Carolinearnoldtravel

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1603 )

• MISSION TRAILS REGIONAL PARK, SAN DIEGO, CA: Hiking and Native American...

  

  My brother Tom Scheaffer loves the outdoors and often goes hiking near his home in San Diego. I thank him for sharing his photos and report of a recent visit... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2022 TRAVEL

• GLOFARI AT THE OAKLAND ZOO, CA: Spectacular Larger-Than-Life Animal Lanterns

  

  Glofari at the Oakland Zoo displays realistically detailed larger-than-life animal lanterns.Giant animal lanterns glow in the dark like creatures in a... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2022 TRAVEL

• REMEMBERING FLOYD COOPER, JR, 1956-2021, Author/Illustrator

  

  Author/Illustrator Floyd Cooper, Jr.Floyd Cooper, Jr., 1956-2021, whose paintings and stories transformed people's lives, was remembered by family, friends,... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2022 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK, NAMIBIA: Okaukuejo Waterhole

  

  Okaukuejo Waterhole, Etosha National Park, NamibiaMy friend and fellow children’s book writer Sara Kras spent much of the past year living in Namibia. Here she... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2022 TRAVEL

• Celebrating 40 Years with Andrea Brown

  

  Forty years ago Andrea Brown began the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and I became one of her first authors. I had already published a few books, but I knew that... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA: Rock Cut Churches and Christmas Celebration, Guest Post by...

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 52Pilgrims came to Lalibela from all over Ethiopia--by plane, bus, car, van, donkey, and on foot.My friend, Kathryn Mohrman, an avid and... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2021 TRAVEL

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Beautiful Christmas Plates from Germany

  

  When my husband Art was in high school he was an exchange student, living for a year with a family in Berlin, Germany. It was the beginning of a life-long... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2021 TRAVEL

• Happy Holidays!

  

  When Art was in high school he was an exchange student, living for a year with a family in Berlin, Germany. It was the beginning of a life-long friendship. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BERLIN IN WINTER: Stollen and Christmas Markets

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 51Friedrichstrasse at night outside our hotel[Diary of my trip to Berlin in November 2010] It was the last Thursday in November and we wer... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2021 TRAVEL

• Christmas Creches from Around the World

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 50Gourd Creche from ChileOver the years my family has collected a variety of Christmas creches from all over the world. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2021 TRAVEL

• Trapped i n Tar: the Perfect Gift for a Young Fossil Lover

  

  Ice Age fossils of mammoths, sabertooth cats, dire wolves and more, discovered in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and displayed in the George C. Page... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ANIMAL PRINTS MAKE GREAT GIFTS! See My Art on Etsy

  

  GREAT GIFTS! Consider purchasing one of my limited edition giclee prints made from my original cut-paper illustrations I created for my children’s books in the... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 WORD SEARCH at TeachingBooks.net

  

  Did you know that you can create a word search of vocabulary words from my book BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6? After you have chosen the words (up to twenty) you can... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PRESS RELEASE for KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San...

  

  I am so excited that KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog (Cameron Kids, April 2022) is soon to be available. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• OGE MORA: Keynote Speaker at the CLCSC 2021 Virtual Fall Gala

  

  Oge Mora, Caldecott Winner for Thank You OmuIn an ordinary year, the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California would be celebrating children’s books... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PREVIEW OF NEW BOOK: PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6 From Seeds to Salad

  

  HOORAY! My advance copy of PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6: From Seeds to Salad (Charlesbridge, 2022) just arrived in the mail. It looks beautiful! Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE on the November SCBWI Recommended...

  

  I am pleased to have my book THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE featured on this month’s SCBWI recommended reading list in the nonfiction section. Each... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• VIRTUAL AUTHOR VISIT at Verdugo Woodland School, Glendale, CA

  

  When Mammoths Walked the Earth, Japanese and English editionsLast Tuesday I had a terrific virtual visit with the first and second graders at Verdugo Woodland... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CELEBRATE BATS During INTERNATIONAL BAT WEEK and During The Whole Year

  

  Bat Week is an annual international celebration of the important role of bats in nature. While we often think about bats during the weeks before Halloween, we... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ISTANBUL FOOD TOUR: From Pide to Locum, Guest Post by Kathryn Mohrman

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 44Pide, a pizza-like bread made in IstanbulMy friend, Kathryn Mohrman, an avid and excellent photographer, visited Turkey in 2014 when... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2021 TRAVEL