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In partnership with Fair Haven Branch Library A GIANT COMIC BOOK
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Co-designed and co-written by 50 families, librarians, AI, and a multidisciplinary team of artists, educators, and writers at The GIANT Room, Killingly Cartoons invites all kids (and adults) to read the spookiest, yummiest, silliest, and craziest comic strips!
We are extremely honored to partner with Connecticut State Libraries and bring GIANT creative STEM experiences to the Connecticut community at the Killingly Public Library. We implemented a Remix Station with Killingly Public Library’s director, Claudette Stockwell.
More than 50 participants joined, dreamed, created, and shared comic strips in two themes, food and monsters. Here, we have “remixed” their creations into one GIANT book of comics. Each comic has its own title page with the story’s title, the author’s name, and the author’s age. Using participants’ ideas, drawings, writings, and input, we created AI-generated avatars of the characters that appear in their story and an AI-generated background image as the setting for their story. There’s even a place for participants to add their official author signature!
We want to thank the librarians and staff from Killingly Public Library for their partnership. Funding for this program was made possible by the Connecticut State Library and Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), provided through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Let’s get reading!
Your creative collaborators, The GIANT Room
A PRINCESS TURNS INTO A BUNNY!
By Damarie, age 8
Author’s signature
THE END
By Laina Byron, age 8
Author’s signature
THE NUMBERS: 1-109
By Sebastian, age 3
Author’s signature
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ME
By Roman Byron, age 9
Author’s signature
THE CLOUD BUNNY
By Aveline, age 8
Author’s signature
THE CONQUEST
By Marquell, age 12
Author’s signature
A comic strip by a GIANT Kid
Author’s signature
WE ARE FREE FOREVER!
By Krystal
Author’s signature
ME AND MY BIG BROTHER
By Kalayah, age 6
Author’s signature
NO PUEDO
By Amaru, age 4
Author’s signature
PATINANDO
By Yelina Román, age 5
Author’s signature
A VERY AWESOME PET
By Roman, age 9
Author’s signature
THE END.
A GIANT thank you to the Fair Haven Branch Library, the community participants, and the GIANT team members who made this publication possible.
Book Concept & Planning
Azadeh Jamalian, PhD
Sharon Breslow
Rebecca Schifilliti
Rama Deshpande
María Eugenia Segovia
Book Design & Development
Camila Soto
Paulina Quezada M.
Shadrack Munene
Rama Deshpande
Rebecca Schifilliti
Azadeh Jamalian, PhD
GIANT Community Participants
Damarie, Roman Byron, Laina Byron, Sebastian, Aveline, Marquell, Krystal, Kalayah, Amaru, and Yelina Román
ABOUT The GIANT Room
The GIANT Room is a creative co-design lab that provides opportunities for children, families, and educators to collaborate with designers, policymakers, scientists, artists, and engineers.
In addition, on our GIANT Remix platform, we provide opportunities for children to co-design and co-publish books and games they can read and play with their friends and family.
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