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• Save the Date: Book Signing at the Orange County Children’s Book Festival,...

  

  Please join me on Oct 1st, 2017, at The Orange County Children’s Book Festival located at The Orange Coast College where I will be signing books in the SCBWI... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FICTION Versus NONFICTION: What Do Young Children Prefer?

  One of my favorite writers, Melissa Stewart, has just published a terrific article on her blog, Celebrate Science, about the reading preferences of children in... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• YOSEMITE VALLEY JUNE: Water, Water Everywhere

  

  Yosemite National Park, Path to Bridal Veil FallsYosemite National Park, the most visited national park in the nation, never fails to impress and, even when... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 TRAVEL

• BEDTIME STORY JAM: Westwood Charter School, Los Angeles, CA

  

  At Westwood Charter School ready for my Story Jam Presentation On Friday evening I was one of ten authors participating in the Bedtime Story Jam at Westwood... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SANTA CRUZ, California: A Walk Along the Cliff

  

  View from the cliff, Santa Cruz, CaliforniaTwo weeks ago I drove from Oakland to Santa Cruz, on the California coast, for lunch and a visit with a friend who ha... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 TRAVEL

• IMAGINE II, VIP Reception, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA

  

  At the IMAGINE II exhibit, underneath my art from A Day and Night in the DesertOn Saturday evening I attended the gala VIP reception for illustrators and... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fifty Hands and Fifty Feet: Drawing Exercise

  

  When I was in art school, our first homework assignment in life drawing class was to draw fifty hands. Then fifty feet. Besides the face, hands and feet are... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• GLACIER NATIONAL PARK: A Bad Day at Logan Pass (not Really) Guest Post by...

  

  Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), Glacier National ParkMy friend and fellow children's book author Caroline Hatton and her husband visited Glacier National... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 TRAVEL

• Oakland Public Library Teen Room

  Last week I went with my eleven-year-old granddaughter to the Oakland Public Library so she could return her books and check out new ones. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FOUR YOUNG DANCERS by Edgar Degas

  

  Young Dancer by Edgar Degas, Art Institute of ChicagoOn a recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, I met, once again, the famous sculpture of a young dance... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 TRAVEL

• AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS is Now a Kindle Book

  

  My book, AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS is now available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle. It was originally published by HarperCollins in 2000 and is out of print. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Chicago River Cruise: MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURE

  

  Chicago SkyscrapersNo one who visits Chicago can fail to be impressed by the soaring skyscrapers and other large historic buildings that crowd the downtown. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2017 TRAVEL

• National Geographics and an Urban Native Plant Garden at Esperanza School in...

  

  A week ago my 43 years of National Geographic magazines found a new home! Mrs. Oasay, a wonderful 5th grade teacher at Esperanza Elementary School in Los... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WATCHING A SOLAR ECLIPSE, from SUN FUN by Caroline Arnold

  

  Pinhole eclipse viewer, from Sun Fun, text and illustrations by Caroline ArnoldMy book SUN FUN, originally published in 1981 and now available as an ebook on... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE: From Paperweights to Impressionists and More

  

  Two stately lions guard the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States, and one of my favorites. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 TRAVEL

• IMAGINE II: Illustrators Art Exhibition

  

  A Day and Night in the Desert, 9:00 am I am pleased to have two pieces of art from my book A Day and Night in the Desert in IMAGINE II: The Art of Children’s... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AFRICAN ANIMALS is Now a Kindle Book

  

  My book, AFRICAN ANIMALS is now available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle. It was originally published by Morrow Junior Books in 1997 and is out of print. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• EXTREME MAMMALS: Odd Creatures, Unusual Features at the Natural History Museum o...

  

  Model of Indricotherium at the Natural History Museum of LA CountyImagine a furry creature more than fifteen feet tall living in your back yard–but only if you... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 TRAVEL

• A Walk in the Desert Snap Words

  

  Vocabulary words from my book A Walk in the Desert flash on the screen in this YouTube video for children to recognize and read. The video is by Sharon... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Washington, D.C. MUSEUMS ON THE MALL

  

  Alexander Calder mobile at the entrance to the East Wing of the National Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. is a city designed for tourists,... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2017 TRAVEL