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• BLOG ROLL: Thanks, SCBWI, for Featuring My Blog!

  I am thrilled to have the Society of Children’s Bookwriters and and Illustrators (SCBWI) featuring my Art and Books blog on the current blog roll on the SCBWI... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• GIANT SEA REPTILES OF THE DINOSAUR AGE at the Natural History Museum of Los...

  

  Mosasaur skeleton from Kansas at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountySeveral years ago, when I was researching my book about giant sea reptiles, I... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 TRAVEL

• STARWALK KIDS MEDIA Acquired by Isabella Products, Inc.

  I am passing along the news that StarWalk Kids Media (digital publisher of 45 of my books) has just been acquired by Isabella Products, Inc. For more informatio... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ULURU: Australia's Aboriginal Heart Now Available at StarWalk Kids

  In the middle of the Australian continent, a huge sandstone rock rises more than a thousand feet from the flat desert floor. Formerly known as Ayers Rock, this... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WALK BY THE BAY at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park, San Francisco Bay, CA

  

  View of Golden Gate Bridge from Chavez Park in Eastshore State ParkOn New Year’s Day the weather was crisp and clear, so we decided to go for a walk on the... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 TRAVEL

• 180 Ways to Conquer Writer’s Block, at Author Joanne Rocklin’s Blog

  

  Do you want some great advice on how to conquer writer’s block and get answers to other questions every writer faces? Then go to Joanne Rocklin’s blog on her... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• UCLA Extension Writers' Program Celebrates 50 Years

  

  Wearing the Writers' Program 50th anniversary T-shirtThe UCLA Writers' Program was established in 1966 and is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• GIANT SQUID at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

  

  More than one hundred years ago, the French writer, Jules Verne, wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, about a fantastic voyage on a submarine called... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2016 TRAVEL

• FOCAL Award Luncheon, December 2015

  

  Puppets by Jesse Kingsley, depicting Sylvia Mendez in the book Separate is Not Equal by Duncan TonitiuhOn Saturday, December 12th, I attended the annual gala... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CALIFORNIA'S HIGHWAY 1: From San Simeon to Big Sur

  

  California coast near San SimeonCalifornia’s Route #1, from San Simeon to Big Sur, is the quintessential California coast highway, winding its way north from a... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2015 TRAVEL

• LA’s BEST Young Author’s Program at San Pascual School, Los Angeles

  

  Two weeks ago I spent a delightful hour with a group of very enthusiastic young authors in kindergarten and first grade at San Pascual Elementary School in Los... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Holidays

  

  When I was nine years old, my drama club at the Northeast Neighborhood House in Minneapolis put on a play at the annual children's Christmas party called The... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LA’s BEST Visit to Young Authors at Grant Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Coloring rain forest animalsTwo weeks ago I spent an hour with a group of very enthusiastic young authors in kindergarten and first grade at Grant Elementary... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Holidays!

  

  With best wishes for aHAPPY HOLIDAYandPEACEFUL NEW YEAR!Our beautiful ceramic Christmas ball made in Deruta, Italy, is a souvenir that reminds us of our travel... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 TRAVEL

• LA’s BEST Visit with Young Authors at Latona School, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Last week on Tuesday I enjoyed an hour with a group of aspiring young authors in the LA’s BEST after school program at Latona Elementary School in Los Angeles,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HORNBOOK REVIEW of A Day and Night in the Desert and A Day and Night in the...

  

  The Hornbook includes this very nice review of A Day and Night in the Desert and A Day and Night in the Rain Forest in its Nonfiction Notes section, Natural... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AFRICAN SAFARI in 1974, from the Memoir of Carolyn T. Arnold

  

  Carolyn and Guide on the Equator in KenyaMy husband Art’s Aunt Carolyn led tour groups all over the world, and in the summer of 1974 she took a group to Africa. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 TRAVEL

• CHILDREN’S WRITING WORKSHOP at Big Sur

  

  Andrea Brown and CarolineLast weekend I participated in the Children’s Writing Workshop, held at the Big Sur Lodge in Jules Pfeiffer State Park on beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BOOK FAIR Author Visit at Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills, CA

  

  With my books at the Hawthorne School Library Book FairOne evening last week I gave a presentation to Kindergarten through third grade children and their... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Walking the Trails in JOHNSTON MILL NATURE PRESERVE, Durham, NC

  

  Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Durham, North CarolinaOur visits to North Carolina to celebrate Thanksgiving with our daughter and her family always include walk... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 TRAVEL