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• JOYS OF NONFICTION: A Retrospective on the Children’s Book Guild Award Winners

  

  An engraved glass cube is given to each awardeeIn 2005, I was honored to receive the Nonfiction Award from the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C., which... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Australia's LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK: A Birdwatcher's Paradise

  

  View of Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia from O'Reilly's(April, 1999. Excerpt from my Melbourne diary, written during our three month stay in... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 TRAVEL

• Project: Teotihuacan Mask

  

  Paper mask inspired by stone mask found at TeotihuacanNot far from Mexico City, lie the ruins of another great city, Teotihuacan, the center of an ancient... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Queensland Museum, Koalas, and More

  

  Botanical Garden, Brisbane, Australia(April, 1999. Excerpt from my Melbourne diary, written during our three month stay in Australia. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 TRAVEL

• Junior Library Guild Selection: TOO HOT? TOO COLD?

  

  I just learned that my new book Too Hot? Too Cold? has been selected for the Junior Library Guild fall 2012 list. The Junior Library Guild designation is... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2012 BOOKS

• NORTON SIMON MUSEUM, Pasadena, California

  

  Norton Siimon Museum, Pasadena, California, view from sculpture gardenOn a recent Sunday afternoon we visited the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, one of my... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 TRAVEL

• ICEFALL by Matthew Kirby, Winner of the PEN Award

  

  I was honored this year to be one of the judges for the 2012 PEN Center USA Literary Awards for Children's Literature. With the other judges, writers Jamie Lee... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WRITERS' and ARTISTS' HIDEOUTS: Great Getaways for Seducing the Muse by Andrea...

  

  The Berwood Hill Inn, Lanesboro, MNMy friend and agent Andrea Brown’s book Writers’ and Artists’ Hideouts: Great Getaways for Seducing the Muse is a wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2012 TRAVEL

• New Book! YOUR SKELETAL SYSTEM, Revised and Updated

  

  The skeletal system is made up of about two hundred and six bones. But what exactly is a bone? And how do bones help your body function? Explore the skeletal... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• EPHESUS, TURKEY: The Temple of Artemis, Wonder of the Ancient World

  

  Remains of the Temple of Artemis, Selkuk, TurkeyIn May, I went to Istanbul for a writer's workshop. One of our writing exercises was to take a favorite picture... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 TRAVEL

• Illustrator Ethan Long's "Hand Birds"

  

  Last week I had the opportunity to meet Ethan Long, the talented illustrator of Ann Paul’s Iguana books (Tortuga in Trouble, Count on Culebra, Fiesta Fiasco,... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Letter from Istanbul

  

  Dome of the Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, TurkeyIn May, I went to Istanbul for a writer's workshop. One of our writing exercises was to use the form of a letter,... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 TRAVEL

• Project: Paper Plate Animals

  

  Paper plates may have been invented for eating, but they make great beginnings for art projects of all kinds. In my school visits I have seen many creative use... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ENO RIVER STATE PARK, Durham, NC: A Place to Enjoy Nature

  

  Eno River, North CarolinaThe Eno River is a swift, shallow stream that flows for 33 miles through Orange and Durham counties in North Carolina. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 TRAVEL

• Can You Roar Like a Lion? Noisytime for Zoo Animals Activity

  

  What kind of noises do animals make? A lion roars. A cheetah snarls. An elephant rumbles. A sea lion barks. Each animal “talks” in its very own way.Learn about... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ISTANBUL: A Food Lover's Delight

  

  PomegranatesThere are many reasons to go to Turkey, but one of them is the food. The shops and markets are full of fresh fruit and vegetables, fish caught in th... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2012 TRAVEL

• Cooking Up Reading: Mealtime for Zoo Animals

  

  What do zoo animals eat? They eat some of the same foods you do. They eat other things too. Young orangutans love to munch on raw broccoli. Here is a broccoli... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Angel Island: History and Nature in the Middle of San Francisco Bay

  

  Angel Island Ferry Landing and view of Visitor CenterAngel Island sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay, a short ferry ride from San Francisco, Oakland, or... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Project: Curly-Cue Snakes

  

  Several years ago I did a school visit and went into a kindergarten class. Suspended from the ceiling were all sorts of paper snakes, each with a different... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grinnell, Iowa: A Small Midwestern Town with Roots in the Past

  

  Grinnell, Iowa, 4th and Main Grinnell’s downtown, a block of mostly two-story brick storefronts, is on the National Register of Historic PlacesIn early June, Ar... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 TRAVEL