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• FOUR DAYS IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Old and New Along the Canals

  

  Copenhagen in Danish is Kobenhavn ("Koben Harbor")Why Copenhagen? 1. We had never been there before. 2. We are big fans of Danish TV—Borgen, The Bridge,... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2022 TRAVEL

• In Memory of Children's Book Author, Joan Hewett (1929--2022)

  

  My good friend, children’s book writer Joan Hewett, author of more than 20 books, passed away last week. (Joan’s obituary is in the LA Times, Sunday, October 16. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF DENMARK: Stunning Inside and Out

  

  National Library of Denmark, View from top level.A highlight of our recent trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, was a visit to the National Library (The Royal... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MOROCCO: GARDENS AND MORE Part II, Guest Post by Susan Kean

  

  Cape Spartel lighthouse.I thank my good friend Susan Kean for sharing her excellent photographs and impressions of her recent trip to Morocco. This is a... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2022 TRAVEL

• FUN ART FOR KIDS at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark

  

  Big Bird overlooking the sea by Alex da Corta at the Louisiana Museum, DenmarkA highlight of my recent trip to Denmark was a visit to the stunning Louisiana... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MOROCCO: GARDENS AND MORE Part I, Guest Post by Susan Kean

  

  In the Medina of Chefchaouen, Morocco. My friend Susan Kean recently returned from a trip to Morocco which focused on the variety of Moroccan gardens. I thank... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2022 TRAVEL

• KERLAN COLLECTION: Archiving My Book Materials

  

  Kerlan Collection archive, University of Minnesota LibrariesThe Kerlan Collection at the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CLOSE-UP WITH DINOSAURS AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Triceratops skeleton. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyOn a recent visit to the Dinosaur Hall at the NaturalHistory Museum of Los Angeles County, I... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2022 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISITS at the PLUM CREEK LITERACY FESTIVAL, Seward, Nebraska

  

  Book signing at Plum Creek Literacy Festival, Seward, NebraskaLast week I spent three full days, along with eighteen other children’s book creators at The Plum... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A TRIP TO ENGLAND: YORK AND LONDON, Guest Post by Jennifer Arnold

  

  York Minster Cathedral, York, EnglandMy daughter Jennifer, a professor at the University of North Carolina, recently went to England for a conference, but also... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2022 TRAVEL

• Project: Keeping a Weather Log

  

  KEEPER OF THE LIGHT by Caroline Arnold, illustrated by Rachell SumpterJuliet Nichols, the lighthouse keeper on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay from 1902 to... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FASHION AS ART: Guo Pei Couture Dresses at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA

  

  Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CAThe Guo Pei fashion/art show at the Legion of Honor art museum in San Francisco is... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2022 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISIT: Reading THE TERRIBLE HODAG to the ESNS Preschool in Minneapolis

  

  Showing the picture of the Hodag on my Camp Bovey sweatshirt to the ESNS preschool.My first trip to Camp Bovey, the ESNS camp in northern Wisconsin, was when I... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Project: Earthquake in a Box

  

  Illustration for KEEPER OF THE LIGHT by Rachell SumpterJuliet Nichols, the lighthouse keeper on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay from 1902 to 1914, is the... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BUTTERFLY WALK: UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA

  

  Mylitta Crescent butterfly at the UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CAIt is said that only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun. Add to that list:... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2022 TRAVEL

• CELEBRATE BOOKS IN TRANSLATION with SCBWI and My Book in Spanish, EL TERRIBLE...

  

  EL TERRIBLE HODAG, is one of the books featured on the SCBWI reading list for the month of September. Hurray! The theme is "Celebrate Books in Translation". Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MILLS COLLEGE, OAKLAND, CA: Nature Walk and Window Onto History

  

  Mills College, Oakland, CAThe campus of Mills College sits in the middle of Oakland, an island of greenery around college buildings and a place where local... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2022 TRAVEL

• LITLINKS GUEST POST: Watching the Weather and Keeping a Log

  

  What would it be like to be a lighthouse keeper--as a woman, alone, on an island in San Francisco Bay? This week at LitLinks you can find my article about how... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• OREGON HIGHWAY 242--THE MCKENZIE HIGHWAY: A SUMMER DRIVE IN THE CASCADES...

  

  North Sister and Middle Sister as seen from the McKenzie Pass on Oregon Highway 242My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2022 TRAVEL

• Butterfly Haiku Craft Project

  

  Step 1. Haiku Let a butterfly inspire you to write a short poem called a haiku. There are only three lines in a haiku, totaling 17 syllables. The first line is ... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE