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• CLC Fall Gala: Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann Featured Speakers

  

  Last Saturday I attended the Children's Literature Council of Southern California (CLC) 51st Fall Gala at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Going "Batty": Activity

  

  Bats have an amazing sense of hearing and can detect sounds far above the range of human hearing. These high pitched sounds are called ultrasounds. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 BOOKS

• THE MURALS OF MAXO VANKA, Millvale, Pennsylvania. Guest Post by Lester Scheaffer

  

  St. Nicholas Church, Millvale, PA with murals by Maxo VankaSeventy-five years ago, Croatian artist Maximilian Vanka completed the murals inside St. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, TRAVEL

• PEN Literary Awards Festival: Meeting Matthew Kirby, Author of Icefall

  In my September 5th post I wrote about Icefall, by Matthew Kirby, winner of the PEN award for Children's/Young Adult Literature. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Educator Reception at Barnes and Noble: Meeting Teachers and Librarians

  

  At Educator Reception, Barnes and Noble, Valencia, CA with Laurisa Reyes and Greg TrineOn Saturday, October 13th, I participated in an Educator Reception at... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Montana: A Place to Renew Your Spirit

  

  Hidden Lake, Glacier National Park, MontanaRecently, I came upon an article about Glacier National Park promoting it as a place to go in the fall to renew your... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• New Life for OP Books at StarWalk Kids Media

  

  At StarWalk Reader, the child can choose the reading mode--Read to Me, Let Me Read, or Auto PlayI was delighted by the launch of StarWalk Kids Media Digital... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, SCHOOLING

• BERLIN and POTSDAM: Brandenburg Gate, Sans Souci, Marble Castle, October 1998

  

  Potsdam, San Souci, former summer palace of Frederick the Great(Entry from my London Diary, October 5, 1998) Last night we returned from a four-day trip to... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 TRAVEL

• Easter Island: Captions Add Information

  

  Perhaps the most exotic site I’ve ever visited is Easter Island in the South Pacific, where I went to photograph and research my book, Easter Island: Giant Ston... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• FAIRFIELD, IOWA, Mailboxes and More: Guest Post by Barbara Siebenschuh

  

  "American Gothic" Mailbox, Fairfield, IowaMy friend Barbara Siebenschuh, classmate (Grinnell College) and roommate (University of Iowa), who still lives in... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, SELF EXPRESSION

• VIDEO for A WARMER WORLD

  My friend Alfred Zerfas offered to make a video promo of my book, A Warmer World: From Polar Bears to Butterflies How Climate Change Affects Wildlife. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Easter Island's Giant Statues: How Did They Move Them?

  

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  Posted on 01 October 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• 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