CELEBRATING 40 YEARS WITH ANDREA BROWN

Forty years ago Andrea Brown began the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and I became one of her first authors. I had already published a few books, but I knew that if I had an agent, I would be better able to negotiate my book contracts. It was one of the best writing decisions I ever made and the beginning of a fruitful relationship.Since then Andrea's business has expanded to include a whole host of other agents and I have gone on to publish more than one hundred books. I couldn't have done it without her. Thank you Andrea Brown for 40 super successful years!

Illustration by Cece Bell.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

When Art was in high school he was an exchange student, living for a year with a family in Berlin, Germany, it was the beginning of a life-long friendship. After Art and I were married, his German family sent us annual gifts of beautiful Christmas plates from the KPM porcelain factory in Berlin, each year with a different design. (Weihnachten is the German word for Christmas or Christmas Eve.) We get the plates out each year during the holidays and are reminded of all the wonderful times spent together both in Germany and here in the United States.
The holidays are a time to connect with family and friends near and far. As I celebrate with my friends and family this year in California, I send you my best wishes for

HAPPY HOLIDAYS
and a
JOYOUS NEW YEAR! 

TRAPPED I N TAR: THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A YOUNG FOSSIL LOVER

Ice Age fossils of mammoths, sabertooth cats, dire wolves and more, discovered in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and displayed in the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries. TRAPPED IN TAR: Fossils from the Ice Age tells the story behind the fossils and about life in the Ice Age when these animals were alive and examines the work of the paleontologists who excavate and study them. During the Ice Age, over 400 different kinds of animals lived on the grassy plain that is now Los Angeles. Then, as now, pools of tar sometimes seeped to the surface of the earth. Unwary animals stepped into the sticky tar and were trapped. There they died. Gradually their bones sank to the bottom of the tar seep. In time, the tar penetrated the bones and preserved them. This book tells the story of the Rancho La Brea fossils and examines the work of the paleontologists who excavate and study them at the George C. Page Museum in Los Angeles, California.

TRAPPED IN TAR is available at Amazon for $9.95 (paperback.) It is the perfect introduction to a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits or as a vicarious visit from afar. It is also available as an e-book.

ANIMAL PRINTS MAKE GREAT GIFTS! See My Art on Etsy

GREAT GIFTS! Consider purchasing one of my limited edition giclee prints made from my original cut-paper illustrations I created for my children’s books in the Caroline Arnold's Habitats series published by Picture Window Books (Capstone). The quality of the scan is impressive. Even though the paper of the print is flat, it retains the three-dimensional quality of the layered paper of the original art.Each large print is 10 1/4 inches by 20 inches with a one inch white border.The print of the mother and baby panda is 10 1/4 inches square with a white border. Art is shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.

Go to https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarolineArnoldArt to see the available art at my Etsy site.

BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6 WORD SEARCH at TeachingBooks.net

Did you know that you can create a word search of vocabulary words from my book BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6? After you have chosen the words (up to twenty) you can print it out for yourself or your students.

I just discovered this wonderful feature at TeachingBooks.net. Click on this link to go to the page for BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6. https://www.teachingbooks.net/qla2am5

On the left side of the page you will see an icon for the word search. Click on it and it will take you to the word search activity. You can use the suggested words or go to the back of the book and select words from the glossary. Good luck!

TeachingBooks.net is an online database that can be used by teachers, students, librarians, and families to explore children's books and young adult literature and their authors. Twenty of my books have pages at TeachingBooks. At each one you can find a blurb about the book, how to pronounce my name, author interviews and more.

Other Caroline Arnold titles you can find at TeachingBooks.net. (You can find them by using the search function at the top of the TeachingNet home page.)
A WARMER WORLD: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How Climate Change Affects Wildlife
BIRDS: Nature’s Magnificent Flying Machines
A KILLER WHALE’S WORLD
TOO HOT? TOO COLD? Keeping Body Temperature Just Right
HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6
BUTTERLFIES IN ROOM 6
THE ANCIENT CLIFF DWELLERS OF MESA VERDE
WIGGLE AND WAGGLE
YOUR SKELETAL SYSTEM
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE DINOSAURS
GIANT SEA REPTILES OF THE DINOSAUR AGE
A POLAR BEAR’S WORLD
LIVING FOSSILS: Clues to the Past
A WALK IN THE DESERT
THE TERRIBLE HODAG AND THE ANIMAL CATCHERS
A WALK IN THE WOODS
A WOMBAT’S WORLD
A PLATYPUS’ WORLD
THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
HAWK HIGHWAY IN THE SKY