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• A RAINY DAY in VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, HAWAII

  

  In the Kilauea Iki Crater in Volcanoes National Park, HawaiiA week ago, on our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii, Art and I were hiking across what felt like a... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 TRAVEL

• Author Visit and Book Signing at Overland School, Los Angeles, CA

  

  With bags of signed books at Children's Book World ready to go to students at Overland SchoolLast week I did two presentations in the auditorium of Overland... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CELEBRATING SEVEN YEARS OF TRAVEL at THE INTREPID TOURIST

  

  With my family at Gettysburg, PA, July 1997Seven years ago today, on April 13th, 2011, I published the first post on THE INTREPID TOURIST. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2018 TRAVEL

• Author Visit with Kindergarteners at Westwood Charter School in Los Angeles

  

  Westwood Charter School, Los Angeles, CAYesterday I had a fun visit with the kindergarten students at Westwood Charter School in Los Angeles, California, and... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BIRDS, BEACH AND SUN: A Spring Weekend in La Jolla, CA

  

  Surfers and gulls at La Jolla Shores, CaliforniaUntil I moved to California I never knew how to pronounce La Jolla, the beach town just north of San Diego famou... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 TRAVEL

• Further Reading About Chicks and Chickens

  

  When you finish reading a book, are you curious to find out more? At the back of many books these days you will find a list of further reading. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SPRINGTIME IN WALES, from the Memoir of Aunt Carolyn

  

  Clwydian Range from Cileaire, WalesPerhaps the original intrepid tourist was Carolyn Arnold, my husband’s aunt. A single school teacher in Des Moines, she... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2018 TRAVEL

• Caroline Arnold Interview with Cybils:

  

  After my book Hatching Chicks in Room 6 won the Cybils Award for Elementary Non-fiction, I did an interview with Cybils blog editor Melissa Fox. It was publishe... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ROME, ITALY: Guest Post by Tom Scheaffer

  

  Rome, Italy. Romulus and Remus Statue,"the Capitoline Wolf". Traditional scholarship says the wolf-figure is Etruscan, 5th century BC. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2018 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR TALK at the PLATT LIBRARY, West Hills, CA

  

  With Jennifer Best, Teacher (left) and Susan Bougetz, Librarian (right)A week ago I had a very enjoyable author visit at the Platt Library in West Hills,... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SRI LANKA: Pearl of the Indian Ocean, Part II, Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

  

  Reclining Buddha at AnurhadapuraMy friend and fellow children's book writer Gretchen Woelfle recently returned from an exciting 16 day cycling trip in Sri Lanka. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2018 TRAVEL

• SCIENCE PROJECT LAYER CAKE--History of the Earth

  

  My grandson Lucas made an amazing edible work of art for his 8th grade science project - check out the orange skittles fossils, different sedimentary layers, an... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sri Lanka: Pearl of the Indian Ocean, Part I, Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

  

  Tea plantations cover the highlands of Sri LankaMy friend and fellow children's book writer Gretchen Woelfle recently returned from an exciting 16 day cycling... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2018 TRAVEL

• Author Visit at Porter Ranch Community School, Porter Ranch, CA

  

  Last week I had an enjoyable visit to Porter Ranch Community School in Porter Ranch, California, where I did three presentations--to third, fourth, and fifth... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PATAGONIA: Torres Del Paine O Route, Guest Post by Owen Floody

  

  Torees del Paine National Park, ChileOur friend Owen Floody has embarked on numerous treks in the past year and a half, including a return trip to Patagonia.... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2018 TRAVEL

• School Visits in Winston-Salem, NC

  

  Bookmarks, Winston-Salem, NCLast Wednesday I had two very successful school visits in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sponsored by Bookmarks, a local nonprofit... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MAMMOTHS: GIANTS OF THE ICE AGE at the Australian Museum, Sydney

  

  I never expected to see mammoths wooly or otherwise in Australia, a continent where mammoths never lived. But on my recent trip to Sydney I had the opportunity... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2018 TRAVEL

• HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6 is a CYBILS WINNER for Elementary Non-Fiction

  

  HURRAY! Hatching Chicks in Room 6 is the winner of the 2017 Cybils Award for Elementary Non-Fiction. I am delighted. Many thanks to all the judges! Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• JAPAN: A Ride on the Bullet Train, from the Memoir of Aunt Carolyn

  

  Bullet Train, Tokyo, JapanMy 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 19 February 2018 TRAVEL

• AUTHOR VISIT at Circle View School, Author Festival, Huntington Beach, CA

  

  Autographing books at the library at the Huntington Beach Author Festival Tuesday January 30th was the annual Author Festival in Huntington Beach, California. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE