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• MACHU PICCHU: Guest Post by Tom Scheaffer

  

  Machu Picchu, PeruMy brother Tom loves to travel and is a true intrepid tourist. He is currently on a trip to South America, which has included stops in Ecuador... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2019 TRAVEL

• REVIEW IN SLJ of BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6

  

  The March issue of School Library Journal has another excellent review of BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6.PreS-Gr 2. Arnold returns to the same classroom she observed in... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE SUPERBLOOM CONTINUES: Spring Wildflowers in Gorman, CA

  

  Poppies and Lupins on the hills of the Tejon Pass, Gorman, CaliforniaCalifornia’s torrential rains this past winter have produced the most spectacular bloom of... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2019 TRAVEL

• CELEBRATING EARTH WEEK, Author Visit at Pilgrim School, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Author Visit at Pilgrim School, Los Angeles, CA Last week I visited Pilgrim School in Los Angeles, California, and presented to two enthusiastic groups of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BIRDS OF ZIMBABWE, Part 2: Guest Post by Karen Minkowski

  

  Red-headed Weaver, seen near Dete, Zimbabwe, Africa My friend Karen Minkowski is spending several months in Africa and sent me some of her wonderful photos take... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2019 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISIT to WPC Preschool, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Two weeks ago I made my annual visit to the Westwood Presbyterian Preschool in Los Angeles, California, making two presentations–one to the three-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BIRDS OF ZIMBABWE, Part 1: Guest Post by Karen Minkowski

  

  Southern Masked Weaver(male) near Dete, Zimbabwe My friend Karen Minkowski is spending several months in Africa and sent me some of her wonderful photos taken o... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2019 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISITS at ECOLE BILINGUE Lower School and Middle School, Berkeley, CA

  

  Wiggle and Waggle art project at Ecole Bilingue, Berkeley, CAIn late March I spent two very enjoyable days at Ecole Bilingue, a bilingual French/English school... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AUTHOR VISIT and DINOMITE BOOK FAIR at Wood Ranch Elementary, Simi Valley, CA

  

  Every year the PTA at Wood Ranch Elementary school in Simi Valley, California, invites an author to present at the school in conjunction with the book fair... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SUPERBLOOM! Flowers Everywhere, Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

  

  California poppies, Antelope ValleyMy friend and fellow children's book writer Gretchen Woelfle, a frequent contributor to The Intrepid Tourist, recently went t... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2019 TRAVEL

• BOOK SIGNING at KIDSPACE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Pasadena, CA

  

  A week ago, on April 6th, at the KidSpace Museum in Pasadena, I had an enthusiastic crowd of kids and their parents, who came for my reading of Butterflies in... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LITERACY NIGHT: SCIENCE EDITION at San Gabriel Avenue Elementary School, South...

  

  Mural at San Gabriel Avenue School Literacy Night: Science EditionLast week on Friday, I was the guest of honor at the San Gabriel Avenue Elementary School in... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HOMAGE TO SUNDIALS: Eight Year Anniversary of The Intrepid Tourist

  

  Giant wall Sundial at Redlands University, Redlands, CAEight years ago I launched The Intrepid Tourist as an outlet for my travel writing. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2019 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISIT at ECHO HORIZON SCHOOL, Culver City, CA

  

  Wiggle and Waggle puppets help sing the Wiggle and Waggle digging songLast Thursday, I had a wonderful visit with second and third graders at Echo Horizon... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• JAPAN, Hakone National Park: The Pleasures of Staying at a Ryokan, from the...

  

  Room at Traditional Japanese InnMy husband's aunt, Carolyn T. Arnold, traveled to Japan in the 1960's and 70's as the leader of a tour group. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2019 TRAVEL

• BOOK SIGNING of BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 at Children’s Book World, Los Angeles, CA

  

  This morning I had a fun book signing and storytime at Children’s Book World, a wonderful children’s bookstore in Los Angeles, California, not far from where I... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SPRINGTIME IN THE SONORA DESERT: At Tohono Chul Gardens, Tucson, AZ

  

  Horse sculpture at the Tohono Chul Botanical Garden, Tucson, Arizona It was springtime in the desert in southern Arizona. Wildflowers were blooming among the... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2019 TRAVEL

• BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6: Where Do Ideas Come From?

  

  Jennifer Best, Kindergarten teacher at Haynes School for Enriched StudiesSeveral years ago, when I was doing an author visit at a school in Los Angeles, I met... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CELEBRATING BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 with Mrs. Best, the Children and Their Families

  

  Kindergarten teacher Jennifer Best and Me in Room 6, Haynes Elementary, LAUSDLast Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Best, the children in Room 6, their families and I... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ASIA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Taichung, Taiwan: Triangles and Flowers

  

  At Asia University, on the outskirts of Taichung, Taiwan, is the new Asia Museum of Modern Art, a striking steel and concrete building designed by Japanese... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2019 TRAVEL