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• REMEMBERING WILL ROGERS’ STABLES – Lost in the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles, CA,...

  

  Will Rogers' Stables and Horses, circa 1930s, Los Angeles, CA.My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took these... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2025 TRAVEL

• CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR ALTADENA: Vroman's Book Drive to Help Children and...

  

  A week ago I brought a number of my books to Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena as a contribution to the book drive for children and families of Altadena who have... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• LUNAR NEW YEAR: The Year of the Snake--Time to Read Books About Snakes!

  

  Today, January 29, 2025, marks the beginning of the New Year on the lunar calendar and is celebrated by the Chinese and many other people. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AUTHOR VISIT to Raise Money for Los Angeles Wildfire Relief

  

  You can help! The children’s book community is rallying to help victims of the recent terrible fires in Los Angeles by holding an online auction. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WHAT ABOUT BACK MATTER? HOW MUCH TO INCLUDE: A Look at the Back Matter in...

  

  I love back matter. At my recent children’s nonfiction picture book group meeting we discussed how back matter is used to expand the main text—from author’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• REMEMBERING WILL ROGERS’ HOUSE-- Lost in the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles, CA

  

  Will Rogers' House, Will Rogers State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CA.“I never met a man I didn’t like.”—Will Rogers, cowboy, humorist, film star and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2025 TRAVEL

• MARY CASSATT AT WORK, Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

  

  A Kiss for Baby Ann, No. 3, 1897, pastel by Mary Cassatt. Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA.Mary Cassatt, known for her sensitive paintings of... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2025 TRAVEL

• ASTRA LUMINA – MUCH MORE THAN A LIGHTED GARDEN, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Astra Lumina exhibit, Seattle, WA. Start gate or "Astra Archway."My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took thes... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2025 TRAVEL

• SANGRE DE NOPAL/BLOOD OF THE NOPAL: Exhibit at the Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los...

  

  Sangre de Nopal exhibit at the Fowler Museum, UCLA.One of my favorite museums in Los Angles is the Fowler Museum on the campus of UCLA, with its focus on art an... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2025 TRAVEL

• CALIFORNIA STORIES: Caroline Arnold Books About California

  

  I live in California, and not surprisingly, the subjects of nearly fifteen percent of my 170 books for children are found in California. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 from CAROLINE ARNOLD ART AND BOOKS

  

  Caroline, ice skating at Bottineau Park, Northeast Minneapolis, 1950."By New Year’s Day, the pine needles of the Christmas tree are dry and brittle. It is time... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2025 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 from THE INTREPID TOURIST

  

  Caroline, ice skating at Bottineau Park in Northeast Minneapolis, 1950."By New Year’s Day, the pine needles of the Christmas tree are dry and brittle. It is tim... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2025 TRAVEL

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS from THE INTREPID TOURIST

  

  Scheaffer family in apartment at NENH, 1950."On Christmas Eve, after my brothers and I are asleep, my parents arrange “Santa’s” gifts under the tree. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2024 TRAVEL

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS from CAROLINE ARNOLD ART AND BOOKS

  

  Scheaffer family Christmas in apartment at NENH, 1950."On Christmas Eve, after my brothers and I are asleep, my parents arrange “Santa’s” gifts under the tree. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BOOKLIFE PRIZE (Publishers Weekly) Review of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL

  

  I was pleased to receive the following positive review from BookLife Prize (Publishers Weekly) of my memoir, SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: Growing Up in the 1950s at... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AUSTRALIA: IT’S FOR THE BIRDS (SERIOUSLY!) Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  An emu, as tall as me (5'2" or 1.57 m)My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took these photos in Australia in... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2024 TRAVEL

• 16th BLOG ANNIVERSARY: Time to Celebrate!

  

  Sixteen years ago, in November 2008, I launched this blog. At first my plan was to use it to feature my art, which is why the link is carolinearnoldart. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S QUILT, Exhibit at the Eugene Public Library, Guest Post by...

  

  Many thanks to Caroline Hatton for contributing this report of the quilt exhibition at the Eugene Public Library in Eugene, Oregon. The exhibit ended November... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 TRAVEL

• MEMORIAL BRICK at the CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY, Chapel Hill, NC

  

  In 2012, my daughter ‘s Jennifer and her family purchased a memorial brick in honor of my books in support of the new Chapel Hill Public Library. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH STAMPS: The Joy of Stamp Collecting

  

  Stamps from Chile.From the time I was small I loved collecting postage stamps, following in the steps of my father who often spent his evenings sorting,... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2024 TRAVEL