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• 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

• Back to School with Chickens

  

  Author Carolyn Combs blog for Sept 2021 I was pleased to discover my book HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6 featured on author Carolyn Combs blog. Each month she... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, Atlanta, Georgia

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 43Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GeorgiaIn February 2017, on a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, I went to the Center for Civil and... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2021 TRAVEL

• Humboldt County Children's Author Festival Promotion Video

  

  A year from now, in October 2022, I will be participating in the biannual Humboldt County Children's Author Festival. In anticipation of that I have made a vide... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Immersive Van Gogh: Los Angeles

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 42Last week, Art and I went to the Los Angeles installation of the Immersive Van Gogh show--a distinctly Hollywood experience, dazzling,... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2021 TRAVEL

• Make a Hodag Sculpture with Clay

  

  Clay sculpture of a HodagWhat creature has the head of an ox, feet of a bear, back of a dinosaur, and tail of an alligator? The HODAG! Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MILL CITY MUSEUM: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 41View from deck on top floor of the Mill City Museum, Minnespolis, MNEven though I grew up in Minneapolis, I never appreciated how much... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2021 TRAVEL

• BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 JIGSAW PUZZLE at TeachingBooks.net

  

  Did you know that you could turn the cover of my book BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 into an online jigsaw puzzle and time yourself to find out how long it takes to put... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• RAINY BUT SPECTACULAR ICELAND: Guest Post by Owen Floody

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 41Sigöldugljufur waterfall gorge, IcelandWith many thanks to Owen Floody for another exceptional contribution to The Intrepid Tourist. Jus... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2021 TRAVEL

• WIN A PRIZE at the HUMBOLDT COUNTY AUTHOR FESTIVAL 2021 CHALLENGE

  

  Take the Author Festival 2021 Challenge to get ready to Take Flight With Books in 2022!Under normal circumstances, October 2021 would be another wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LEGION OF HONOR ART MUSEUM, San Francisco, CA: Pompeii and Wangechi Mutu Exhibits

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 40 Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, modeled after the Palais de Legion de Honneur, Paris, FranceThe classical elegance of th... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 TRAVEL

• A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS, Celebrating Camp Bovey

  

  Family fun with live music, food trucks, crafts, singing, dancing.I learned to love nature at Camp Bovey, the summer camp for kids and families of Northeast... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA: Hiking, Nature, and Spectacular Views

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 38Chimney Rock, North CarolinaWe stood at the railing and gazed almost one thousand feet below to Hickory Nut Gorge and the hills beyond. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 TRAVEL

• Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail

  

  at Lake Lure, NCFrom roses to succulents, pollinator gardens to art installations, the Flowering Bridge at Luke Lure, in the mountains of western North Carolina... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WILDLIFE VIEWING AT THE DELTA PONDS IN EUGENE, OREGON Guest Post by Caroline...

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 37 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) with a fish story to tell, at the Eugene Delta PondsMy friend and fellow children’s book author... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 TRAVEL

• PETER RABBIT AT LAKE LURE IN NC: Literature Comes Alive

  

  Peter Rabbit Children's Garden at the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge, Lake Lure, NCA childhood favorite book of mine, my children, and my grandchildren is Beatrix... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE