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• 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

• HAWAII: Kauai and Kona, Guest Post by Sara Kras

  

  Island of Kauai, HawaiiMy friend and fellow children’s book writer Sara Kras recently returned from a trip to Hawaii with her husband Joe. She has graciously... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 TRAVEL

• My Book PETS WITHOUT HOMES: How an Idea Was Born

  

  Recently, I was cleaning out boxes and found the text for my acceptance speech from from 1984, when my book Pets Without Homes was named a Golden Kite honor boo... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MONGOLIA’S WILD PRZEWALSKI HORSES: Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Przewalski horse, MongoliaMy friend and fellow children’s book writer Caroline Hatton visited Mongolia in June of 2015. Caroline has always been fascinated... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 TRAVEL

• Sailing the High Seas of the Publishing World

  

  The following is an excerpt from a talk that I gave at the SCBWI-LA Writer’s Day in 2006.I know almost nothing about sailing and can count on one hand the numbe... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MILL CITY MUSEUM: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  

  View from deck on top floor of the Mill City MuseumEven though I grew up in Minneapolis, I never appreciated how much the flour milling industry contributed to... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 TRAVEL

• Coloring Page: Desert 6:00 AM

  

  Tap-tap, tap-tap! Tap-tap, tap-tap!It is an early spring morning in the Sonoran desert. A Gila woodpecker drills a hole in a saguaro cactus. The tall plant... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE