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• The Africa Trip, 40th Anniversary

  

  Caroline and Jennifer (age 18 months), Uganda, 1971Trip of a Lifetime, East Africa, 1971 In 1971, my husband, Art, along with four other graduate students at... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 TRAVEL

• StoryFaire, Santa Barbara

  

  Authors Jody Fickes, Caroline Arnold and Joan Graham at StoryFaire, Santa Barbara, April 30, 2011On a sunny Saturday two weeks ago, along with about a dozen... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Walking the Cornwall Coast: Part I

  

  A Week of Fresh Air and Ancient History (September 1998)View of Tintagel from End of Rocky ValleyThe slate cliffs of the Cornwall coast stretched for miles to... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 TRAVEL

• Walking the Cornwall Coast: Part II

  

  Heading NorthLifeboat Station, Mother Ivey's BayOur second night was spent in Padstow, a quaint fishing village tucked into the side of the long estuary of the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 TRAVEL

• Wiggle and Waggle Stick Puppets

  

  Recently, I visited my granddaughter’s kindergarten class and read my book Wiggle and Waggle. The children all loved singing the “Digging Song” and afterward... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Scilly Holiday, Seriously: Part I

  

  An Idyllic Island Off the Radar Screen for Most Americans (August 2003)Heather and Ruins on TrescoShipwrecks, ancient ruins, fresh air, and an easy day’s journe... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 TRAVEL

• Turning a Jumble of Facts into an Idea

  

  When I was a child, my favorite lunch was Campbell’s alphabet soup. I loved to fish out the noodle letters and arrange them on my plate until they spelled a... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Scilly Holiday, Seriously: Part II

  

  (A continuation of my previous blog.)Harbor at St. Mary'sLow Key EntertainmentMost entertainment on the Scillies is home-grown. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2011 TRAVEL

• Battle of Gettysburg

  

  Reliving History (July 1997)The hot July sun beat down on the sloping field in southern Pennsylvania, just as it had on July 1-3, 1863 when the Battle of... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2011 TRAVEL

• Books Give You Someplace to Go

  

  I don’t read the comics on a regular basis, but last week I opened the newspaper (I still get an actual paper newspaper!) to the comics page and saw a... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How Do We Get Ideas?

  

  On occasion, they come full blown in a sudden flash of insight. More often, though, they evolve a little bit at a time. My recent book, Global Warming and the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Etsy Anniversary

  

  February marked the one year anniversary of the launching of my Etsy gallery, CarolineArnoldArt, offering cards and prints of my book illustrations. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Read, Know, Grow: Support School Libraries

  

  Some time ago, I donated a piece of my art from my book A Panda's World to help support school libraries. It has now been incorporated into the California... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• School Visit Tip

  

  Recently, I was asked by my friend Alexis O'Neill to contribute a tip for doing school visits for her blog School Visit Experts.com. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ALA San Diego, January 2011

  

  A week ago I spent a day at the winter American Library Association meetings in San Diego signing my books A Polar Bear’s World and A Bald Eagle’s World in the... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Colorful Animals

  

  Nobody ever said that animals have to have realistic colors! At a recent event, I set up a table with crayons, colored paper, scissors, glue and coloring pages... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Folk Art from the Czech Republic

  

  It’s Christmas season and time to get out our creche collection. We just added a new one, a paper cut out creche from the Czech Republic. A week ago we got... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2010 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Video: Put Stripes on the Zebra Art Project

  

  Last spring I taped a television program for the local PBS station (KLCS) for series called Homework Hotline. The programs are linked to the LAUSD schools and... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2010 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Quiche Recipe

  

  What do I like to do in my spare time? Lots of things, but especially cooking. The following is the story and quiche recipe that I prepared for the All Because... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2010 BOOKS, CULTURE

• All Because of Grace Cookbook

  

  On November 4th, a very special cookbook will be published. It is called All Because of Grace. It was inspired by the story of an amazing young girl, Grace... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2010 BOOKS, CULTURE