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• UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley: A Plant Lover's Paradise

  

  Oak Knoll in the California SectionResearch and Conservation Nestled in the Berkeley hills, just above the Cal campus, more than 13,000 different species of... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 GARDENING, TRAVEL

• Puppet Parade, Hillsborough, NC

  

  Giant puppets are animated with large sticks.Picture giant handmade puppets, rollicking ragtime bands, performers on stilts, dancing troupes, and hundreds of... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 TRAVEL

• Make a Model of the Taj Mahal

  

  The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, is one of the wonders of the world. Built between 1632 and 1643, the Taj Mahal commemorates the love between Shah Jahan and his... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Taj Mahal

  

  The Taj Mahal, Agra, India The Taj Mahal: One of the Eight Wonders of the World (February 2000)In the spring of 2000, I was invited to India to do an author... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Taj Mahal: A Collaboration

  

  In the spring of 2000, I went to India to do an author visit at the American Embassy School in New Delhi and was taken to see the Taj Mahal. Despite all the... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• London: Highgate Cemetery, Victorian Splendor for the Departed

  

  Final Resting Place for the Famous(Excerpt from my diary of our three month stay in London in the fall of 1998.)Entrance to Highgate CemeteryOn Sunday afternoon... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• CLC Fall Gala and Book Award

  

  I was pleased to learn that my books, A Bald Eagle’s World, A Moose’s World, A Polar Bear’s World, and A Walrus’ World (from the Caroline Arnold’s Animals serie... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• London: Day Trip to Greenwich

  

  Boat Trip on the Thames (Excerpt from my diary of our three month stay in London in the fall of 1998.)Tower Bridge, LondonOur excursion on Saturday was a trip t... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Illustration Exhibit at Morris Graves Museum of Art

  

  Two of my cut paper illustrations, one from A Moose’s World and one from A Bald Eagle’s World are currently on exhibit at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tasmania, Part II: Cradle Mountain

  

  Cradle Mountain Lodge (March 1999) {Continuation of my August 22nd post.} Cradle Mountain gets its name from the distinctive "cradle" between its peaks. ... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 TRAVEL

• Me, Frida, Winner of the FOCAL Award

  

  This past spring I had the honor to serve on the committee to select a book for Friends of Children and Libraries (FOCAL) of LAPL (Los Angeles Public Library)... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

  

  The Steins Collect Entrance to SFMOMA San Francisco with Calder Sculpture above Imagine being a personal friend of Picasso, Matisse, Juan Gris and other avant... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2011 TRAVEL

• I Love Maps

  

  Sharing A Koala's World with a First Grade ClassI love maps. As a child, on long car trips, I followed the road maps we got at gas stations, noting the... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 BOOKS

• Tasmania, Part I: Hobart to Queenstown

  

  A Trip Back in Time (March 1999) Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania Last night we returned from a long weekend in Tasmania. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 TRAVEL

• Something About the Author

  Volume 228 of SATA (Something About the Author) Gale Publications, a reference book of children’s book authors and illustrators, is scheduled to be published... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Stone Mountain, Georgia: The Mount Rushmore of the South

  

  Stone Mountain State Park (August 2011)History, Nature, and Family Fun View of Stone Mountain and the Confederate Memorial Carving from terrace of Visitor Cente... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 TRAVEL

• Writer's Block Tip #34

  

  Are you stuck on your story? Do you have writer’s block? My friend Joanne Rocklin’s Anti-Block Blog is the perfect answer to solving the problem of what to... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Carrizo Plain: A Glimpse of California's Past

  

  A Day Exploring California's Grasslands (May 2011) Beginning in the early 1800's Spanish Missions used the land of the Carrizo Plain for grazing cattle. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 TRAVEL

• Curious Students

  

  Recently, I received a letter from students in a third grade class who wanted to know more about my writing process. Here are their questions and my answers:... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 BOOKS

• California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco

  

  JellyfishWhere can you see live sharks, colorful coral reefs, an albino alligator, a tropical rainforest, and a penguin colony all under one roof? At the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 TRAVEL