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• 10 Year Blog Anniversary

  

  Ten years ago I launched this blog, Caroline Arnold Art and Books, with the plan of putting up a new post once a week. (Almost always the posts go up on a... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• IN THE LAND OF NJÁL’S SAGA IN ICELAND Guest Post by Karla Chucsdottir (a.k.a....

  

  The author with an axe to cut quiche and a sword as a toothpick. Photo by husband Viljam Glennsson. Viking costume, weapons, and picnic table courtesy of the... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2020 TRAVEL

• HUNTINGTON BEACH AUTHOR FESTIVAL (Again): Star View School

  

  Star View Elementary School, Huntington Beach, CAYesterday, on a bright windy day, I visited a second school in Huntington Beach, California, as part of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TENEMENT MUSEUM, NEW YORK CITY: The Story of Immigration to America

  

  Tenement at 87 Orchard Street, NYC, part of the Tenement MuseumEver since the Tenement Museum opened on New York City’s Lower East Side, I have been wanting to... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2020 TRAVEL

• HUNTINGTON BEACH AUTHOR FESTIVAL: Visit to Golden View School

  

  At the Huntington Beach LibraryYesterday was the 32nd annual Huntington Beach Author’s Festival in Huntington Beach, California, organized by the Friends of... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CAMELS AND ANCIENT KINGS: Trip to Egypt from Aunt Carolyn's Memoir

  

  Carolyn T. Arnold at Luxor, Egypt, August 1963My husband's Aunt Carolyn was an intrepid tourist, first on her own and then as a tour group leader. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2020 TRAVEL

• Review of BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 in Grinnell Magazine

  

  I am pleased to have the following review of Butterflies in Room 6 in the Winter 2020 issue of Grinnell Magazine. Butterflies in Room 6 For children ages 4–8,... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ART IN VENICE: Part 2, the Accademia Gallery

  

  Accademia Gallery, Venice, ItalyNote: This report is based on our visit to Venice in September 2019, before the devastating high tides that inundated many of th... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2020 TRAVEL

• HERMA SUE SILVERSTEIN: In Memoriam

  

  Herma Sue Silverstein, 1945--2019I first met Herma in the spring of 1978 when we both took a class taught by noted children’s book author Eve Bunting in the UCL... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ART IN VENICE: Part 1, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection

  

  Venice, Italy. In the courtyard of the Peggy Guggenheim MuseumNote: Our visit to Venice was in September 2019, before the devastating high tides that inundated... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2020 TRAVEL

• Science Magazine Review of Butterflies in Room 6

  

  I was pleased to get this excellent review of Butterflies in Room 6 in the December 6, 2019 issue of Science Magazine in their article, Wishlist-worthy Books fo... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SUTTER’S FORT IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Experience California’s history at Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento.My friend and fellow children’s book author Caroline Hatton visited Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 TRAVEL

• HUCKLEBERRY TRAIL: Shady Hike in the Oakland Hills

  

  Huckleberry Trail, Oakland, CaliforniaOn one of our recent trips to Oakland, we took a short hike on the Huckleberry Trail, which follows a canyon in the hills... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 TRAVEL

• Happy Holidays!

  

  Every year at holiday time I get out our collection of creches, or nativity scenes, that we have accumulated over the years. They come from all over the world... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Holidays!

  

  Every year at holiday time I get out our collection of creches, or nativity scenes, that we have accumulated over the years. They come from all over the world... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2019 TRAVEL

• 40th FOCAL AWARD LUNCHEON, Honoring the Book Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food...

  

  Illustrator Man One, and authors Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee of Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix, winner of the 2019 FOCAL AwardSaturday,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MANET AND MODERN BEAUTY at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Photo of French painter Edouard Manet (Frontispiece design by Eugene Grasset)The late works of French painter, Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883), are currently on... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2019 TRAVEL

• THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: Where Do Book Ideas Come From?

  

  I never know where the idea for my next book is going to come from. In this case, it was a chance encounter as I browsed a volume of my encyclopedia. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PORTUGAL: From Lisbon to Porto, Guest Post by Steve Scheaffer and Karen Neely,...

  

  Azulejos tiles on the side of building in Porto, Portugal My brother Steve and his wife Karen recently spent eighteen days in Portugal and have graciously agree... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 TRAVEL

• TRAPPED IN TAR: Fossils from the Ice Age–the Perfect Holiday Gift for Your...

  

  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 04 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE