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• MOROCCO: Marrakech, Fes and Rabat, Guest Post by Kathryn Mohrman

  

  Marrakech has a number of spice shops in the medina (the old quarter). These blue canisters were more elaborate than the enticements of most of the shops. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 TRAVEL

• Zoo Animal Series Now Digital

  

  These six books in my Zoo Animals series were published by Carolrhoda (Lerner) in 1999 but have been out of print for some time. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 BOOKS

• Too Hot? Too Cold?: Top Picks from the Editors at Junior Library Guild

  

  In today's School Library Journal, my book Too Hot? Too Cold? is featured in the article On the Radar: Top Picks from the Editors at Junior Library Guild: New... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• GETTY MUSEUM, Los Angeles: An Outdoor View

  

  Recently, on a stormy fall day, we decided to take our visiting relatives to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, figuring that on a rainy day, it would be the... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 TRAVEL

• SNEEZES AND SNIFFLES –New Book for Grade 3 Reading Program

  

  Your head hurts. Your nose drips. You can’t stop sneezing. You have a cold! My new little book, Sneezes and Sniffles, answers kids questions about colds and... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BULLFIGHTING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE: The Course Comarge, Guest Post by Gwen Dandridge

  

  Bull Fighting in Marsillargues, FranceMy friend Gwen Dandridge sent me this post about the amazing bull fights typical of the southern France Comargue region,... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 TRAVEL

• FOCAL Award Luncheon: Joanne Rocklin and One Day and One Amazing Morning on...

  

  Joanne Rocklin autographing books at the FOCAL luncheonLast Saturday, January 12th, was the luncheon to honor the winner of the FOCAL Award, presented annually... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• XIAN, CHINA: Ancient Capital with Terracotta Soldiers and More

  

  Ancient City Gates, Xian, ChinaThis is a look at a trip from the past, China in 1995, when we visited Shanghai, Beijing, and Xian. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 TRAVEL

• StarWalk Kids Review on SLJ EBook Toolkit

  

  StarWalk Kids Media, which features nine of my books in its catalogue and will soon have more, received an extremely positive technical review (including a vide... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 BOOKS, TECH

• Starred Review for TOO HOT? TOO COLD?

  

  I was thrilled to learn that my new book, TOO HOT? TOO COLD: Keeping Body Temperature Just Right, has just received a starred review in Kirkus (January 15,... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 BOOKS

• ANZA BORREGO STATE PARK, California: Desert Wildlife and More

  

  I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it was not until I moved to California as an adult that I had any extended contact with the desert. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 TRAVEL

• The Writing Process: Beginnings and Endings

  

  Beginnings: The beginning of your book creates the first impression. If you don’t grab your reader’s attention on the opening page, it doesn’t matter what else... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CONNECTING CULTURES: Mobile Museum Brings the World to Kids

  

  On a recent visit to my neighborhood middle school (Palms Middle School, Los Angeles, CA) I walked into the library and was amazed to discover that it had been... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 TRAVEL

• Holiday Cookies: Artistic and Delicious! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

  

  Sugar cookies ready to go into the ovenA favorite activity of the holiday season is baking cookies. A tradition at our house has always been making sugar... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Folk Art from the Czech Republic: A Christmas Creche

  

  Paper Cut-Out Creche from the Czech RepublicHAPPY HOLIDAYS 2012!Note: This piece was originally posted in December 2010 on my Art and Books blog. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 TRAVEL

• The Writing Process: One Idea Leads to Another

  

  I frequently discover ideas for a new books as I am working on other projects. What is mentioned as a passing fact in one book later turns out to be the main... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Melbourne Zoo and Healesville Animal Sanctuary, Melbourne, Australia

  

  Echidnas at the Melbourne Zoo(Here is one of my diary entries from our three-month stay in Melbourne in 1999.)Last week I made my first visit to the Melbourne... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 TRAVEL

• Project: LITERACY CHAIN

  

  On one of my school visits, I went into the library and found it festooned with paper chains. When I looked closer, I saw that each link had the name of a book... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CHABOT SPACE and SCIENCE CENTER: Oakland, California

  

  Explore the Solar System at the Chabot Space and Science Center Have you ever wanted to try on an Apollo mission space suit, crawl through a “black hole”, or... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 TRAVEL

• Author of the Month at UNABRIDGED

  

  Check out the Charlesbridge Publishing blog, Unabridged, where I am the Author of the Month for December! I write about the background for my upcoming book Too... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE