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• Fifty Nifty Projects for Kids

  

  Are you looking for something to do while school is out for summer vacation? At my website you can find FIFTY NIFTY PROJECTS that you can do in connection with... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• JAPANESE FISHING VILLAGE MEMORIAL at TERMINAL ISLAND, LA: A Piece of California’...

  

  Japanese Fishing Village Memorial on Terminal Island, San Pedro, CaliforniaFrom the early 1900s until World War II, the fishing village of Fish Harbor on... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2020 TRAVEL

• Ode to Librarians

  

  I was cleaning out my files recently and discovered this poster created by the Pennsylvania School Librarian"s Association for School Library Media Week, March... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TONS OF FISH ON THE BEACH: A CALIFORNIA GRUNION RUN, Guest Post by Caroline...

  

  Grunion run on a Southern California beachMy friend and fellow children’s book author Caroline Hatton took all the photos in this post in April 2009 when she... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2020 TRAVEL

• THE GEOGRAPHY BOOK: Perfect for Stay at Home Fun STEAM Activities

  

  Get to Know the Earth's Many Forms with Dozens of Fun and Easy Projects in The Geography Book by Caroline Arnold. From finding directions by the stars, to... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HIKING IN THÓRSMÖRK, ICELAND: WHY AND HOW, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Thórsmörk, Iceland, is an enchanted place, including for knee-high folk, such as those seen in front of this mini cottage.My friend and fellow children’s book... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2020 TRAVEL

• EL NINO: Stormy Weather for People and Wildlife, Now Available as an E-Book

  

  My book, El Niño: Stormy Weather for People and Wildlife is now available as a Kindle book on Amazon. For readers age 10 and up. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BUTTERFLIES OF KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK, Uganda, Part 3, Guest Post by Karen...

  

  Euphaedra eusemoides, butterfly in Kibale National Park, UgandaMy friend Karen Minkowski, truly an intrepid tourist, has spent much of her life in the field... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2020 TRAVEL

• STEAM Activity: Which Came First, the Chicken Or the Egg?

  

  Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A chicken lays an egg, a chick grows inside, hatches, grows to be a chicken--that lays another egg. And so on, and so... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BUTTERFLIES OF KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK, Uganda, Part 2, Guest Post by Karen...

  

  A mixed species group of butterflies feeds on wet dung in Kibale National Park, Uganda.My friend Karen Minkowski, truly an intrepid tourist, has spent much of... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 TRAVEL

• STEAM Project: The Egg is Hatching!

  

  When a chick is ready to hatch, it uses its beak to poke a hole in the shell. In my book, Hatching Chicks in Room 6, you can see photos of real chicks in the... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BUTTERFLIES OF KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK, Uganda, Part 1, Guest Post by Karen...

  

  Little Pansy (Junonia sophia), Kibale National Park, UgandaMy friend Karen Minkowski, truly an intrepid tourist, has spent much of her life in the field... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2020 TRAVEL

• Writing Exercise: USING THE FIVE SENSES, 2

  

  I recently cleaned out my files and found various materials that I had used when teaching my class in writing for children in the UCLA Writer’s Program. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DUBLIN GULCH: ABANDONED CAVE HOMES NEAR DEATH VALLEY, CA, Guest Post by...

  

  Dublin Gulch, California. Cave home doors and stove pipes.While staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic, my friend and fellow children’s book author Caroline... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 TRAVEL

• Writing Exercise: USING THE FIVE SENSES, 1

  

  I recently cleaned out my files and found various materials that I had used when teaching my class in writing for children in the UCLA Writer’s Program. Here... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A WALK IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS at Will Rogers State Historic Park, Los...

  

  Will Rogers State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CADuring the Covid pandemic Art and I have stayed at home, only going out to shop for food and a daily walk... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2020 TRAVEL

• THE CRAFT OF WRITING: On Writing Well by William Zinsser

  My favorite book on the craft of writing is On Writing Well by William Zinsser. More than forty years after it was first published, I still think it is the... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• UCLA BOTANICAL GARDEN: From Cacti to a Subtropical Woodlend in the Heart of the...

  

  At the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, UCLA, Los Angeles, CATucked in a corner of the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, California, is the Mildred E. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2020 TRAVEL

• Milkweed and Monarchs

  

  Monarch butterfly on a milkweed plant in northern Wisconsin.Look along a roadside, in a vacant lot, or in an abandoned country field, and you will probably see... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• UCLA SCULPTURE GARDEN: A Fresh Air Art Museum in the Middle of Los Angeles

  

  Sculpture Garden, UCLA, Los Angeles, CaliforniaOn a recent Sunday afternoon, our excursion to get out of the house was a walk on the UCLA campus in Los... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2020 TRAVEL