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• FOCAL Award Luncheon, Honoring ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams Garcia

  

  Luncheon table centerpiece for One Crazy Summer, depicting the palm tree next to Cecile's house in Oakland, her poetry, a replica of Delphine's Timex watch, a... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PANDA Now at StarWalk Kids as an E-Book

  

  This December the StarWalk Kids Media eBook collection is adding even more eBooks by their authors and illustrators. Here is a list of some of the new entries... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE U.S.S. POTOMAC: FDR’s “Floating White House”, Port of Oakland, CA

  

  The USS Potomac, FDR's Presidential Yacht, docked in Oakland, CAThe USS Potomac, a 165-foot vessel originally built for the Coast Guard, served as Franklin... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 TRAVEL

• Too Hot? Too Cold? OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOK

  

  I was thrilled to learn that my book, Too Hot? Too Cold? is on the recently announced NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) Outstanding Science Trade... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• MEGALODON at the Raleigh Natural Science Museum, North Carolina: Jaws of a...

  

  Model of the jaws of Megalodon at the Raleigh Museum of Natural ScienceImagine a giant shark twice as big as the modern-day great white shark, with razor-sharp... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 TRAVEL

• ABFFE Holiday Art Auction: Illustration from A KILLER WHALE'S WORLD Helping...

  

  Illustration for pages 8-9, A Killer Whale's World (PictureWindow Books, 2006)A full-size print of an illustration from my book A Killer Whale's World will be... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CHIHULY GLASS SCULPTURES, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona, Guest Post...

  

  Chiluly Sculpture, Phoenix AZ Botanical GardenCathy Bonnell is a good friend who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a retired elementary school librarian who... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 TRAVEL

• Activities: Holiday Projects at Mrs. Saint Nick's, Ann Paul's New Blog for Her...

  

  Hand-made gifts are the best kind of presents. For some wonderful and easy-to-make holiday gifts go to the Mrs. Saint Nick, Countdown to a Stress-Free... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SKARA BRAE, a Prehistoric Stone Age Village in Scotland's Orkney Islands

  

  The ruins of Skara Brae face the Bay of SkaillOn a windswept island at the northern tip of Scotland, thick, stone walls lie half buried by the edge of the sea. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 TRAVEL

• The FOCAL Award Committee: We Have a Winner!

  

  Being on the FOCAL Award committee is a little like being in a book club. We read lots of books, talk about them–often with great passion–and then have the... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Celebrating 50,000 Page Views!

  

  Hurray! Today marks a total of 50,000 all time page views of The Intrepid Tourist! Thanks to all of you who have been reading my posts! Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 TRAVEL

• FALL GALA: Children's Literature Council of Southern California (CLCSC)

  

  Last Saturday, November 9th, I attended the 52nd annual Fall Gala of the Children's Literature Council of Southern California (formerly SCCLCYP) at the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan

  

  Pyramid of the Sun, TeotihuacanOn the central plateau of Mexico, just outside Mexico City, lie the ruins of another great city, the ancient ceremonial complex o... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 TRAVEL

• Live Video of CALIFORNIA CONDORS

  

  The Ventana Wildlife Society has recently posted a live video cam of a condor feeding site near Big Sur. Carcasses are regularly provided so the large vultures... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LITERACY: PASSPORT TO THE WORLD, California Reading Association PDI at Sonoma...

  

  Caroline at the Signing TableI just got back from the California Reading Association PDI at Sonoma State (November 1-2) where I gave a talk and did a book... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FICTION OR NONFICTION: What's Best for Your Story? UCLA Extension Writer’s...

  

  My Writer's Program T-shirt!Enrollment for Winter Quarter classes in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program opens November 4, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sicily, Part II: VOLCANOES and TRAFFIC. Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

  

  Stromboli ExplosionMy friend Gretchen Woelfle recently went to Sicily and sent me this report. Part I, last week, focused on cathedrals and ancient ruins. This... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 TRAVEL

• AUTHORS AHOY! School Visits and More in Beautiful Humboldt County, CA

  

  I am just back from Eureka, CA, and the wonderful Humboldt County Children's Author's Festival--great schools, great people, great authors and illustrators,... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WANDERING THROUGH SICILY, Part I, Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

  

  Mosaics, Cathedral MonrealeMy friend Gretchen Woelfle recently went to Sicily and sent me this report. Gretchen is a fellow children’s book author whose recent... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 TRAVEL

• Art Exhibit, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA

  

  I am pleased to have two of my pieces of original art for my books, A Polar Bear's World and A Walrus' World on display at the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka,... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE