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• Mesa Verde, Colorado

  

  Caroline and her brothers at Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde, 1958When I was fourteen years old, my family went on an extended summer camping trip from our home i... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 TRAVEL

• Leo Politi Award, California Readers

  

  The Leo Politi Golden Author Award is presented by California Readers to the California author who has had the most books in the California Collections over... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Oxfordshire: A Weekend in the English Countryside, Fall 1998

  

  Oxfordshire, Sheep Grazing(Excerpt from the London Diaries, September 1998) A Taste of Fall The weather has changed to more fall-like temperatures and there is ... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 TRAVEL

• Hooray for Nonfiction!

  Several weeks ago I took part in a terrific day-long conference, SCBWI CA North/Central’s first ever Non-Fiction Intensive. I was the keynote speaker and... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Japantown, San Francisco

  

  Paper lanterns at Soko Hardware, Japantown, San FranciscoWhen most people think of tourist destinations in San Francisco, they think of Chinatown. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Project: Icebergs and Sea Level

  

  Do you think melting icebergs raise the sea level? Do this experiment and find out.You will need: a glass bowl, water, ruler, ice cubes1. Pour water into the... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 SCIENCE

• London's Toynbee Hall: The First Settlement House

  

  Toynbee Hall is in London's East EndIn the summer and fall of 1998, during our three month stay in London, I paid a visit to Toynbee Hall, founded in 1884. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 TRAVEL

• NEW BOOK! A Warmer World

  

  Hurrah! Today is the official publication day of my new book, A Warmer World: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How Climate Change Affects Wildlife... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• London Museums, Fall 1998

  

  Natural History Museum, LondonHere are notes of some of my museum visits from my diary of our three month stay in London in the fall of 1998. London is packed... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 TRAVEL

• Meeting a "Real Live Author"

  

  When I was growing up, I never had the chance to meet a “real live author” and it never occurred to me that writing or illustrating books for children was... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Australia's Great Ocean Road

  

  View of the coast along the Great Ocean Road from our B and B in Apollo BayMarch 1999 (excerpt from my diary of our three month stay in Melbourne) Our expeditio... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 TRAVEL

• New Art Show at the Blue Dot

  

  On left, original cut paper illustrations for Who Has More? and Who Is Bigger?My art show is up at the Blue Dot Café in Alameda and last Saturday we had a livel... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Oakland Hills: Huckleberry Nature Trail

  

  A surprising amount of open space is found in the Oakland hills, making it possible to move in a short time from the densely urban sections of the city, to bein... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 TRAVEL

• My Art Process: From Sketch, to Collage, to Giclee Print

  

  My cut-paper collage illustrations are created by first drawing the animals, using photographs as a guide. I then cut paper into the necessary shapes before... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE

• China: Around the World in 50 Days with Sara Kras, Fall 2011 (Guest Post)

  

  My friend Sara Kras and her husband went on an amazing journey this fall, circling the world with stops in the Middle East, India, China and the Pacific. I thin... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 TRAVEL

• David Diaz: Ten Easy Steps to Draw a Face

  

  My drawing following David's guidelinesHow hard is it to draw a face? Not hard at all if you follow illustrator David Diaz’s ten easy steps! I recently watche... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CREATIVITY

• Paris Weekend, August 1998

  

  Paris: Rodin Museum with the ThinkerWoody Allen’s recent movie Midnight in Paris brought back memories of my one and only visit to Paris in August, 1998, when... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 TRAVEL

• Penguin Coloring Page

  

  Pair of Adelie Penguins at their NestOne of my favorite New Yorker cartoons depicts a penguin colony in which several penguins are posing while another is... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Muir Woods: California's Tallest Trees

  

  What is taller than the Statue of Liberty, weighs more than a big ship, and is the world’s tallest living thing? The answer: the coast redwood tree. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 TRAVEL

• A Book is a Present You Can Open Again and Again

  

  What could be a better gift than a book? A book is a present you can open again and again. I like to give books to everyone on my list, trying to find just the... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE