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• BOOK PARTY: Celebrating the Publication of MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE

  

  On Sunday, August 6th, my granddaughter Paige and I were joined by friends and family to celebrate the publication of our book M Y FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE, an... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WALKING AROUND REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, Part II, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Reykjavik, Iceland. Looking down from the Hallgrimskirkja church tower: Across the street, Einar Jonsson Sculpture Museum and Garden. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2023 TRAVEL

• NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE DAY: August 7th

  

  Today is National Lighthouse Day! Celebrate by reading my book KEEPER OFTHE LIGHT: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• REVIEW OF MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE "Great Book for Young Readers!"

  

  With many thanks to Susan Meyers for her enthusiastic review of MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE on Amazon!5 Stars Great Book for Young Readers!This is such a fun... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? Inspiration for MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE

  

  Published in 1981 by Franklin Watts. OP.My Friend From Outer Space (Franklin Watts, 1981) was my first published fiction book. It is illustrated by Carol... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WALKING AROUND REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, Part I, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

  

  Reykjavik, Iceland. Bravo bar in a quintessential Reykjavik corrugated-iron-clad building.My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s book writer and frequent... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2023 TRAVEL

• MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE: A Favorite Book Reborn

  

  “Sherry lives next door. She says she comes from outer space. I don’t believe her.” These are the opening lines of my new book, MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE,... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DESCANSO GARDENS, La Canada Flintridge, CA: Something in Bloom at Every Time of...

  

  Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CARecently, when June Gloom brought day after day of cloudy weather to the California coast, we headed inland to get som... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2023 TRAVEL

• TA DAH! New Book! MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE

  

  HOT OFF THE PRESS! MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE By Caroline Arnold Illustrations by Paige Arnold Published by Caroline Arnold (Amazon) July 2023 ISBN 979839993561... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ANSEL ADAMS PHOTOS AT THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco, CA

  

  Photo by Ansel Adams, Marin Hills from Lincoln Park, 1952It is hard to picture the American West without thinking of Ansel Adams and his iconic black and white... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2023 TRAVEL

• Caroline Arnold's Wisconsin Connection

  

  Caroline Arnold, author of The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers (Boyds Mills Press, 2006), grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and spent her summers in... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• NAMIBIA: Spectacular Dunes and Abundant Wildlife, Part II, Guest Post by Owen...

  

  Zebra at Etosha National Park, Namibia.With many thanks to our friend Owen Floody, who was my husband's field partner on our trip to East Africa in 1971. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2023 TRAVEL

• Review of PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6 in Bayviews

  

  This very nice review of PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6: From Seeds to Salad was published on the Bayviews blog of the Association of Children's Librarians of... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• NAMIBIA: Spectacular Dunes and Abundant Wildlife, Part I, Guest Post by Owen...

  

  Namib Desert, view from the air.With many thanks to our friend Owen Floody, who was my husband's field partner on our trip to East Africa in 1971. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2023 TRAVEL

• EXTRAORDINARY BEADED TAPESTRIES by HAITIAN ARTIST CONSTANT MYRLANDE: Fowler...

  

  Art of Myrlande Constant (detail), Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CAMyrlande Constant is a Haitian textile artist whose works reflect the vibrancy of life in... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2023 TRAVEL

• STORYWALK AT THE PARK: SATURDAY by Oge Mora, Los Angeles, CA

  

  On a recent visit to my neighborhood library, the Palms-Rancho Park branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, I discovered a StoryWalk tale posted around the... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE ROYAL TYRELL MUSEUM, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, a Prehistoric Treasure...

  

  Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, CanadaIn early May, Art and I were in Canada, landing in Calgary, then driving about an hour and a half across the... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2023 TRAVEL

• INTERVIEW: Writing and Researching A WARMER WORLD

  

  I am pleased to say that my book A WARMER WORLD: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How Climate Change Affects Wildlife (Charlesbridge, 2012) is still in print an... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HIPPOS IN THE POTOMAC? George Washington University Statue, Washington, D.C.

  

  GW's River Horse, George Washington University, Washington, DC.Did hippopotamuses once swim in the Potomac? No. But at the entrance to the campus of George... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2023 TRAVEL

• OUTLINING LEAVES: Nature Inspired Art Project for Kids

  

  Every plant has its own kind of leaves. On a recent author visit to Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, California, I saw some wonderful art projects inspired by... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE