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• September in UMBRIA, ITALY, Part 3: Assisi

  

  Assisi, approach to the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis It was our fourth day in Umbria, and we headed for Assisi, about a forty minute drive from... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 TRAVEL

• Hispanic Heritage Month: Great Books at StarWalk Kids Media

  

  Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15 is the perfect time to check out the broad selection of eBooks at StarWalk Kids Media – picture books,... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The 63rd Annual BREAKFAST WITH THE AUTHORS, Santa Barbara, CA

  

  Mary Ann Fraser, James Burks, Joan Bransfield Graham, Greg Trine, Caroline Arnold, Rebecca Langston-George at the Breakfast With the Authors, Santa Barbara,... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• September in UMBRIA, ITALY, Part 2: Lake Trasimeno and Isola Polvese

  

  View from Isola Polvese across Lake TrasimenoLake Trasimeno, located in the northwest corner of Umbria, is the fourth largest lake in Italy and about an hour’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 TRAVEL

• MY FIRST LIBRARY: Hennepin County Library Northeast

  

  At the Hennepin County Library Northeast in Minneapolis, MinnesotaLast week, when I was in Minnesota for the celebration of the East Side Neighborhood Services... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• September in UMBRIA, ITALY, Part 1: Perugia and Deruta

  

  Piazza in front of the Duomo in Perugia; the fountain, Fontana Maggiore, is decorated with dozens of carved stone figuresWe love traveling to Italy for its... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 TRAVEL

• Coloring Page: Jaguar

  

  In the Amazon rain forest, jaguars slip through shadows on silent paws. Their spots help them hide. When a jaguar gets close to its prey, it pounces and bites i... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ZION and ARCHES NATIONAL PARKS, Utah. Guest Post by Tom Scheaffer

  

  Arches National Park, UtahMy brother Tom Scheaffer recently traveled with a friend from California to the East Coast and stopped in Zion and Arches National... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 TRAVEL

• What i Like Best About Being a Writer

  Anyone who works with children knows the insatiable curiosity every child has about the world we live in and how everything in it works. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PAINTING SET FREE: J.M.W. Turner Exhibit at the De Young Museum, San Francisco,...

  

  Snow Storm–Steam-Boat off a Harbor’s Mouth by J.M.W. Turner Several weeks ago, when we were in the Bay Area, we made a special trip into San Francisco to see th... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 TRAVEL

• SEPARATE IS NEVER EQUAL: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight For Desegregation...

  

  The FOCAL Award for 2015 has just been announced. The book is Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight For Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MONGOLIA’S WELCOMING GERS (YURTS) – Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Sunset over tourist ger camp, Mongolia My friend and fellow children’s book writer Caroline Hatton shares some notes from her June 2015 trip to Mongolia. To fin... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 TRAVEL

• SAVE THE DATE for the Breakfast With the Authors, October 3rd, in Santa...

  The 63rd Annual Breakfast With the Authors will be held Saturday, October 3rd, 2015, 10 am to 1 pm at the Santa Barbara County Education Office, 4400 Cathedral... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PROJECT: Butterfly Life Cycle with Pasta

  

  A butterfly’s life cycle begins with an egg, which hatches into a caterpillar, which develops into a chrysalis and then metamorphosizes into a butterfly. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MONTREAL: A Week During the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Guest Post by Paige Arnold

  

  Soccer Game: France vs KoreaIn June 2015, my granddaughter Paige (age 9) and her parents spent a week in Montreal, Canada, during the FIFA Women’s World Cup... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 TRAVEL

• Butterfly Art Project: Learning About Symmetry

  

  On a recent visit to a kindergarten class I found out that they were learning about insects and how the wings of butterflies and moths are symmetrical. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pakistan: GILGIT PROVINCE, Part 2: Punial and Naltar, From the Memoir of...

  

  Punial Estate in Chitral ProvinceMy husband’s Aunt Carolyn traveled to Pakistan in the 1970's. The following are excerpts from her memoir of her travels. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 TRAVEL

• My Books Now Available in GERMAN

  

  I was thrilled to discover that fourteen of my books published by StarWalk Kids Media have been translated into German and are available as Kindle books on... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pakistan, GILGIT PROVINCE, Part 1: Rawalpindi, Murree, Gilgit, From the Memoir o...

  

  View from the Cockpit, Flight over the Himalayas to ChitralMy husband’s Aunt Carolyn traveled to Pakistan in the 1970's. The following are excerpts from her... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 TRAVEL

• Coloring Page: TOUCANS in the Amazon Rain Forest

  

  Did you know that a toucan's loud call can be heard up to a half mile away in the Amazon rain forest? Toucans hop from branch to branch, looking for food. They... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE