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• GIRAFFE, with Photos by Richard Hewett, Now Available at StarWalk Kids

  

  Informative and engaging, Giraffe offers a close-up look at this gentle giant of the African plains. A clear text and forty extraordinary full-color... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2014 FOCAL AWARD: The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-loving Woman...

  

  Written by H. Joseph Hopkins, Illustrated by Jill McElmurryFOCAL (Friends of Children and Libraries, the support group of the Children’s programs of the Los... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CLOISONNE, MING TOMBS and THE GREAT WALL, Beijing, China (Day 2)

  

  Great Wall of China, BadalingThe following is an excerpt from the diary of our trip to China July, 1995. We were traveling with three friends, spending five day... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 TRAVEL

• LLAMA is Now Available at StarWalk Kids

  

  Llama offers youngsters a close-up view of these gentle, elegant-looking natives of the high Andean plateaus. They are used to transport goods in places where... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SPONGE SPROUTER: Garden Activity for Young Children

  

  One of my first illustration assignments was for a book about gardening activities with children. At that time, most books for children were illustrated with... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BEHEI PARK, Beijing, China (Day 1)

  

  Behei Park, BeijingThe following is an excerpt from the diary of our trip to China July, 1995. We were traveling with three friends, spending five days in... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 TRAVEL

• PTEROSAURS: Rulers of the Skies in the Dinosaur Age Now Available at StarWalk...

  

  One hundred million years ago, the skies were filled with enormous flying reptiles. With wing spans up to nearly forty feet, pterosaurs were one of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CARROT PLANTER: Garden Activity for Young Children

  

  One of my first illustration assignments was for a book about gardening activities with children. At that time, most books for children were illustrated with... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE LIBERTY BELL, BEN FRANKLIN, and More: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  

  The Liberty Bell, cast in 1753 by John Pass and John Stow for the Pennsylvania State HouseThe Liberty Bell, with its famous crack, has long been a symbol of... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 TRAVEL

• SEED TOP-POPPER: Garden Activity for Young Children

  

  One of my first illustration assignments was for a book about gardening activities with children. At that time, most books for children were illustrated with... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE BIGGEST BELL IN CHINA, Beijing, China

  

  The Great Bell of Beijing is rung to welcome the New Year and to celebrate the full moon.More than six centuries ago, in the year 1402, the great Ming emperor,... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 TRAVEL

• THREE OF MY DINOSAUR BOOKS Now at StarWalk Kids

  

  Three more of my books have been added to the growing catalogue of books at StarWalk Kids Media. They are:Dinosaur Mountain: The 1909 discovery of bones... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• EGG HEAD: Garden Activity for Young Children

  

  One of my first illustration assignments was for a book about gardening activities with children. At that time, most books for children were illustrated with... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ISTANBUL FOOD TOUR: From Pide to Locum, Guest Post by Kathryn Morhman

  

  Pide, a pizza-like bread made in IstanbulMy friend, Kathryn Mohrman, an avid and excellent photographer, visited Turkey earlier this year when she was on her wa... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 TRAVEL

• ABFFE Children's Book Art Auction A Big Success! (repost from ABFFE)

  NEW YORK, NY, June 18, 2014 -The two auctions of children's book art that were held in conjunction with this year's BookExpo America were a great success, the... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Brockton Avenue Pre-K Class: Winner of the Million Word Challenge

  Two weeks ago I did an author visit at Brockton Avenue Elementary with 43 enthusiastic children in Ms. Cotten and Ms. Nieman's Pre-K class, winner of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CEDAR RAPIDS MUSEUM OF ART, IOWA: Grant Wood, Conger Metcalf, Mauricio Lasansky...

  

  Corn Cob Chandelier for Iowa Corn Room. Grant Wood (February 13, 1891-February 12, 1942) is Iowa's most famous artist and one of the most celebrated American... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 TRAVEL

• The Peace Run Torch Bearer Award

  

  Peace Run Torch Bearer Medal and T-ShirtTo change the world around you,Give the worldWhat you haveAnd serve the worldWith what you are. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TREKKING IN PATAGONIA, Guest Post by Owen Floody

  

  Cerro Torre, Las Glaciares Park, ArgentinaOur friend Owen Floody did a trekking and photo tour of Patagonia in Chile and Argentina this spring. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 TRAVEL

• MOTHER AND BABY PANDA PRINT in ABFFE ART AUCTION

  

  Mother and Baby Panda Print at ABFFE Auction, June 2014An auction of more than 50 pieces of art created for children's books launched on eBay yesterday, the... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE