity Book for Orem, Family City USA!
We are so excited to announce the release of our latest educational activity book created in partnership with the City of Orem, Utah! Hot off the press, it arrived just in time for Orem library patrons to begin to receive it as a prize for completing their summer reading program. We heard that patrons were promised “something reeeeeallllllly good if you finish this year” and we’re proud to deliver something exceptionally fun and unexpected!
Working with our new best friends Sydney Bailey and Pete Wolfley from the City of Orem was nothing short of a dream come true. From our first meeting together, we could see that they caught the vision of exactly what a custom activity book would mean for the city. Orem City Communications Manager Pete Wolfley told us, “Every kid deserves to feel like they grew up in the greatest city in America!” Well… it just so happens that OREM is EXACTLY the city where our illustrator-extraordinaire MIKE LOVELAND grew up! Thrilled does not even begin to describe how we felt about the opportunity to craft a love letter to Mike’s hometown.
Not Just a Coloring Book, and Not Just for Kids…
Orem is known as Family City USA, and the city knew they could count on us to make a book that the WHOLE FAMILY will enjoy, from little kids all the way up to the great grandparents. We fill our books with the kinds of facts and jokes that we get excited about, and we know that if it makes us laugh or say, “wait . . . REALLY?!?” then it’s going to be a hit with kids and their grownups, too. Pete from Orem City showed up to our first meeting and regaled us with tales from Orem lore, and insisted that they be included in the book. We could not be happier to oblige!!
Soon after the book came out, The Daily Herald featured us on the front page of the newspaper!
The Orem Library’s Summer Reading Program is wrapping up soon, and then the City of Orem has great plans to continue using this book at city events, to welcome in new residents, and more!
Do you think your city needs a book like this? We think so, too! Let your city know that we will do an amazing job creating a fun, educational keepsake that highlights why YOUR hometown is the best hometown around!