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• Celebrating 20,000 Views!

  This week the number of views of this blog passed the 20,000 mark! Hooray! I'm pleased to know that there is an audience for news about my books and art and... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kristin Fontichiaro and Roger Sutton at the CLC Spring Workshop in South Pasadena

  

  Last Saturday I went to hear Kristin Fontichiaro, Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media Program at the University of... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HAWAII’S BIG ISLAND: The Kona Side

  

  Kona, Hawaii, King Kamekameha HeiauA little over a year ago, in April, I was in Hawaii with Art, who was attending a conference. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 TRAVEL

• Too Hot? Too Cold? at Children's Book of the Month Club

  

  I just learned that my book, Too Hot? Too Cold? is now available at the Children's Book of the Month Club. "Offering members exclusive access to a rigorously... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TANZANIA, African Wildlife Up Close, Guest Post by Owen Floody

  

  Playful lion cubs, Lobo area of Serengeti National ParkIn December 2012, our friend Owen Floody went to northern Tanzania, traveling with his wife, several... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 TRAVEL

• Mixed-Up Animal Writing and Art Activity

  

  My two tall tale books, The Terrible Hodag and the Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers, feature a creature with the “head of an ox, feet of a bear, back of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ALASKA IN WINTER: Anchorage and Valdez

  

  Anchorage, Alaska. View from jogging trailMost people don’t go to Alaska in the winter unless they are into winter sports, are fans of the Ititarod, or, in my... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 TRAVEL

• A WARMER WORLD, Now in Korean

  

  I recently received a copy of my book A WARMER WORLD translated into Korean. I am always thrilled to see my books translated into other languages and often... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Patrick Blanc's Vertical Gardens, London

  

  Athenaeum Hotel, London. More than 12,000 plants cover its walls.On the front of the Athenaeum Hotel in London, a giant wall of plants climbs to the sky, formin... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 TRAVEL

• Celebrate Earth Day!

  

  Next Monday, April 22nd, is Earth Day! Celebrate by doing something to help our planet. Here's a repeat of my post on A Warmer World. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Edinburgh and Dunkeld, Scotland: Castles, Georgian Homes, and MacBeth

  

  Entrance to Edinburgh Castle, Scotland(This is an excerpt from my diary of our London trip in the fall of 1998 when we did a short trip to Edinburgh,... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 TRAVEL

• ALASKA: Conference Talk and Projects with Children

  

  View of Valdez Harbor from the Conference CenterAt the end of March I went to Alaska to speak at the Alaska Library Association conference in Valdez and to do... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ROOM WITH A VIEW: Two Year Anniversary of The Intrepid Tourist

  

  Isle of Mull (Inner Hebrides, Scotland)--view from the front door of our country hotel, Tiroran House. Two years ago, I launched The Intrepid Tourist as an... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 TRAVEL

• Libraries in the Los Angeles Area

  One of the top reasons for why I became an author is that it gives me a reason to spend time in one of my favorite places--the public library! Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FESTIVAL, Warrensburg, Missouri

  

  Panda and book centerpieceImagine 40 children's book authors and illustrators plus 4000 children and their teachers all talking about reading, writing and... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• PILTDOWN MAN: 100 Year Old Fossil Hoax, Natural History Museum, London

  

  Piltdown Fossils on display at the Natural History Museum, LondonA little over 100 years ago, in December 1912, the British Museum announced the discovery of... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE, TRAVEL

• Wiggle and Waggle: Reading, Writing, Math and Art

  

  Wiggle and Waggle art project done by students at Parkside School, San Bernardino, CAAt one of my recent school visits, I went into a classroom and discovered... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT: A Jurassic Treasure Trove

  

  Excavating Apatosaurus vertebrae, Dinosaur National Monument, UtahIn 1908, Earl Douglass, a paleontologist from the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh,... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Author Visits and Workshops in North Carolina

  

  "Put the Stripes on the Zebra" by TDS KindergartenersLast week I had two very nice author visits in North Carolina. On Monday I spoke to a group of... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SAN FRANSICO BAY-DELTA MODEL, Sausalito, California

  

  One of my favorite places in the San Francisco Bay area (and unknown to most people) is the Bay Model, a working demonstration of water flow in and out of San... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 TRAVEL