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• STAND UP FOR SCIENCE: We Need STEM and STEAM! March in Los Angeles 2025

  

  Last Friday I joined hundreds of other card-carrying demonstrators at the Federal Building in West Los Angeles to protest the cuts being made to NIH and other... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SOUTHWEST ROAD TRIP, Part 2, New Mexico and Four Corners: Guest Post by Susan...

  

  Four Corners Monument, where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah meet.My friend Susan Kean and her partner George love to travel and recently did a driving... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2025 TRAVEL

• Readers' Comments About Settlement House Girl

  

  Nothing makes an author happier than to hear from readers how much they liked their book. I am gratified by the good response I continue to get from readers of... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SOUTHWEST ROAD TRIP, Part 1, Arizona: Guest Post by Susan Kean

  

  Hotel Monte Vista, Flagstaff, AZ, where we stayed.My friend Susan Kean and her partner George love to travel and recently did a driving trip from Southern... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2025 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISIT AT LA CRESCENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Glendale, CA

  

  Authors and Illustrators Day at La Crescenta School, Glendale, CA.On Monday, February 24th, I had a good visit at La Crescenta Elementary School in Glendale,... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WARM SPRINGS FISH HATCHERY, Geyserville, CA: Giving Young Salmon and Steelhead...

  

  Young steelhead trout at Warm Spring Fish Hatchery.On a sunny day in late December, I went with my family on a day trip from Oakland to visit the Warm Springs... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2025 TRAVEL

• MEMORIES OF MY CONDOR BOOK, Photo at the Los Angeles Zoo

  

  L-R: Los Angeles Zoo Director, Betty White, Caroline Arnold, GLAZA President, Michael Wallace, at the Los Angeles Zoo, 1993.In 1993 I published my book ON THE... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A PERSONAL GUIDE TO TUCSON, ARIZONA, Part 2: Guest Post by Paul Justison

  

  Goddess of Agave, painted by Rock "Cyfi" Martinez, 2017, Tucson, AZ With many thanks to my friend Paul Justison for his excellent guide to the city of Tucson,... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2025 TRAVEL

• THANK YOU LETTERS from Students at Big Lagoon School, Trinidad, CA

  

  I am always delighted to receive thank you letters from students after I do an author visit at a school. In October I visited Big Lagoon School in Trinidad,... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A PERSONAL GUIDE TO TUCSON, AZ, Part 1: Guest Post by Paul Justison

  

  Goddess of Agave, painted by Rock "Cyfi" Martinez, 2017, Tucson, AZ With many thanks to my friend Paul Justison for his excellent guide to the city of Tucson,... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2025 TRAVEL

• REMEMBERING WILL ROGERS’ STABLES – Lost in the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles, CA,...

  

  Will Rogers' Stables and Horses, circa 1930s, Los Angeles, CA.My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took these... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2025 TRAVEL

• CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR ALTADENA: Vroman's Book Drive to Help Children and...

  

  A week ago I brought a number of my books to Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena as a contribution to the book drive for children and families of Altadena who have... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LUNAR NEW YEAR: The Year of the Snake--Time to Read Books About Snakes!

  

  Today, January 29, 2025, marks the beginning of the New Year on the lunar calendar and is celebrated by the Chinese and many other people. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AUTHOR VISIT to Raise Money for Los Angeles Wildfire Relief

  

  You can help! The children’s book community is rallying to help victims of the recent terrible fires in Los Angeles by holding an online auction. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WHAT ABOUT BACK MATTER? HOW MUCH TO INCLUDE: A Look at the Back Matter in...

  

  I love back matter. At my recent children’s nonfiction picture book group meeting we discussed how back matter is used to expand the main text—from author’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• REMEMBERING WILL ROGERS’ HOUSE-- Lost in the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Will Rogers' House, Will Rogers State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CA.“I never met a man I didn’t like.”—Will Rogers, cowboy, humorist, film star and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2025 TRAVEL

• MARY CASSATT AT WORK, Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

  

  A Kiss for Baby Ann, No. 3, 1897, pastel by Mary Cassatt. Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA.Mary Cassatt, known for her sensitive paintings of... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2025 TRAVEL

• ASTRA LUMINA – MUCH MORE THAN A LIGHTED GARDEN, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Astra Lumina exhibit, Seattle, WA. Start gate or "Astra Archway."My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took thes... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2025 TRAVEL

• SANGRE DE NOPAL/BLOOD OF THE NOPAL: Exhibit at the Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los...

  

  Sangre de Nopal exhibit at the Fowler Museum, UCLA.One of my favorite museums in Los Angles is the Fowler Museum on the campus of UCLA, with its focus on art an... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2025 TRAVEL

• CALIFORNIA STORIES: Caroline Arnold Books About California

  

  I live in California, and not surprisingly, the subjects of nearly fifteen percent of my 170 books for children are found in California. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE