LETTERS FROM STUDENTS about my Room 6 Books

I love getting letters from students! The kindergarteners and Pre-K students at Foothill Elementary School in Pittsburg, CA, read HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6, BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6, and PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6 as they raised butterflies in their classroom and planted a school garden. I just received their letters in the mail. I loved finding out about their favorite books and seeing the children's illustrations. Many thanks to their teacher, Heather Davis Puerzer, for sending the letters to me.

FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR, COMBINED BOOK EXHIBIT: Look for SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL

The Frankfurt Book Fair, in Frankfurt, Germany, October 15-19, is the world’s largest book fair. You can find my memoir SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: Growing Up in the 1950s at Northeast Neighborhood House in the Combined Book Exhibit which features independently published books.

 You can find both the paperback and ebook of SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL in the Combined Book Exhibit booth, Halle 6.0/D33. For an ebook preview of the first chapter of the book click on the link on the Combined Book Exhibit webpage for the book.

Book Description

A chronicle of children's book author Caroline Arnold's childhood living at a settlement house--from nursery school and after school clubs to summers at camp. A window into life at mid-century and Caroline's future as a writer and illustrator.

Book Review 

"The narrative presents a wealth of historical information as well as an insider's view of an uncommon subject matter." BookLife Prize review

SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL is available at Amazon. For more about the book go to my website.

 

ETSY SITE UPDATED: More Items, Lower prices

Illustration from A Killer Whale's World (PictureWindow Books, 2006.

I have recently updated my Etsy site where I feature art quality giclee prints of the cut-paper illustrations from my children’s books. Printed to size (10 x 20 inches for rectangular images, and 10 x 10 inches for square images) they are perfect for framing and to give as gifts.

The prices have recently been reduced. There are 16 different designs available, depicting pandas, polar bears, walruses, eagles, moose, killer whales, kangaroos, koalas, platypuses, wombats, and zebras. Get them while they last!

The art is shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.

Illustration from A Kangaroo's World (PictureWindow Books, 2008)

Two of my self-published books are also available on Etsy: SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: Growing Up in the 1950s at North East Neighborhood House, Minneapolis, Minnesota and MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE, illustrated by Paige Arnold.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarolineArnoldArt

THE ARTIST AND THE HARE: My Antelope Jackrabbit Engraving from Long Ago

Antelope Jackrabbit by Caroline Scheaffer Arnold, 1966 (engraving on copper plate, 21.5 x 13.5 inches.)

At my last book group meeting we discussed Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton, the award-winning story of a woman’s relationship with a wild hare that she found—by accident—as a day-old leveret, cared for, and allowed the freedom to come and go from her home as it grew up and produced her own leverets. It is a moving story of learning to live with nature and of the complex interrelationships in the natural world.

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (2024), illustrated by Denise Nestor.

The book is illustrated with beautiful, detailed drawings of the hare by wildlife artist Denise Nestor. As I looked at her art I recalled my own drawing of a hare--an antelope jackrabbit, which is a species of hare that lives in the American Southwest)-- when I was an art student at the University of Iowa. In my prints class we were provided animal specimens borrowed from the biology department to practice our drawing skills. I drew the jackrabbit life size, then engraved it on a large copper plate which I then printed using one of the large hand presses. I haven’t thought about it for a long time, but after reading Raising Hare I was inspired to get it out. It is still looking at me with watchful eyes.

Detail of my engraving.

The antelope jackrabbit is known for its exceptionally long ears, which can grow to be 6-7 inches long.