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• 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

• LEO POLITI MURAL, OLVERA STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA: The Blessing of the Animals

  

  Blessing of the Animals, mural by Leo Politi, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, CAOn a recent trip to Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles I was reacquainted with th... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2022 TRAVEL

• Meet Auggie, California's State Dinosaur

  

  Did you know that California had a state dinosaur? Meet Auggie. In September 2017, Augustynolophus morrisi (Auggie's scientific name), was declared the... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ENGLAND, A CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TOUR, Part 2, Mary Poppins and More, Guest...

  

  Mary Poppins Sculpture, Leicester Square, LondonMy friend Cathy Bonnell, a retired school librarian who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, loves to travel and recently... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2022 TRAVEL

• Activity: Write a Poem About Your School Garden

  

  School garden in Planting a Garden in Room 6: From Seeds to Salad (Charlesbridge, 2022)The children in Room 6 planted a garden. You can plant a garden too..... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ENGLAND, A CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TOUR, Part 1, Beatrix Potter, Guest Post by...

  

  Hilltop Farm, Once Home of Beatrix PotterMy friend Cathy Bonnell, a retired school librarian who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, loves to travel and recently spent... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2022 TRAVEL

• NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE DAY: Celebrate by Reading KEEPER OF THE LIGHT

  

  Today is National Lighthouse Day! Celebrate by reading my book KEEPER OFTHE LIGHT: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LEO POLITI MURAL, OLVERA STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA: The Blessing of the Animals

  

  Blessing of the Animals, mural by Leo Politi, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, CAOn a recent trip to Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles I was reacquainted with th... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SUMMER AFTERNOON AT THE LOS ANGELES ZOO: Giraffes, Gorillas and Much More

  

  Masai Giraffe, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, CAWe recently visited the Los Angeles Zoo, for the first time since the pandemic. It was good to see the animals... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2022 TRAVEL

• Taj Mahal Now Available as an E-book at Your Local Library with Hoopla

  

  My book Taj Mahal (Lerner Publishing, 2007), the story of the monument in India built more than 300 years ago, has long been out-of-print, but you can now read... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FERRY TRIP ALONG THE COAST OF NORWAY: Let’s Deliver the Mail! Guest Post by...

  

  Early morning on the coast of Norway.Our friend Owen Floody, a superb photographer and frequent contributor to this blog, recently took a trip on a mail ferry... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2022 TRAVEL

• Chicago Public Library

  

  Chicago Cultural Center, in the original Public Library BuildingOn a recent trip to Chicago, I walked down Michigan Avenue past Millenium Park on my way to the... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE