tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31200840914895492792024-03-18T13:17:14.348-07:00Caroline Arnold Art and BooksChildren's Books: News, Views, Projects and Activitiesfive nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.comBlogger850125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-60242287613279101382024-03-18T08:00:00.001-07:002024-03-18T13:16:16.941-07:00ART SHOW--PAINTINGS BY TOM SCHEAFFER, at the Maya Moon Collective, San Diego, CA<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY46ZquTH6HC0SfJJ4NRtDhI_T2d0dj69W_5tTSOc0DjeyKNOVAAbEtc6HJ-WkP1zb2gH29f0xU74khUr5HyS_Hsu8ccbmtWuL56t65-RHbuTwSohuGtV_0ImdJ3uRxmTP5lPS2SgJ1wNAKwzPpqNclMILyAKg0b8RBI3TQ646SRfnJLTFa6UmoJQLOrh/s1848/IMG_4803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1848" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY46ZquTH6HC0SfJJ4NRtDhI_T2d0dj69W_5tTSOc0DjeyKNOVAAbEtc6HJ-WkP1zb2gH29f0xU74khUr5HyS_Hsu8ccbmtWuL56t65-RHbuTwSohuGtV_0ImdJ3uRxmTP5lPS2SgJ1wNAKwzPpqNclMILyAKg0b8RBI3TQ646SRfnJLTFa6UmoJQLOrh/w400-h288/IMG_4803.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />My brother Tom Scheaffer is exhibiting his beautiful paintings at the
<b><a href="https://www.mayamooncollective.com/" target="_blank">Maya Moon Collective</a></b> in San Diego, California, 3349 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA
92116. The opening reception is Saturday, March 23<sup>rd</sup>, 6 to 8 pm. If
you are in the San Diego area, be sure to stop by to see the exhibit and have a bite to eat at the Maya Moon Cafe. The
paintings will be up until the end of April.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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depicting scenes in nature, especially of places in Southern California. His
paintings are also inspired by his roots in the upper Midwest and summers in
the North Woods at Camp Bovey in northern Wisconsin. Here are some samples of
the paintings in the exhibit at the Maya Moon Restaurant. <o:p></o:p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kxPmyCyE0X3jq4hwWO8PMO4GOAFx14JXhORYVMJWHMdPoWABdtmf1ZaDkMQWWgC6bJ3LNPTQvBIW6-Z0bBfE7buxGLYkg2LmDlNNZxpXkGfp0a-Y-srixnxvOcH6Y4F-55Sp1rtoUVFMAWybbFhue02R30sQokDQf2U4leMb_Qx0xYhH3qgId1nw2j-2/s2016/IMG_4799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kxPmyCyE0X3jq4hwWO8PMO4GOAFx14JXhORYVMJWHMdPoWABdtmf1ZaDkMQWWgC6bJ3LNPTQvBIW6-Z0bBfE7buxGLYkg2LmDlNNZxpXkGfp0a-Y-srixnxvOcH6Y4F-55Sp1rtoUVFMAWybbFhue02R30sQokDQf2U4leMb_Qx0xYhH3qgId1nw2j-2/w400-h300/IMG_4799.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVsWttSxLPpDDbNWxRzybPlZty1V2zy03ShHLwCjj_Omp1UBL1iFxd3G2Kq1KI_HqyeXF3tAknIpiQWk6aGNhkkIVne7jeDQoha2I1tHibBn2ryIN8MOUBUnUuSYLvNzDiLealA7huVkRzMh177o0xmBZhvtiOXy-y2pxLPjEcRjcz1Wg8mzo0kO-_Mif/s1758/IMG_4789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="720" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl6RFM6vhbmNVg-X5mle-YgjN1qGpVeOuX2PBzcUaAUI82SBnlHxzjTd4CFXJXPGYatsn458kE4AuBBa8eqZdjynSPPLPeK6d7ryhEgCNfiQV9QVVPA7_rjOxvjW9BNqqFqIv9LPzvIqaXraritdrzM95k1Th_l287a6CLRwiSFLZBvQMJW_K3BxFyMk0/w400-h280/20240305_095916sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I am happy that my three Room 6 books, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hatching-Chicks-Room-Life-Cycles/dp/1623542685/ref=sr_1_1?crid=150OUTAZ9LF33&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UiWTzUBrXYSRsB5cuPJJmgmgCJHPtTiks10nGU-JF1xM05gPct8BPCjkWTEz7v75.5_WZegiNCljAXCgl11pvceAhjULsmgUFIw9KZ7CZ100&dib_tag=se&keywords=hatching+chicks+in+room+6&qid=1709663154&s=books&sprefix=Hatching+chicks+in+room%2Cstripbooks%2C152&sr=1-1" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Butterflies-Room-They-Grow-Cycles/dp/1623542677/ref=sr_1_2?crid=150OUTAZ9LF33&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UiWTzUBrXYSRsB5cuPJJmgmgCJHPtTiks10nGU-JF1xM05gPct8BPCjkWTEz7v75.5_WZegiNCljAXCgl11pvceAhjULsmgUFIw9KZ7CZ100&dib_tag=se&keywords=hatching+chicks+in+room+6&qid=1709663216&s=books&sprefix=Hatching+chicks+in+room%2Cstripbooks%2C152&sr=1-2" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><span style="text-align: left;"> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Planting-Garden-Room-Seeds-Cycles/dp/1623544300/ref=sr_1_3?crid=150OUTAZ9LF33&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UiWTzUBrXYSRsB5cuPJJmgmgCJHPtTiks10nGU-JF1xM05gPct8BPCjkWTEz7v75.5_WZegiNCljAXCgl11pvceAhjULsmgUFIw9KZ7CZ100&dib_tag=se&keywords=hatching+chicks+in+room+6&qid=1709663216&s=books&sprefix=Hatching+chicks+in+room%2Cstripbooks%2C152&sr=1-3" target="_blank">PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6</a> are now available in paperback. Find them online or at your favorite bookstore. Buy one or get all three!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpMnozG6lYmkTfwVB2kXODuFiokNLSD2WKu4iR9fZlFo63yJkWXR-rXkV-1tWsqllWAs7NYoT0Grfkp6v1TjKsGhB_pyJc3joWEGlWV8_PMDLLRQR_qBAgskbUQVosVrcShuoZyJrGUxt8O6Lm2eCWM7-QRYgBPDpmL24Zq7gPVscRQhWtjYgtPvhSNki/s720/20240305_100010sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="720" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpMnozG6lYmkTfwVB2kXODuFiokNLSD2WKu4iR9fZlFo63yJkWXR-rXkV-1tWsqllWAs7NYoT0Grfkp6v1TjKsGhB_pyJc3joWEGlWV8_PMDLLRQR_qBAgskbUQVosVrcShuoZyJrGUxt8O6Lm2eCWM7-QRYgBPDpmL24Zq7gPVscRQhWtjYgtPvhSNki/w400-h354/20240305_100010sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back cover of HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicZCdhJyILhnFVjZJPV_hr31NUhbIKyKUvaOwNrTAz-ebJY1bbRSy4czo0zNzsVDZ1baZsz7qv2DgHcLzj1ucNkPSOIJf46c3m6rDVlhLbOa71CFtHOHBtI04nfi5JlGB-KlOR4MLlYo4GNrv6liYLVPWEsrk44Ymzbz73EIinSXqFGgxZji-OdR4s0oE/s720/20240305_100026sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="720" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicZCdhJyILhnFVjZJPV_hr31NUhbIKyKUvaOwNrTAz-ebJY1bbRSy4czo0zNzsVDZ1baZsz7qv2DgHcLzj1ucNkPSOIJf46c3m6rDVlhLbOa71CFtHOHBtI04nfi5JlGB-KlOR4MLlYo4GNrv6liYLVPWEsrk44Ymzbz73EIinSXqFGgxZji-OdR4s0oE/w400-h359/20240305_100026sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back cover of BUTTERFLIES IN ROOM 6: See How They Grow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRVQWLVfMg6qFJPAIp6dDbYeDqqc-24gkDbqGShd1w_d-VFpCMWRQPUrT2gnUMoSF5DzyjjDb1OsTIeGhyMvTYDf2UwPThVIpy8y5dOilxpO0t7IfyiUEJmTG3J7pl-ToFqzSekV1vVtr5f0vhqQz8k-5Ee-42dgFyoFNwnZi_ipHKfvKm-pA4GAKeqKi/s720/20240305_100045sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="720" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRVQWLVfMg6qFJPAIp6dDbYeDqqc-24gkDbqGShd1w_d-VFpCMWRQPUrT2gnUMoSF5DzyjjDb1OsTIeGhyMvTYDf2UwPThVIpy8y5dOilxpO0t7IfyiUEJmTG3J7pl-ToFqzSekV1vVtr5f0vhqQz8k-5Ee-42dgFyoFNwnZi_ipHKfvKm-pA4GAKeqKi/w400-h359/20240305_100045sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back cover of PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6: From Seeds to Salad</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-41590232106991386952024-03-06T08:00:00.000-08:002024-03-06T08:35:51.643-08:00SPEAKER at CHARLOTTE HUCK CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL, Redlands, CA<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5sEv_NPAlPGwh9mrlyFIxvEHlTCYWUI-vJQeptZe_9IH4oZczU-AQcrmVgq9Cet2MCI5xRKO1MV3ggRG3_K3buJ5RUktEMjG9EzzqA1ugiLVnYlitdwcEa1VPOlaLr6HLaC5seSxXj8YK8ng7HIPnJB-YVuWjHWe7oRk4zyF7w1LHBCN-fLlIqFQ_jZh/s720/20240301_180218sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5sEv_NPAlPGwh9mrlyFIxvEHlTCYWUI-vJQeptZe_9IH4oZczU-AQcrmVgq9Cet2MCI5xRKO1MV3ggRG3_K3buJ5RUktEMjG9EzzqA1ugiLVnYlitdwcEa1VPOlaLr6HLaC5seSxXj8YK8ng7HIPnJB-YVuWjHWe7oRk4zyF7w1LHBCN-fLlIqFQ_jZh/w300-h400/20240301_180218sm.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Book signing at the Charlotte Huck Children's Literature Festival</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Last week on Friday and Saturday I attended the 27<sup>th</sup>
annual <b><a href="https://sites.redlands.edu/childrens-literature-festival/" target="_blank">Charlotte Huck Children’s Literature Festival</a></b> at the University of
Redlands in Redlands, California--two full days of inspiring keynote speakers,
stimulating breakout sessions, and the opportunity to meet and chat with
teachers, librarians and other authors. <p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43jjNUASL3ZKnDfZET_zka8QCZSjSCMKDJS1Pdww69oaqo1qrLmugps7uPpe-A-_bQe8YMDwJzNepoedLhTBkV4UzXnLXlRZ9m8Cg1m-G9Oz5viauHkmiTNy8qmRh9PFj2YZja8Ii1xmIt-xyDIbCtNZuvwdDOEUB3RIMj02Bx6XZGtFgiZ3wlhe1K6h_/s864/Festival.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="724" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43jjNUASL3ZKnDfZET_zka8QCZSjSCMKDJS1Pdww69oaqo1qrLmugps7uPpe-A-_bQe8YMDwJzNepoedLhTBkV4UzXnLXlRZ9m8Cg1m-G9Oz5viauHkmiTNy8qmRh9PFj2YZja8Ii1xmIt-xyDIbCtNZuvwdDOEUB3RIMj02Bx6XZGtFgiZ3wlhe1K6h_/w335-h400/Festival.jpg" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Festival Program cover, Art by Dan Santat</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Keynote speakers were Tami Charles, Dan
Santat, Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, Mac Barnett and Gennifer Choldenko. Breakout sessions were led by a variety of authors, librarians and educators, including me. In addition to all the talks and breakout sessions, there were book signings,
book sales, opportunity drawings for baskets of books, and tasty lunches and food at the
Friday reception.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN82EdfSFOiaBdxk-nqA9sLjytmxoaDn-5I3IE_4ADRR-0ohQvtwhVCzGFM4kYgXbpl2xSbpwIFl0iqb5MUpV3rmYWc0c2EaoNW3iopPMrRZoFp709V1OuAMvJDb_6u3YIAY5W0CIKoV0GPfJqMcX6B4D_QrVfau8FNefJCjMoIcx87lQZmZFA4ZsjaPnz/s720/20240301_112815adjsm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="720" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN82EdfSFOiaBdxk-nqA9sLjytmxoaDn-5I3IE_4ADRR-0ohQvtwhVCzGFM4kYgXbpl2xSbpwIFl0iqb5MUpV3rmYWc0c2EaoNW3iopPMrRZoFp709V1OuAMvJDb_6u3YIAY5W0CIKoV0GPfJqMcX6B4D_QrVfau8FNefJCjMoIcx87lQZmZFA4ZsjaPnz/w400-h254/20240301_112815adjsm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With Rachel Kendall and her 6th grade class from Redlands Adventist Academy</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />On Friday morning I presented a breakout session with
teacher Rachel Kendall from the Redlands Adventist Academy. The title of our session was <i>Graphic Picture Books Keep Young Readers Turning the
Page</i>. I gave an overview of graphic picture books, showing how they combine
text, images, word balloons, sound effects and panels to tell the story and
then shared my book <i><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friend-Outer-Space-Caroline-Arnold/dp/B0C9S573MQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KOGSWHVJQAPZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5KdtrKkxATD5b3KYw7oGtIDfPv_u639rGEb4ceg5tYGvCnKjcask8-V6wDAue239q5AFOuQ-3BeFJUcT3fXnTpWJuL4DyZ92H7X0T-TY7hfjgew6l8PWEW_GhitoZfmGVgylRY7mysmff53v4TRu8lq7jlK2-Q5_EDEV2uJxUVBXn5JEf2cq291LjHg4H_rE_UYBP_ftadMdy1Prfx53p3Ea378snBs2eYzx8qjqRhg.70kyzwudiBg1_x4a-LfpvyUfhdwKpsiNvVK52fw-cV4&dib_tag=se&keywords=my+friend+from+outer+space&qid=1709660809&s=books&sprefix=my+friend+from+outer+space%2Cstripbooks%2C189&sr=1-1" target="_blank">My Friend from Outer Space</a></b></i>. Earlier this year I had read the book to Mrs. Kendall’s 6<sup>th</sup> grade class and then each of the students made their own graphic picture book using my book as an inspiration. <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAverWx3tKLgn-H6D6U0LGnviOOjkb0Dl6kyLTqx-36RIECzXMk1yodmvrbgERIXLrNVKkldAjOdN5g-2umQWrCk61NxN8NZOn_XQg8tjMuK6plqn6lxajLVX6Wx2BH5eCf92I-2IjpBmulT7wzkQm9DJD1pf5fhsPOA9fFsyE9ScWhAZGXcEE67nX2QJ/s720/20240301_123437sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="608" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAverWx3tKLgn-H6D6U0LGnviOOjkb0Dl6kyLTqx-36RIECzXMk1yodmvrbgERIXLrNVKkldAjOdN5g-2umQWrCk61NxN8NZOn_XQg8tjMuK6plqn6lxajLVX6Wx2BH5eCf92I-2IjpBmulT7wzkQm9DJD1pf5fhsPOA9fFsyE9ScWhAZGXcEE67nX2QJ/w338-h400/20240301_123437sm.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cover of student book, The Blue Water Bottle</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsy98zoyTQlgwEvMDKlBZhGQfrzIO2dvnzMo27ThROeRt3TVYbKq22S_6xNWbOYmjV6E4ul_A32guX34Rd5roqDS9K7onrfQuX2X-Jatxh6xZDcnQCyolCMl5GeJFddHWUHxBkVII5PM9TSVKuaOKqH3kxd1mHTeEJFEWZnGA6o_RLPhD1TxADzBc8I0So/s692/20240301_123406sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="692" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsy98zoyTQlgwEvMDKlBZhGQfrzIO2dvnzMo27ThROeRt3TVYbKq22S_6xNWbOYmjV6E4ul_A32guX34Rd5roqDS9K7onrfQuX2X-Jatxh6xZDcnQCyolCMl5GeJFddHWUHxBkVII5PM9TSVKuaOKqH3kxd1mHTeEJFEWZnGA6o_RLPhD1TxADzBc8I0So/w400-h268/20240301_123406sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Page from student book Dot's Perfect Day</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Mrs. Kendall brought her students to the festival and at the end of the session they shared their books with the audience. Everyone in the audience was impressed by the variety of subjects the students had chosen for their books and
the creativity of their stories and illustrations. If there was one thing they
all learned, it was that it is not easy to be an author! <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3Jhd7FF2Dl2JPUSUrILHU7GoDXq1Kg1vpdVsFl3cdXxK076fiS1QXAhgxKX9MCFcBIFbDYhRhyITuf0K2x6VGHeGrlNWxUnKpltYDxBAOnhDzYCOgY47u0CWpSPO7kOJoNk8oSd-Zt3huCv2apKkfROlod2xAtecZnfPK2SEON9Ol2zp3zYbaB66hT16/s720/20240301_133721sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="720" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3Jhd7FF2Dl2JPUSUrILHU7GoDXq1Kg1vpdVsFl3cdXxK076fiS1QXAhgxKX9MCFcBIFbDYhRhyITuf0K2x6VGHeGrlNWxUnKpltYDxBAOnhDzYCOgY47u0CWpSPO7kOJoNk8oSd-Zt3huCv2apKkfROlod2xAtecZnfPK2SEON9Ol2zp3zYbaB66hT16/w400-h370/20240301_133721sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Charlotte Burgess awarding Janet Wong with the Charlotte Huck Honoree Award</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I thank all the people on the planning committee who make
this festival possible, especially Marjorie Arnett, Festival Coordinator and
founder of the festival twenty-seven years ago, and Charlotte Burgess, Festival
Chairperson, niece and namesake of Charlotte Huck. I have been to this wonderful festival of books and reading numerous times in the past and it was a pleasure to
participate once again. Each year it gets
better and better.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87Ku6xH4Toc6ox9LKDsh4Z4e4dYCjXhOCGqfiWxYSEawNt69JCTX7d_C58yjM-gCmeRcouK9h18iOQLBckBL91GSoJorOjMBm7Ctxo2Q2_tCcH7AOzrVXDDTwzlzvsT5qnRGKlPPgjPQUYWCNOx-SMTST1y_6aSxdlaA4l_1oPPb1fnkn-7zgD0WY1kvH/s720/20240301_133744sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="720" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87Ku6xH4Toc6ox9LKDsh4Z4e4dYCjXhOCGqfiWxYSEawNt69JCTX7d_C58yjM-gCmeRcouK9h18iOQLBckBL91GSoJorOjMBm7Ctxo2Q2_tCcH7AOzrVXDDTwzlzvsT5qnRGKlPPgjPQUYWCNOx-SMTST1y_6aSxdlaA4l_1oPPb1fnkn-7zgD0WY1kvH/w400-h354/20240301_133744sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Author/Poet Janet Wong</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><strike> </strike></o:p></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-34331844339468212122024-02-29T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-29T08:00:00.238-08:00MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE: Fun Activities for Kids<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NHrLzKBxSdmsDKX0MqGfg67tkkpirAGJT1QGZr4MX7QQffIqUgGRZH_KmhU8DKUNiTMbEcKTczjFMuCLZOT_oi-bjpN-jPN8Rrq-kLfnbDhzs0eUvg93UoeK7mL0d1niIOEovPNeDyLxgmNC6y-iYdCp0zs_ipI-bLmOVWZbrDWcuKrAFOOc3smDFuMJ/s1092/MFFOS%2024-25%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NHrLzKBxSdmsDKX0MqGfg67tkkpirAGJT1QGZr4MX7QQffIqUgGRZH_KmhU8DKUNiTMbEcKTczjFMuCLZOT_oi-bjpN-jPN8Rrq-kLfnbDhzs0eUvg93UoeK7mL0d1niIOEovPNeDyLxgmNC6y-iYdCp0zs_ipI-bLmOVWZbrDWcuKrAFOOc3smDFuMJ/w264-h400/MFFOS%2024-25%20cover.jpg" width="264" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br />MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE</i></b>. <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">In
this new graphic picture book Sherry tries to convince her friend that she
comes from outer space. But does she? Join Sherry and her friend as they zoom
through space at a zillion miles an hour. Here are some activities you can do after reading the book.</span><p></p><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">ACTIVITIES</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. Let’s pretend</b>. Pretending is a good
way to get an idea for a story. Write or tell your own story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Make up your own language</b>. What do you
think <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Glug, flug, Tinbambam</i> means in
the story?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Make your own space ship</b> with a
cardboard box.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. <b>Create your own outer space costume. </b>Do you look like a monster from outer space?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Design a quilt square</b> from a scene in
the book. Make a class quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Create a comic strip</b>. Put the words in
speech balloons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Make a model of the planetary system</b>.
What planets did Sherry and her friend see in outer space?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Perform a puppet play of the story</b>. Make
stick puppets or paper bag puppets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE</i></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">By Caroline Arnold Illustrations by Paige Arnold</p><p class="MsoNormal">ISBN 9798399935614 Paperback $9.99</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">ASIN B0CB9BXWLC Kindle ebook $6.99</p><p class="MsoNormal">Available at <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friend-Outer-Space-Caroline-Arnold/dp/B0C9S573MQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SAV59AH6RIQZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4eYmjIVcAIJ1yt_YJjatvfiygNa6af5A67XaJrh7wtCvCnKjcask8-V6wDAue23934lamzN4dEYbbo5Zvu_CoH-PhfMEZwcyw5sfW-v8uOEEfe-cRNgaufOQyOVCRM6yzZfogryA3rr1OcksdvffYBdf3LeeA4ign-blYMnn6vsE3zHzm-KlinW4gXyb6Pk5nwl2z9oicJgSvJfBxgISfmnfsSY2T4BE4ZkydG-CQcQ.o6yUIhUE3HEUEYR3px-7rL-obgw5H45hPJEQsMO3q3A&dib_tag=se&keywords=my+friend+from+outer+space&qid=1709146842&s=books&sprefix=My+friend+from+outer+%2Cstripbooks%2C150&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b> or to order at your favorite book store.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrjZcmr7NvXwV4iF2nuxwCe2xEodZdpD9fDWhWlc2OHohxYPcztFSvZwKxJOnCvdNsgUkohUGOi2VN6J3E5mxgINFljDozLy6xqwQ3OZC9ktcnBBA5Au0ltgJiX3b1wfF63QQKeWAIv7SecWKyOXVvwXqi1KijDd1sMGZom44FxRPI9XyeLI10_HFiARC/s600/miamigacover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="600" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrjZcmr7NvXwV4iF2nuxwCe2xEodZdpD9fDWhWlc2OHohxYPcztFSvZwKxJOnCvdNsgUkohUGOi2VN6J3E5mxgINFljDozLy6xqwQ3OZC9ktcnBBA5Au0ltgJiX3b1wfF63QQKeWAIv7SecWKyOXVvwXqi1KijDd1sMGZom44FxRPI9XyeLI10_HFiARC/s320/miamigacover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The book is also available in <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mi-Amiga-del-Espacio-Spanish/dp/B0CP9W4CJ8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2676QAD17UF9E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-0wpxMXRv32bloF7Y-5JuMJyYl8fsu1YO4HR16OP9wVZnctoTCkzLV5jE44cEGrSk8dwWmA7w1KC4naX3-AhYtkpP6O_reIlrKJRAUIzC21qXaw8k74ZQHUjFca740kC2cerxqL13rns4bRCcXUzBTvSFYBmjDV18M0eNirfGBRe2j7fnRwMyqEQ30nk7jU_ySCQ1b5eiPGGtVKEEWOr0M8KrinEI1_NMYZXj5kiemQ.6IXrOBhhJ0-ntvEtaWXqWhJe6I-k51pIamt4qvIltTU&dib_tag=se&keywords=mi+amiga+del+espacio&qid=1709146903&s=books&sprefix=mi+amiga+del+espacio%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Spanish</a></b> as <b><i>MI AMIGA DEL ESPACIO</i></b>. ISBN 9798870320717<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">For more about the book go to <a href="http://www.carolinearnoldbooks.com/myfriendfromouterspace.html">www.carolinearnoldbooks.com/myfriendfromouterspace.html</a></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-87619372960915789402024-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-24T08:00:00.128-08:00WHAT IS A SETTLEMENT HOUSE? WHERE DID THE NAME COME FROM?<p><span style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSSbnPHS7A4JrJwwzhEvsTcvSzMwPKJ7rSjR6iJoNNAsdOxySqzDcHfUfJJ1HAku8f50igy8PkFhuOcr3rE9MGzay1PaoelIdv4IFKZ4MFfZ73dcecw7O1VlMV6QV-rvsXVjkKz6k0jnEj19RXfXboturv0dexhIRSMGL14K5sCqk_vPvQWYkFGVp6dz1/s928/nenh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="928" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSSbnPHS7A4JrJwwzhEvsTcvSzMwPKJ7rSjR6iJoNNAsdOxySqzDcHfUfJJ1HAku8f50igy8PkFhuOcr3rE9MGzay1PaoelIdv4IFKZ4MFfZ73dcecw7O1VlMV6QV-rvsXVjkKz6k0jnEj19RXfXboturv0dexhIRSMGL14K5sCqk_vPvQWYkFGVp6dz1/w400-h270/nenh.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>North East Neighborhood House, settlement house in Minneapolis, MN, founded in 1915.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />Whenever
I tell people that I grew up in a settlement house, the first question is, “But
what is a settlement house? Why are they called settlement houses?”</span><p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I
try to explain in the introduction to my book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Settlement-House-Girl-Neighborhood-Minneapolis/dp/B0CNPSD7PX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15LLGGJ94CV45&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.R4Rpi8kAnU_R2NNRaNfnKtqFulNP7rwjZx9GeWe69B1-031noQWtpoDP_q6xtGkwkoauEKqM5-M2RB7qUqwdKBz85A-ZnkrLvRL3s-7tBirn7eXrstUsfNEJTAFEeBMMY1fxGpJS1tNdv7JAnupF4LlTggXXL7ONhzOb98VeM7Q5A8IKzdG7veiRMLBkTPzhBe9_GcWplYbLn8pxblRGEj2vooNXGoQEwhpR_6ABzOM.BuugRkOaO8Oyz-ewLtZptf4yxK8AMyscUbFUsKdEGHk&dib_tag=se&keywords=Settlement+House+Girl&qid=1708558099&s=books&sprefix=settlement+house+girl%2Cstripbooks%2C359&sr=1-1" target="_blank">SettlementHouse Girl</a></b></i>, without going deeply into the history of the settlement house
movement. But here, I think, is a better answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">The following is from
the introduction of an article about the history of the National Federation of
Settlements by John E. Hansan, Ph.D.:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">In 1886, <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/coit-stanton/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">Stanton
Coit</span></a> founded America’s first settlement house, the Neighborhood
Guild (later renamed <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/organizations/university-settlement-of-New/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">University
Settlement</span></a>) on New York City’s Lower East Side. Over the next 15
years, settlement houses were established in cities as places where socially
motivated middle-class men and women could live, or “settle,” among the
poor. Settlement house staff resided in the same buildings in which
neighborhood residents participated in programs and activities. Living in close
proximity, settlement staff regarded the people who used the settlement as
“neighbors,” not “clients.” <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/addams-jane/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">Jane
Addams</span></a> founded <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlement-houses/hull-house/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">Hull
House</span></a> in Chicago, <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/woods-robert-archey/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">Robert
Archey Woods</span></a> founded <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlements/south-end-house/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">South
End House</span></a> in Boston, and other civic leaders, including <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/wald-lillian/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">Lillian
Wald</span></a>, <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/people/elliot-john-lovejoy/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">John
Lovejoy Elliott</span></a> and <a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/settlement-houses/national-federation-of-settlements-and-neighborhood-centers/people/simkhovitch-mary/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0966a9;">Mary
K. Simkhovitch</span></a>, established settlement houses in New York City.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Many of these individuals had
been influenced by the founders and staff of London’s Toynbee Hall and other
British social activists who believed that students and people of wealth should
“settle” in poverty-stricken neighborhoods both to provide services to help
improve the daily quality of life, as well as to evaluate conditions and work
for social reform. The settlements taught adult education and English language
classes, provided schooling for immigrants’ children, organized job clubs,
offered afterschool recreation, initiated public health services, and advocated
for improved housing for the poor and working classes. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">As explained above by Dr. Hansan, settlement houses were often called "neighborhood houses" with settlement house staff, like my social worker parents, regarding the people who came to the settlement house for classes and social services as "neighbors" not "clients". From the age of four, until I was ten, my family lived at North East Neighborhood House, a settlement house in Minneapolis. Before that, my father had been the director of another settlement house, Neighborhood House in Syracuse, NY. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">While the term "settlement house" is no longer common, many of the institutions that began as settlement houses still exist and have evolved to meet the current social service needs of their communities. North East Neighborhood House, founded in 1915, continues as East Side Neighborhood Services, in a new modern building just a few blocks up the street from the original building. That building has been converted to low-income apartments and has been placed on the National Historical Register. <i><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Settlement-House-Girl-Neighborhood-Minneapolis/dp/B0CNPSD7PX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15LLGGJ94CV45&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.R4Rpi8kAnU_R2NNRaNfnKtqFulNP7rwjZx9GeWe69B1-031noQWtpoDP_q6xtGkwkoauEKqM5-M2RB7qUqwdKBz85A-ZnkrLvRL3s-7tBirn7eXrstUsfNEJTAFEeBMMY1fxGpJS1tNdv7JAnupF4LlTggXXL7ONhzOb98VeM7Q5A8IKzdG7veiRMLBkTPzhBe9_GcWplYbLn8pxblRGEj2vooNXGoQEwhpR_6ABzOM.BuugRkOaO8Oyz-ewLtZptf4yxK8AMyscUbFUsKdEGHk&dib_tag=se&keywords=Settlement+House+Girl&qid=1708558099&s=books&sprefix=settlement+house+girl%2Cstripbooks%2C359&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Settlement House Girl: Growing Up in the 1950s at North East Neighborhood House, Minneapolis, Minnesota</a></b></i> is a memoir of my childhood there. In the Appendix to the book is a short description of the history of North East Neighborhood House and an article about some of the activities offered when my father was the director.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OHuaZwcnHEwlfLo1e68mwyCCQmFJXahgCJG_ajzMwoJAGf-AKumon-CCs7pnol9GP9-KoRRRSqe2hcLJ2mvS9My7Z1f-6EG2kNVXwnifv7V_P0Uah1FzAZg86joefzOMmKW4Xgrm21RSpNQYSfrUoEJjc7-zrP1CheKfhx1qAapBL1r8CDOnLbc1woz0/s1079/settlementgirlcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OHuaZwcnHEwlfLo1e68mwyCCQmFJXahgCJG_ajzMwoJAGf-AKumon-CCs7pnol9GP9-KoRRRSqe2hcLJ2mvS9My7Z1f-6EG2kNVXwnifv7V_P0Uah1FzAZg86joefzOMmKW4Xgrm21RSpNQYSfrUoEJjc7-zrP1CheKfhx1qAapBL1r8CDOnLbc1woz0/w268-h400/settlementgirlcover.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></span></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-33587728383588628002024-02-17T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-17T08:00:00.139-08:00SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL: INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH KALB<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0ujLhbhS7Knp-rr8kjhTj4roA2h5ZxccjnWihXqB-hY2ujDkVTsZvJQyrzzriF7huaqLysab9VUQMIvfLeheMOxbsivdrMgO4p4U87Fx40rCCOuWohbh4ieeqHgPwNoQq0JOB5qfpBANVg5jevEbsdtGWruSLKIP4Sm5uT0oNawlheLNek6bhoKoXTIF/s720/SHG%20QandA%20with%20Deborah%20Kalb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="720" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0ujLhbhS7Knp-rr8kjhTj4roA2h5ZxccjnWihXqB-hY2ujDkVTsZvJQyrzzriF7huaqLysab9VUQMIvfLeheMOxbsivdrMgO4p4U87Fx40rCCOuWohbh4ieeqHgPwNoQq0JOB5qfpBANVg5jevEbsdtGWruSLKIP4Sm5uT0oNawlheLNek6bhoKoXTIF/w400-h221/SHG%20QandA%20with%20Deborah%20Kalb.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I was pleased to be interviewed by journalist Deborah Kalb about my new memoir SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL. She has posted it on her blog <a href="https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2024/02/q-with-caroline-arnold.html" style="background-color: white; color: #249fa3; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b><i>Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb</i></b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"> this week. Deborah Kalb interviews a lot of authors and I am happy to join the list. It is always good to have more publicity! Thank you Deborah!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDA7y7T8rpU3KG-aqNOLQw1GUVZTEaZeOIbEq99nDwiNLEazsroAFh7HOjmq_1egMzDaMTQR0mm_COyYIrqr3gh-WC0wKq951VeVOCyuTsBoMeD7bgaGPvlhHPgBG3Pxq4BqxlNmI2EvguXtZguMXSqvrgeV_FGAZF8Ic6JiAIi60gBCSIm7wgCo7VKHpa/s1079/settlementgirlcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDA7y7T8rpU3KG-aqNOLQw1GUVZTEaZeOIbEq99nDwiNLEazsroAFh7HOjmq_1egMzDaMTQR0mm_COyYIrqr3gh-WC0wKq951VeVOCyuTsBoMeD7bgaGPvlhHPgBG3Pxq4BqxlNmI2EvguXtZguMXSqvrgeV_FGAZF8Ic6JiAIi60gBCSIm7wgCo7VKHpa/w268-h400/settlementgirlcover.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Here are the questions she asked me. Check out her blog for the answers!</span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">1. What inspired you to write <i>Settlement House Girl</i>?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">2. How much of the book comes from your own memories, and how much from research?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">3. What do you think are some of the most comment perceptions and misconceptions about settlement houses?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">4. What impact do you think growing up in a settlement house had on your life?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">5. What are you working on now?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">6. Anything else?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrir30KRJCxnqJh6aPSaqX807h_xOX8u3D0HYkC94BcBYFm089VJgn0SCS8K2dAqjJ7iCURNXfGfOVtKhumUr1IRERD1G2OhBBu66VGIhPexU9hHO-_9HD1XOYhEKqPPkOspxvJMH2rCUN-7b7nsQzuRwlF4ZnXjMrGwxSYLOS-O6ds522xDCDrmf1vZBc/s540/nenhsm300wb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="540" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrir30KRJCxnqJh6aPSaqX807h_xOX8u3D0HYkC94BcBYFm089VJgn0SCS8K2dAqjJ7iCURNXfGfOVtKhumUr1IRERD1G2OhBBu66VGIhPexU9hHO-_9HD1XOYhEKqPPkOspxvJMH2rCUN-7b7nsQzuRwlF4ZnXjMrGwxSYLOS-O6ds522xDCDrmf1vZBc/w400-h274/nenhsm300wb.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>North East Neighborhood House, the settlement house in Minneapolis where I grew up.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-8926424961220491112024-02-14T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-14T08:00:00.253-08:00YOUTUBE VIDEO: PLANTING A SCHOOL GARDEN and SPROUTING BEANS IN A CUP <p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><b></b></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp5zVuud82Pe6eY-xYW0HRg9nmf8Ewk_sjJOB3G_Xkt8OlVB7_yBhW9z_aZnQyP-II4ejtOlAWUdqqSkYf91zfeXiYsb2uPI8x9loMo9JndIAZdrZrQZSeLQ8fcwF4D6WaXLmmv9JV43o0Ut8OrrFIkhkicuwVqWlnwTZVCKr8NDWtHVnlS7G-RgN4jby/s720/YouTube%20video.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="720" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp5zVuud82Pe6eY-xYW0HRg9nmf8Ewk_sjJOB3G_Xkt8OlVB7_yBhW9z_aZnQyP-II4ejtOlAWUdqqSkYf91zfeXiYsb2uPI8x9loMo9JndIAZdrZrQZSeLQ8fcwF4D6WaXLmmv9JV43o0Ut8OrrFIkhkicuwVqWlnwTZVCKr8NDWtHVnlS7G-RgN4jby/w400-h263/YouTube%20video.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></i></div><i><b><br />Planting a Garden in Room 6: From Seeds to Salad</b></i> is a book for primary age children about a kindergarten class growing vegetables in a school garden. In this short <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRBqpaBYWPU" target="_blank">YouTube video</a> we see them preparing the soil and planting seeds. When the vegetables are ripe the children will make a delicious salad. While they wait for the plants to grow, they sprout beans in cups, watching the roots and stems emerge from lima beans.<p></p><p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Click to watch the video: </span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRBqpaBYWPU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRBqpaBYWPU</a></span></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;">Learn more about <i><b><a href="https://www.carolinearnoldbooks.com/garden.html" target="_blank">Planting a Garden in Room 6</a></b></i> at my website. You can find the book online, at bookstores, and in your library. Beginning on March 15, 2024, <i>Planting a Garden in Room 6</i> will be available in paperback, along with my other Room 6 books--<i>Hatching Chicks in Room 6</i> and <i>Butterflies in Room 6. </i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhif8LgG-C-eTxkRPo04jRAuFm-x2adSFVU-DjKDar_NH8LWkHu6OfRhOFRduiixmja34F8ILnidVpL_ZJwJDlFhdl2szG2uejQJs1x7mt2JaxgVLfw9OX30SNrXgqqUvwfhcW9vJnF4_Z6FnT3WarcnNNLtEnZoKYoTCq2cME1gGOo9Bcx6c_lo6gjDdMo/s700/DSC09122adj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="565" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhif8LgG-C-eTxkRPo04jRAuFm-x2adSFVU-DjKDar_NH8LWkHu6OfRhOFRduiixmja34F8ILnidVpL_ZJwJDlFhdl2szG2uejQJs1x7mt2JaxgVLfw9OX30SNrXgqqUvwfhcW9vJnF4_Z6FnT3WarcnNNLtEnZoKYoTCq2cME1gGOo9Bcx6c_lo6gjDdMo/w323-h400/DSC09122adj.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><br /></span><p></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-40467642246169863272024-02-07T08:00:00.001-08:002024-02-07T11:43:59.554-08:00REMEMBERING EDITOR DINAH STEVENS0N (1942-2024): A Champion of Children’s Literature<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjp0HooqtuG_mTkQPScNly-Re6BWWWhTad4ymKpWZA5Y50tvj-sIFmXEsVfH2pTTU1UaCkrd3h4OTp70Nlp2wLQ8pIp5-PuqkjnNl75hGPjxzwtIGuxl1Jc1VSE_zgtSw_T8TNV_RT890_m3Zb_kTahM6yQMdCq46uJhINArZiUUjrNGA9N6gNyBBJA3j/s1040/1%20Dinah%20DSC01447.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjp0HooqtuG_mTkQPScNly-Re6BWWWhTad4ymKpWZA5Y50tvj-sIFmXEsVfH2pTTU1UaCkrd3h4OTp70Nlp2wLQ8pIp5-PuqkjnNl75hGPjxzwtIGuxl1Jc1VSE_zgtSw_T8TNV_RT890_m3Zb_kTahM6yQMdCq46uJhINArZiUUjrNGA9N6gNyBBJA3j/w339-h400/1%20Dinah%20DSC01447.jpg" width="339" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dinah Stevenson, 2017</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />I was sad to learn of the passing of Dinah
Stevenson, long time editor at Clarion Books, where so many of my books have
been published, the first <i>Pets Without Homes</i> (1983) and the most recent <i>Global
Warming and the Dinosaurs</i> (2010). Although
Dinah was not my editor at Clarion, I knew her from attending Clarion events at conferences,
visits to the Clarion office in New York, and other occasions. The last
time I saw her was in Los Angeles in January 2017, when she came to accept the <a href="https://carolinearnoldart.blogspot.com/2017/01/celebrating-angel-island-gateway-to.html" target="_blank">FOCAL award</a> for
Russell Freedman, an author she had worked with for many years. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Her obituary, highlighting her history and many achievements
is in <b><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/94234-obituary-dinah-stevenson.html" target="_blank">Publishers Weekly</a></b> (Feb 1, 2024).</span> Dinah was one of the great children's book editors. She will be greatly missed.</p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-25552286476395839482024-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-03T09:15:31.275-08:00A ZEBRA'S WORLD Reviewed at the Epic Book Society<p><span face="Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #121212;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #121212;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJntEEhb3fLwBoAvt4UU5UCKeB9XnCIkW32_DAMYPl806IzTKUC-oCcngx53SAvIBobLoQxasf3EhNq9o12ex6I9GyiSrQzt58ahyphenhyphenNoVzjY6GG1x9Im6fd3KA9pRD-uXV4FC6Sa0ZV_FTTZRPzf9_D-ikHuW-jYDNxvMip6c8NOIjZOs6KVrJ9FKIAUUH/s720/Zebra%20Epic%20Book%20Society.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="720" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJntEEhb3fLwBoAvt4UU5UCKeB9XnCIkW32_DAMYPl806IzTKUC-oCcngx53SAvIBobLoQxasf3EhNq9o12ex6I9GyiSrQzt58ahyphenhyphenNoVzjY6GG1x9Im6fd3KA9pRD-uXV4FC6Sa0ZV_FTTZRPzf9_D-ikHuW-jYDNxvMip6c8NOIjZOs6KVrJ9FKIAUUH/w400-h198/Zebra%20Epic%20Book%20Society.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span face="Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #121212;"><br />I was pleased to discover a review of my book <i><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zebras-World-Caroline-Arnolds-Animals-ebook/dp/B00OY8P2PM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706725651&sr=1-1" target="_blank">A Zebra's World</a></b></i> included at the blog at the <a href="https://epicbooksociety.com/books-about-zebras/" target="_blank"><b>Epic Book Society</b></a> featuring <b>25 Exciting Books About Zebras for Kids</b>.</span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-size: 18px;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmi1KsPI5nQPsoNG9L9e_6WUCUidZQkHO9bUOTJWcMBkL7HICE1u0W3DYtnvm2s_J7wpBaYvec4oRHyrWA5yEuztp8mxdEmVYQ1qA8gv89WRoBIcuzJ_NIG5yYK18KjixCdYZDx499zPGuW10ro-asM5mj1lkObwn1J2F3K-qVbqR68UYz7LxJaX7IYGZ0/s898/zebra%20board%20cover%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="896" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmi1KsPI5nQPsoNG9L9e_6WUCUidZQkHO9bUOTJWcMBkL7HICE1u0W3DYtnvm2s_J7wpBaYvec4oRHyrWA5yEuztp8mxdEmVYQ1qA8gv89WRoBIcuzJ_NIG5yYK18KjixCdYZDx499zPGuW10ro-asM5mj1lkObwn1J2F3K-qVbqR68UYz7LxJaX7IYGZ0/w399-h400/zebra%20board%20cover%20front.jpg" width="399" /></a></i></div><br />From the Epic Book Society blog:<p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-size: 18px;"><i>Children love Zebras because of their uniqueness. There is no other animal in the world that has the same pattern as the stripey zebra.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i>This makes them the perfect animal hero in a children’s book because they teach children to celebrate differences and that being unique can be beautiful.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i>If your child loves zebras or you’re looking for books about zebras to teach your kids about diversity, then you’ve come to the right place. These are the best zebra books for children of all ages, from chapter books to board books for toddlers.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i>So when you’re ready, go take a look!</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Review of <i>A Zebra's World</i> on the Epic Book Society blog:</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i>A Zebras World follows a young zebra as it takes its first steps in this new world. The story follows the zebra as it grows up in Africa, in both an interesting and stimulating way.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i>Keeping the zebra theme of black and white, the story is accompanied by black and white illustrations, which help tell the tales of these amazing animals.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i>This zebra picture book is an exciting view into the first year of a zebra’s life and teaches children about their natural home and some other animals they share their home with.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i><b>A ZEBRA'S WORLD</b> is available on Amazon as <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zebras-World-Caroline-Arnolds-Animals-ebook/dp/B00OY8P2PM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706725651&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Kindle</a></b> book.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><i>Learn more about the book at my <b><a href="https://www.carolinearnoldbooks.com/zebrasworld.htm" target="_blank">website</a></b>.</i></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-74536997703978208082024-01-27T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-27T08:00:00.188-08:00EDITH RENFROW SMITH, the First Black Woman to Graduate from Grinnell College—and still inspiring everyone she meets!<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEJiTrOaZ0e451lUH0EtLn1ZKNR-zwgQcFTSWO76uuJEGz7YSagz0U_n0f1m5H4ken5He2vC0-Tm8zzWVyJlXuY8AqxrSO-dWcEEy1iPD1mWYTR7p2i8FZ_5B8YvzcsfNcR92RyDt0-zrboQdLPzyS-Lu88DwR6q5eraA3-vIPe6GPzInxpKzCe95OVr2/s900/Cover%20sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="900" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEJiTrOaZ0e451lUH0EtLn1ZKNR-zwgQcFTSWO76uuJEGz7YSagz0U_n0f1m5H4ken5He2vC0-Tm8zzWVyJlXuY8AqxrSO-dWcEEy1iPD1mWYTR7p2i8FZ_5B8YvzcsfNcR92RyDt0-zrboQdLPzyS-Lu88DwR6q5eraA3-vIPe6GPzInxpKzCe95OVr2/w400-h314/Cover%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Front Cover: No One Is Better Than You</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Edith Renfrow Smith was born in Grinnell, Iowa in
1914 to one of the few Black families in the area. In 1937 she became the first
Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College. In 2024, at the age of 109, she
continues to encourage and inspire everyone she meets. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlbNz7kOWzl-J1qNmvoD9Bwg5fC_0XhcrkElLpx56vCOgx4FBT2frdS8SWBILII7XTySXoaqYWTURTau9vcQqyzXChxyUDEiiulkK4X55GmOdmekQ71wTAIXCMbhY-At1uqsc4ZPN2XcCmFmF0QkIDcLuyaJWWVQrwephEgXiSqIlsA8paLIH4UmiZkTu/s1666/Back%20cover%20cr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1666" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlbNz7kOWzl-J1qNmvoD9Bwg5fC_0XhcrkElLpx56vCOgx4FBT2frdS8SWBILII7XTySXoaqYWTURTau9vcQqyzXChxyUDEiiulkK4X55GmOdmekQ71wTAIXCMbhY-At1uqsc4ZPN2XcCmFmF0QkIDcLuyaJWWVQrwephEgXiSqIlsA8paLIH4UmiZkTu/w400-h228/Back%20cover%20cr.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From the back cover of No One Is Better Than You</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Her life story is told
by Monique McLay Shore in her wonderful new picture book biography </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://renfrowstory.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/renfrow-promotional-flyer-2.pdf" target="_blank">No One Is Better Than You: Edith Renfrow Smith and the Power of aMother’s Words</a></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. The beautiful and historically accurate illustrations are
by Erica Lauren Butler.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUHTiA02xVTIQxjERhFcqhwbE4ibXPRuOqoxWAafFk4wNtHr1kR3oKymH_N0bBnMllt2WDPzwAaWhv1yfPEkJz2g7UE1nlQbb-h29ZYqsX88BxYWw1tk0GrLh9a49KoQxbpZQeDZXGyKVMWkzK3IXCGmOHx52iITzPCMhXIx30XOKF9W_hgbw7mTBktMa/s900/1937sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="900" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUHTiA02xVTIQxjERhFcqhwbE4ibXPRuOqoxWAafFk4wNtHr1kR3oKymH_N0bBnMllt2WDPzwAaWhv1yfPEkJz2g7UE1nlQbb-h29ZYqsX88BxYWw1tk0GrLh9a49KoQxbpZQeDZXGyKVMWkzK3IXCGmOHx52iITzPCMhXIx30XOKF9W_hgbw7mTBktMa/w400-h389/1937sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Edith's graduation from Grinnell College, 1937. Illustration by Erica Butler.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Yesterday I received my first copy of the book, hot
off the press. It is beautiful! I congratulate Monique and Erica for bringing
Edith’s story to life and making it known to the wider world and for generations to come. The book is available at the <a href="http://ookstore.grinnell.edu/shop_product_detail.asp?catalog_group_id=LTM&catalog_group_name=RmVhdHVyZWQgSXRlbXM&catalog_id=793&catalog_name=RmVhdHVyZWQgSXRlbXM&product_name=Tm8gT25lIElzIEJldHRlciBUaGFuIFlvdQ&pf_id=13477&type=3&target=shop_main.asp" target="_blank">Grinnell College Book Store</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I played a small part in the evolution of this book.
Last spring I got an email from the alumni office at Grinnell College, (my alma
mater,1966). I learned that another alum, Monique Shore (1990), was working on
a children’s book biography of Edith Renfrow Smith. I had recently read about
Edith in the college magazine so I was already intrigued. Knowing that I
had published many children’s books, the alumni office asked if I
would be willing to give any advice to Monique, who was new to the publishing
world. Of course I agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Monique had stayed in Grinnell after her graduation and became interested in local
history. She </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16px;">works as a librarian at the town library. By the time I connected with her s</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">he had already done extensive research about Edith and her family,
interviewed Edith and her daughter in Chicago and in Grinnell, and located an
illustrator for the book. As I read Monique's manuscript I could see places where she
could make it even better—by adding more details in some cases, moving some
information to the back matter, and letting the illustrations tell the story in
lieu of long descriptions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Since Monique lives in Iowa and I live in Los Angeles,
we met on Zoom. I had forgotten that the college yearbook is called The
Cyclone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During one of our meetings I
could hear the tornado watch siren as Monique hastily carried her computer to
the basement of her house. But nothing stopped the progress of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The process of shaping the manuscript that I went
through with Monique was the same as when I am working on one of my own books
except that in this case I was wearing the editor’s hat. And in the end, all
the final decisions were made by Monique and Erica, with valuable input they got
from Edith and her daughter. (It is rare that a biographer has the opportunity
to get feedback from the subject of the book!) By mid-October the book was
almost ready to go off to the publisher and Monique asked me to help with the
proof reading—it is always good have a fresh pair of eyes to check one last
time. Although I found a few small things, the book was in great shape and
ready to go to the printer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And now the book is ready for the world at large. Edith comes alive on every page through Monique’s well chosen words and Erica’s beautiful
detailed illustrations. The story is a window on the life of a Black family in a small
Iowa town in the first half of the 20</span><sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> century and later, on Edith’s adult
life in Chicago, where she lives today. Although written for children, </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">No One Is Better Than You</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> is for all
ages, and not just for people in Iowa and Chicago, but everywhere. And the
theme is universal: <b>No one is better than you</b>. I highly recommend this book!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The story of the creation of <i>No One Is Better Than
You</i> , from idea to printed page, is chronicled in Monique’s <b><a href="https://renfrowstory.com/book-updates/" target="_blank">blog</a></b>. You can also read about the book and its creation in an
article celebrating its publication in the <a href="https://www.southeastiowaunion.com/se-iowa-union-hometown-current/new-book-tells-story-of-first-black-woman-to-graduate-grinnell-college/" target="_blank">Southeast Iowa Union</a> newspaper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcBDsmAWcu26zah5vM01LcMREA6coJbowLLyFk40U_GDnux_pphvsuLHwi-mFZJZf5s8DIMN58vAuozfVLksV5NZDaVilAiUJk-4s5EqVueJnU7Yl8X4CeDhs8IxJ_vB_Q3kk8EcyF-gWkmiF-OqRB0W_YPQuHbtSOD6L4BkBRp7scnBiXLwi_c1wlZcF/s900/Childhood%20with%20mother%20sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="900" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcBDsmAWcu26zah5vM01LcMREA6coJbowLLyFk40U_GDnux_pphvsuLHwi-mFZJZf5s8DIMN58vAuozfVLksV5NZDaVilAiUJk-4s5EqVueJnU7Yl8X4CeDhs8IxJ_vB_Q3kk8EcyF-gWkmiF-OqRB0W_YPQuHbtSOD6L4BkBRp7scnBiXLwi_c1wlZcF/w400-h381/Childhood%20with%20mother%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Edith with her mother. Illustration by Erica Butler.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-41264815973444001372024-01-24T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-24T08:00:00.134-08:005 STAR RATING on GOODREADS for SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL!<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ1wzzUe6k8Z9s_vUYAI6Gimv_vOGH_1il-Y3Y7S9aMdQNIWyI8fxZ_XnLtLr8-j9PzUUdlCvOXESD-LljuxECPQG28isugr4xWYsa5hKw7XUyZojn8GEnCxruDXCS3l3IbTpsIYI_G-6876P4Ofc3KlZas-WcOcyR9VCv1cCaUdgQ-Q32FeXNJU_ACrn/s720/Goodreads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="720" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ1wzzUe6k8Z9s_vUYAI6Gimv_vOGH_1il-Y3Y7S9aMdQNIWyI8fxZ_XnLtLr8-j9PzUUdlCvOXESD-LljuxECPQG28isugr4xWYsa5hKw7XUyZojn8GEnCxruDXCS3l3IbTpsIYI_G-6876P4Ofc3KlZas-WcOcyR9VCv1cCaUdgQ-Q32FeXNJU_ACrn/w400-h211/Goodreads.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I was pleased to discover that SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL, my memoir about growing up in a settlement house in the 1950s, has a 5 star rating on </span><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="CAROLINE ARNOLD 10353 Rossbury Place Los Angeles, California 90064 310-838-1039 home 310-709-0848 cell Email: csarnoldbooks@yahoo.com Website: www.carolinearnold.com" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></b><span style="text-align: left;">. 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And Amazon!</p><p>Thanks!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfGzVojura5o10Lg1dC6F99Pr_GwXY4GUazmWCr9WmeV-WSTgyckV7zeRu0boroVKMCsw73gg-Rhe23zpkRN_VQxI86an9fHs05CaAel462fwqRXBblgUUPAf1q3OrtoWnhMrisOKgYNuN9CPdnQ7US2EfltxRWfbWcACkhD0R4P1zr6gdC0a7UVshTup/s1079/settlementgirlcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfGzVojura5o10Lg1dC6F99Pr_GwXY4GUazmWCr9WmeV-WSTgyckV7zeRu0boroVKMCsw73gg-Rhe23zpkRN_VQxI86an9fHs05CaAel462fwqRXBblgUUPAf1q3OrtoWnhMrisOKgYNuN9CPdnQ7US2EfltxRWfbWcACkhD0R4P1zr6gdC0a7UVshTup/w268-h400/settlementgirlcover.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eqQmJgoF2465UPn1pI2FQ4WyTJUCgAl0eWl0Hi-frNZJIdDU08Jc4BPFgplAdp8KkrEfjL7QTML8dzpPx-D8d55aNH1A-gBEGnctyjJFevV6EKwED6GFrlHc-gq0XfBh2FdXOgKE3qRNSCvEKDxAyKqROL4nwUrdsLcyu6gQoeb9DcHPVkfJJJWHBDoq/s900/Book%20cover%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eqQmJgoF2465UPn1pI2FQ4WyTJUCgAl0eWl0Hi-frNZJIdDU08Jc4BPFgplAdp8KkrEfjL7QTML8dzpPx-D8d55aNH1A-gBEGnctyjJFevV6EKwED6GFrlHc-gq0XfBh2FdXOgKE3qRNSCvEKDxAyKqROL4nwUrdsLcyu6gQoeb9DcHPVkfJJJWHBDoq/w266-h400/Book%20cover%20back.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-50076798617695707982024-01-17T08:00:00.000-08:002024-03-11T17:47:18.529-07:00NATURAL HABITAT SCHOOL GARDEN: A Hotspot of Diversity in the Middle of Los Angeles<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPo6X0iDDWd7RquwCqFTDo3IhN1jSckmzOxypKW42lN11kVbqRNdb8bpDJWLq8oHfvgk6mkz9K_FH1o5EmujzRUmnha2_oUyxbZ0U6vSKD1kXNj5MzWXnhyphenhypheneq1wubAkyWCoYWhQkg-fywSiJ0rBAsNqtkgjXdUWKIRo_5i-Mo38nxbxwZeXr9hrTnEWlK/s720/1%2020240111_104428.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPo6X0iDDWd7RquwCqFTDo3IhN1jSckmzOxypKW42lN11kVbqRNdb8bpDJWLq8oHfvgk6mkz9K_FH1o5EmujzRUmnha2_oUyxbZ0U6vSKD1kXNj5MzWXnhyphenhypheneq1wubAkyWCoYWhQkg-fywSiJ0rBAsNqtkgjXdUWKIRo_5i-Mo38nxbxwZeXr9hrTnEWlK/w400-h300/1%2020240111_104428.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Natural Habitat Garden, Esperanza School, Los Angeles, CA</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />Just a few blocks from
the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles is an amazing garden filled with native
California plants. A few years ago it was just an empty patch of dirt tucked
into a corner of the playground at Esperanza Elementary School. Now the plants
have grown tall and are competing with one another for space. For students at
Esperanza it is an opportunity to observe nature up close. I learned on my
recent visit that the garden has been named a hotspot of diversity for the
richness of its plants and wildlife. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWN_voREeoz-D8Mb7bDd3pyX2mfta92nJgYgoBhshna1kCEzmhHSy-PJVW2UOx9Yvw7Sww2mxZ-LauRoPkje6qzdzeYnCZsLvUMOJ1xLK10re7Fak87bFHondOUcY_zGoZu3ypQMgw3b26N2_fPNnuAB-DpE4oC-I4aBlIU9eMjQ5xZbXWsmEcBT0PsMi/s720/1%2020240111_104336.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWN_voREeoz-D8Mb7bDd3pyX2mfta92nJgYgoBhshna1kCEzmhHSy-PJVW2UOx9Yvw7Sww2mxZ-LauRoPkje6qzdzeYnCZsLvUMOJ1xLK10re7Fak87bFHondOUcY_zGoZu3ypQMgw3b26N2_fPNnuAB-DpE4oC-I4aBlIU9eMjQ5xZbXWsmEcBT0PsMi/w400-h300/1%2020240111_104336.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Principal Brad Rumble</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br />Principal Brad Rumble,
who has been key to the creation of the garden and also an avid bird watcher,
told me that 80 species of birds have been identified at the school. On a
bulletin board inside the school, “Observing Our Natural History”, students compared
the two species of hummingbird found in the garden—Anna’s and Allen’s. (In my
yard at home we have just Anna's hummingbirds.)</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwNlTfTB950rpZQdJVh-BwhM7eTvqDpmfsSRS-Xsv3hI0xPA9hnb6etr4kD5fbzmFT0Lbmq7Z3RhqIxwT3Ye08sBpfsKfbzuPuhXc9rcYqPg9_YKsFPE20Uy5KnIQ4cZ8pkEVlfceRqQlvWrfjxUxSJJ2GcAfrMIwfZ5WfWfs_vasFweNTZ4Ugp5tshF0/s720/1%2020240111_110634.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="720" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwNlTfTB950rpZQdJVh-BwhM7eTvqDpmfsSRS-Xsv3hI0xPA9hnb6etr4kD5fbzmFT0Lbmq7Z3RhqIxwT3Ye08sBpfsKfbzuPuhXc9rcYqPg9_YKsFPE20Uy5KnIQ4cZ8pkEVlfceRqQlvWrfjxUxSJJ2GcAfrMIwfZ5WfWfs_vasFweNTZ4Ugp5tshF0/w400-h263/1%2020240111_110634.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Observing Our Natural History: Hummingbirds</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br />Last week I visited
Esperanza for the first time since 2020 and I was amazed to see how much the
garden had grown. I did presentations in the library with third and fourth
grade students of special science teacher Elizabeth Williams. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1I2_DllRG7own3WulDQ11e5n9dqgAeglr87XUtLghPzj1L21D31GaH4cK6K_l7BBHFm3j_dvwYP4gkZA55q89cy30LKhuRi_bRCZVjgcGXcWctnkNtLUxU8U8c0ahdKMyKZPhqy_5F8ieA5hAJmZ5hW0z4_uSIgxAt4axWJVeklEpr8auws90ADRkYWYj/s720/1%2020240111_110215.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="720" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1I2_DllRG7own3WulDQ11e5n9dqgAeglr87XUtLghPzj1L21D31GaH4cK6K_l7BBHFm3j_dvwYP4gkZA55q89cy30LKhuRi_bRCZVjgcGXcWctnkNtLUxU8U8c0ahdKMyKZPhqy_5F8ieA5hAJmZ5hW0z4_uSIgxAt4axWJVeklEpr8auws90ADRkYWYj/w400-h268/1%2020240111_110215.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Teacher Elizabeth Williams</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif00WHeOF01N5WQ9KfPiIGopHoUt00iIt3-DQs3GsnHNsLot_OAzN9wU5Aj9G3NGC4XihoU4hmW5yJGO3-Qnh_e9C0-9IZYiyvLrKR_tWYEHnvQYR0ZRQqIJIlISXOc1J61RxzU-7bMvau1mFLCyt35TXDv-fOURhNpz0-hzDqjGp3uh0PUpNYWBnsUsnt/s720/1%20IMG_3635sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif00WHeOF01N5WQ9KfPiIGopHoUt00iIt3-DQs3GsnHNsLot_OAzN9wU5Aj9G3NGC4XihoU4hmW5yJGO3-Qnh_e9C0-9IZYiyvLrKR_tWYEHnvQYR0ZRQqIJIlISXOc1J61RxzU-7bMvau1mFLCyt35TXDv-fOURhNpz0-hzDqjGp3uh0PUpNYWBnsUsnt/w400-h300/1%20IMG_3635sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Presenting to students in the library.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I always love to
see the students’ enthusiasm for nature and was pleased with their good
response to my presentation. Before they went back to their classrooms each of
them was given one of my books for me to sign. I know it is very special for
them to have a book signed by the author. </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3mL9jB8EOc_AdVFa23i1r3b4bEOLbqF0IZmycluqx8RcbXuFzc6tt59TjyQh7bEfALLmZyrRdFCLhURNmp74d7kjVmcNfENXRLsNm91SVi48pMAqOtZwGtzclbcnRWhXUY7FjwQGWvWkIhLMvkUdnGpjikbhbVahKG2i5sW7hwVL2QKzoNs6KJAWO3-0/s720/1%2020240111_104217.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3mL9jB8EOc_AdVFa23i1r3b4bEOLbqF0IZmycluqx8RcbXuFzc6tt59TjyQh7bEfALLmZyrRdFCLhURNmp74d7kjVmcNfENXRLsNm91SVi48pMAqOtZwGtzclbcnRWhXUY7FjwQGWvWkIhLMvkUdnGpjikbhbVahKG2i5sW7hwVL2QKzoNs6KJAWO3-0/w400-h300/1%2020240111_104217.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With students in the garden.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br />After my presentations,
Mr. Rumble, Mrs. Williams and some of the students took me on a tour of the
Habitat. The students at Esperanza have become young naturalists, learning how
to identify plants and wildlife in the garden. I was so impressed by the
student who spotted a dragonfly perched on one of the plants. I had to look
carefully to see it at all, and the dragonfly was so well camouflaged that even
in my photograph it is hard to spot. </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzY6SpOLk4e4AV1vClf4Pi7iQ8_gvd0Fxx0ps3HxSR9L5P-xhokVPC2jjm0tUreI03zg_R7sDxTKs_4ah7QLrZBDVGGFpnSIOwg_CZ4v69qbNEHma0POr84SWL8IIEQafhoQy8LZUUJW0gTQ010a6KzK97BZBS_pT3xF1PfO_wg5DUOsaKA68QZTfeR2A/s720/1%2020240111_103738.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzY6SpOLk4e4AV1vClf4Pi7iQ8_gvd0Fxx0ps3HxSR9L5P-xhokVPC2jjm0tUreI03zg_R7sDxTKs_4ah7QLrZBDVGGFpnSIOwg_CZ4v69qbNEHma0POr84SWL8IIEQafhoQy8LZUUJW0gTQ010a6KzK97BZBS_pT3xF1PfO_wg5DUOsaKA68QZTfeR2A/w400-h300/1%2020240111_103738.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A path through the garden leads to a weather station.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt;"><br />There is always
something new to see in the garden. I have been visiting Esperanza almost every school year
since 2017. (There was a gap during the pandemic.) I look forward to going back next year and seeing how much the
garden has grown and changed.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBFLZe27QeIE1RpTzJLFwlldKhyphenhyphenptz4YAQS5YO8emmO95USMdTfxA8q0iJvF2W2IAm-hrXG7S2gv7QqMcoHy3SEx006G68DT6nblH9HEmvan33hI6rELeu1f0Zq_72wcojkmF96rAg9tAgl783nfUOjnH9e963GLjtSVt_HKTX6TOaVE7v3Kwry6GAi8e/s1908/1%2020240111_103932cr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="1908" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBFLZe27QeIE1RpTzJLFwlldKhyphenhyphenptz4YAQS5YO8emmO95USMdTfxA8q0iJvF2W2IAm-hrXG7S2gv7QqMcoHy3SEx006G68DT6nblH9HEmvan33hI6rELeu1f0Zq_72wcojkmF96rAg9tAgl783nfUOjnH9e963GLjtSVt_HKTX6TOaVE7v3Kwry6GAi8e/w400-h335/1%2020240111_103932cr.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dragonfly.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Helvetica","sans-serif"" style="color: #1d2228; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />Blog posts of my
previous visits to Esperanza: <a href="https://carolinearnoldart.blogspot.com/2017/08/national-geographics-and-urban-native.html" target="_blank">August 18, 2017</a>, <a href="https://carolinearnoldart.blogspot.com/2017/08/national-geographics-and-urban-native.html" target="_blank">June 13, 2018</a>, <a href="https://carolinearnoldart.blogspot.com/2018/11/author-visit-at-esperanza-school-los.html" target="_blank">November 21,2018</a>, <a href="https://carolinearnoldart.blogspot.com/2020/02/rebuilding-natural-habitat-visit-to.html" target="_blank">February 26, 2020</a> .<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-82915924763979871012024-01-08T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-08T09:32:18.859-08:00NEW BOOK! SETTLEMENT HOUSE GIRL, My Memoir About Growing Up in Minneapolis at North East Neighborhood House <p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkBr3Dt-uGgBRxY9puwV9gDkCy2aDhcPLrxvDZV2D0jArFFlRb9Tr4sw1NATpgk6SEXnAdGN3Dgavf6xnLSq9sgHjGLX__5pdJRm9XAXDmC3nRt35CUeJuqQSpiU5QXRpX1nFbuYhI9accKErSdo3durUOzrD-xgZC0yQwd8tP9DtfCVbLKOvY4ImClJM/s1079/settlementgirlcover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkBr3Dt-uGgBRxY9puwV9gDkCy2aDhcPLrxvDZV2D0jArFFlRb9Tr4sw1NATpgk6SEXnAdGN3Dgavf6xnLSq9sgHjGLX__5pdJRm9XAXDmC3nRt35CUeJuqQSpiU5QXRpX1nFbuYhI9accKErSdo3durUOzrD-xgZC0yQwd8tP9DtfCVbLKOvY4ImClJM/w268-h400/settlementgirlcover.jpg" width="268" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Caroline, Age 4, with her parents and brother Steve, on the steps of North East Neighborhood House</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />A book project long in the making is a memoir of my childhood
years in Minneapolis, </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Settlement-House-Girl-Neighborhood-Minneapolis/dp/B0CNPSD7PX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3T0LN7AIPDJEM&keywords=settlement+house+girl&qid=1704316166&sprefix=Settlement+House+%2Caps%2C255&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><b>Settlement HouseGirl: Growing Up in the 1950s at North East Neighborhood House, Minneapolis, Minnesota</b></a></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. It focuses on the time our family lived at the settlement house that
my father directed, as well as its influence on my life even after we moved to
our own house in South Minneapolis. My original intention in writing the book was
to explore the mid-20th century history of NENH and its role in the community
at a time when settlement houses like it were in transition to today’s social
service centers. But as I wrote down my memories and researched letters and
documents, I realized that it was really a story about me and my family set in
the context of a functioning settlement house and the surrounding neighborhood.
The book ends in the summer of 1966, after I have graduated from Grinnell College,
and the Scheaffer family heads to California. You can find the book on Amazon
but you have to search for Caroline Scheaffer Arnold (which Google keeps trying
to misspell!)</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-italic"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Settlement House Girl</span></i></span><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> chronicles my childhood at North East Neighborhood
House in Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota, as I interacted and shared meals
with other settlement house residents, participated in clubs, sports and
community activities, and observed the roles of the staff and my social worker
parents. It is an inside view of a working settlement house in the 1950s. The
38 chapters of the book range from my first days at the NENH nursery school, to
after-school clubs and community holiday celebrations at the settlement, family
and school life, and summers at Camp Bovey, the NENH camp in Wisconsin. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiebyfDinIRLcbeUqnqzI5ix9xMovoxT9-qFvro32Pzw94-shZ4HDviiHVZVnNwqclGUrCiYQGRvjfh1kWisPPZR-MeqDj0Za_AhH_pM_IYk_PiAIpzMxhga7B_DFCLKoizkLO4ZyLrn_ecMXiKaGhBusElt9RqFKntDYGaENWq2D8CMjaeHM70NSmEAl3/s992/NENH%20after%201951.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="992" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiebyfDinIRLcbeUqnqzI5ix9xMovoxT9-qFvro32Pzw94-shZ4HDviiHVZVnNwqclGUrCiYQGRvjfh1kWisPPZR-MeqDj0Za_AhH_pM_IYk_PiAIpzMxhga7B_DFCLKoizkLO4ZyLrn_ecMXiKaGhBusElt9RqFKntDYGaENWq2D8CMjaeHM70NSmEAl3/w400-h328/NENH%20after%201951.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>North East Neighborhood House, 1929 2nd Street NE. Our apartment was on the third floor.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />North East Neighborhood House, founded in 1915, was
part of the settlement house movement that began in England in 1884 and was
brought to the US by people like Jane Addams at Hull House, in Chicago.
Settlement houses, often called neighborhood houses, provided social services in
immigrant and poor urban neighborhoods. NENH was supported by charitable donations and by the Community Chest (United Fund.) Activities were led by volunteers who
came from other parts of the city and by staff members who lived at the
settlement house. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My father, Les
Scheaffer, was the NENH director from 1948 to 1966. Few families lived in
settlement houses as ours did and we were one of the last. By the 1950s, the
tradition of social workers living in settlement houses was coming to an end.
When my family moved out, it was the end of an era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The stories in this
book will spark memories in adults who grew up in the same time period, whether
in Minneapolis or elsewhere. Librarians and teachers who know my books for children
will find clues to my future life as a writer and illustrator. This book is
about the role of settlement houses in urban neighborhoods at mid-century. It
is a window onto a time when settlement houses were in transition from their
roots in immigrant communities at the turn of the 20th century to becoming
today’s modern social service agencies. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What began as Northeast
Neighborhood House more than 100 years ago, continues as <b><a href="https://www.esns.org/" target="_blank">East Side Neighborhood Services</a></b> and it is still serving the needs of people in Northeast and East Minneapolis. <span style="background: white; color: #0f1111;">My childhood at North East Neighborhood
House provides a unique perspective on the role it has played in our social
history.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-23716214539858244182024-01-06T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-06T08:00:00.253-08:00LEO POLITI ART ON EXHIBIT AT LAPL, Los Angeles, CA: Scenes from the City's Rich Past<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CP0xI6F51VYIKVRic9Gan9d2S5i4FqYK9wZKxtQLGlSHtpDoAUy3Of06ZXD8xR5XCKpdAQi5mZpFP95pW6bmR8sqhGfMpNQEnJEk1lDSGazNVd1ChxfLkrBnPG4rM8KGIQ_2oxVztAfzPIg1Ndz-10QjYu6cRgHBokoKVbY8SEyxfPF00Sa792TqHLUR/s3793/1%20Bunker%20Hill%20drawing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3793" data-original-width="2358" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CP0xI6F51VYIKVRic9Gan9d2S5i4FqYK9wZKxtQLGlSHtpDoAUy3Of06ZXD8xR5XCKpdAQi5mZpFP95pW6bmR8sqhGfMpNQEnJEk1lDSGazNVd1ChxfLkrBnPG4rM8KGIQ_2oxVztAfzPIg1Ndz-10QjYu6cRgHBokoKVbY8SEyxfPF00Sa792TqHLUR/w249-h400/1%20Bunker%20Hill%20drawing.jpg" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Angel's Flight, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA, drawing by Leo Politi</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“There
was no easy way to get to the top of Bunker Hill from the steep east side, so in
1901 engineer Colonel J.W. Eddy built ‘Angel’s Flight’, and all through the
years, since then, his two little cable cars, Olivet and Sinai, have been
taking people up and down the Hill…” (Leo Politi) </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Leo Politi (1906-1998), award winning children’s book illustrator and
artist of iconic Los Angeles scenes, is the quintessential California artist.
His art tells the story of Los Angeles as it was in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and
70s. Many of his paintings are in the collection of the Los Angeles Public
Library. Recently, they have been mounted in a permanent exhibit in the
children’s book department, along with photos of the artist at work. An excellent
remembrance by Tina Princenthal, Senior Librarian, of Leo Politi and his impact
on the people and life of the city is on the <b><a href="https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/leo-politi-fondly-remembered" target="_blank">LAPL blog</a></b>. The post includes a list of Leo Politi's books available at the library.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaULbDLSVjhN_XLX_cHJS9153hoPHPQ05xYnyXZYmQHk3OxZyVGyiLiavvzQAROTj0C_744U11CFEu6L_2ai9kCo578gCWuCE5WVcny8UoxpRPFHOH-2C5GKg-ma0us9nPd-_JQ1RmDghZ_1LL6n-iKhCpT9E5vaBuH9twzRyvqZnxaF8PPcLpQ1XFWxlD/s4032/1%20Leo%20Politi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaULbDLSVjhN_XLX_cHJS9153hoPHPQ05xYnyXZYmQHk3OxZyVGyiLiavvzQAROTj0C_744U11CFEu6L_2ai9kCo578gCWuCE5WVcny8UoxpRPFHOH-2C5GKg-ma0us9nPd-_JQ1RmDghZ_1LL6n-iKhCpT9E5vaBuH9twzRyvqZnxaF8PPcLpQ1XFWxlD/w400-h300/1%20Leo%20Politi.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Painting: House of Nell McKinzie. Photo: Leo Politi with admirers.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">“One of the few original residents of Bunker Hill is Nell
McKinzie…She lived at 245 Bunker Hill Avenue all of her life…'Father built a
plain house because he could not afford the gingerbread ornaments’ she said
almost apologetically one day.” (Leo Politi)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“I asked Miss McKinzie: ‘Do you remember the Hill when you
were a little girl?’ ‘Oh, yes,’ she answered. ‘Everywhere on the Hill there
were beautiful homes! My sisters and brother and I used to play with other
children of the neighborhood…” (Leo Politi)</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qd-PiBNUl08PWLpjVsOy1QFG5Z8UTn-ZhgTDJ3unxsv2qV0NSy0eKSINimPGfmRHPV-iOjY88zT8QNdXQLr5Kan_Ah8L1bmYe2aLKlFR-ISubD8NQSPjapUj32_Masw3q612qBV2MxoLABo_V5S5dk_lqAiR02Wr7EduzPRnnUq8d14gE87irpw7cDXn/s3030/1%2020231118_154131.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3030" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qd-PiBNUl08PWLpjVsOy1QFG5Z8UTn-ZhgTDJ3unxsv2qV0NSy0eKSINimPGfmRHPV-iOjY88zT8QNdXQLr5Kan_Ah8L1bmYe2aLKlFR-ISubD8NQSPjapUj32_Masw3q612qBV2MxoLABo_V5S5dk_lqAiR02Wr7EduzPRnnUq8d14gE87irpw7cDXn/w324-h400/1%2020231118_154131.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Feeding the pigeons.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I went to see the Leo Politi exhibit on a recent visit to the library. It was wonderful to view the original art up close and to read the accompanying descriptions. The exhibit is in two parts—in rooms at each end of the main reading room of the children’s department. Here are a few examples from the exhibit. I recommend that you go yourself to see them all.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gFLeHQs_TgIRV4urzqfw5Yw3-TWmrToEwpR-ckeAtRVzqnaJ8rihwJkKLMX9OEV4uhQZ04bVl4v7E5-p11PlNLOSJnFQhgj3xpLZrAaMq5qwdGZ_ogvBJUIukQjSCRMCnJ0F9LxB3WKyhxxmrMtLz34P6ZqSke9h0fx_WBfqLGA8Vou3naVJo6eOAZnC/s3396/1%2020231118_154122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3396" data-original-width="2646" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gFLeHQs_TgIRV4urzqfw5Yw3-TWmrToEwpR-ckeAtRVzqnaJ8rihwJkKLMX9OEV4uhQZ04bVl4v7E5-p11PlNLOSJnFQhgj3xpLZrAaMq5qwdGZ_ogvBJUIukQjSCRMCnJ0F9LxB3WKyhxxmrMtLz34P6ZqSke9h0fx_WBfqLGA8Vou3naVJo6eOAZnC/w311-h400/1%2020231118_154122.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Brousseau Home</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />“With the huge noisy city buzzing with life all around it, the old Brousseau
mansion now stands lovely and silent.” (Leo Politi)<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnhkwKNwxDgxvM9miwTpH1SKUX86i5LbXjLZzVqGRpdEFNhiYb2tXYuORrOVIcHO_f6PMDsCgbUn6-8GtIPtYmC_6RlRsGrej4RgtW-97F2jzwKTw3_xI8SNAv8lU6CA7fxyT0AeDy7b48RdvHReIp5Dj7RMGT71_Zqio6VMlQl8wFxQkHGqiIUNBMs2r/s2778/1%20artist%20colony%20sketch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="2760" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnhkwKNwxDgxvM9miwTpH1SKUX86i5LbXjLZzVqGRpdEFNhiYb2tXYuORrOVIcHO_f6PMDsCgbUn6-8GtIPtYmC_6RlRsGrej4RgtW-97F2jzwKTw3_xI8SNAv8lU6CA7fxyT0AeDy7b48RdvHReIp5Dj7RMGT71_Zqio6VMlQl8wFxQkHGqiIUNBMs2r/w398-h400/1%20artist%20colony%20sketch.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Artist Colony Sketch.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”The many intricate stairways winding up and down
Clay Street, from one building to another, and from one floor to another, gave
the place a quaint atmosphere which attracted artists…” (Leo Politi)</span></p><p></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-77313878941664786802024-01-01T08:00:00.000-08:002024-01-01T10:03:07.845-08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR! A Time for Beginnings and Endings<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQl6ZH2YhxIdrV14S3sSyMbjUHyWXQN3QCI0Lqa6Gyir45lWUj9U4OJYgw6N1irKdl4YNNok6ShSn1RsuhvPOJ0h3mF3POhmMSDECsW4AzBGa5g__HIV7NWCI4zgKYw_7-D_Q84NyPXeSGc3U1BYtpJCyq8dlDjMcfUwFqQxgLYOx8i5fk8__B6hqlxZK/s448/Dublin,%20Georgian%20house%20cr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="448" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQl6ZH2YhxIdrV14S3sSyMbjUHyWXQN3QCI0Lqa6Gyir45lWUj9U4OJYgw6N1irKdl4YNNok6ShSn1RsuhvPOJ0h3mF3POhmMSDECsW4AzBGa5g__HIV7NWCI4zgKYw_7-D_Q84NyPXeSGc3U1BYtpJCyq8dlDjMcfUwFqQxgLYOx8i5fk8__B6hqlxZK/w400-h290/Dublin,%20Georgian%20house%20cr.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Doorway, Dublin, Ireland</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />January is named after Janus, the Roman god of doorways and symbol of the dualities of life--beginnings and endings, life and death, old and new. As we close the door of 2023 and open the door of 2024, I wish you all a very<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">HAPPY NEW YEAR</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">from Caroline Arnold Art and Books</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">And a healthy and productive year ahead!</span></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-83693382785637574242023-12-25T08:00:00.000-08:002023-12-25T08:00:00.131-08:00Happy Holidays! A Time for Family Traditions<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofOvqFpcrYyCjCA0YRAoerHBZaJWFy3XZ2zDzGHogmCovOIYnAV2lOakC8k4Re0EHIWO-nveUQFfTx669TscEgq64kMGi3fWTN2NiKG1n2x1EZ2igNFwDFYNvaoR5qoYrT2C0MGC-aIzfWeD9Qhq9_U7C5GnQALzvZvmBDPwLERAXd3nT1VTJE9OJ38bm/s720/1%2020231126_144059sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofOvqFpcrYyCjCA0YRAoerHBZaJWFy3XZ2zDzGHogmCovOIYnAV2lOakC8k4Re0EHIWO-nveUQFfTx669TscEgq64kMGi3fWTN2NiKG1n2x1EZ2igNFwDFYNvaoR5qoYrT2C0MGC-aIzfWeD9Qhq9_U7C5GnQALzvZvmBDPwLERAXd3nT1VTJE9OJ38bm/w400-h300/1%2020231126_144059sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Holidays are a time for get-togethers with family and friends and for passing on family traditions. Every year when we get out the decorations for our tree we are reminded of the time that each one was added to the collection. The glass ornament above hung on the family tree when Art was growing up and has now been passed on to our daughter Jennifer and her family. It is still being enjoyed three generations later!<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">With best wishes for a</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Happy Holiday</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> from Caroline Arnold Art and Books</p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-59928033453594471802023-12-09T08:00:00.000-08:002023-12-09T08:00:00.238-08:00MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE, NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT27Fhehkp1KWVXgrn7H37mTT60rm9h_YYrDTUbTdzHUAG1FT3WJavMQQnDk9uK1PBMMlONao9RQQEJPqhvT5OwWY6JirtK9du4emmbfq8M0THFRwWsvpUE692Tn5ZvC7RxbFNms-_R071jXw4Z6SX8-7ih0rjJa3ez7Z0KpYhNJUSNWU2KXo_0T7Aq53s/s600/miamigacover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="600" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT27Fhehkp1KWVXgrn7H37mTT60rm9h_YYrDTUbTdzHUAG1FT3WJavMQQnDk9uK1PBMMlONao9RQQEJPqhvT5OwWY6JirtK9du4emmbfq8M0THFRwWsvpUE692Tn5ZvC7RxbFNms-_R071jXw4Z6SX8-7ih0rjJa3ez7Z0KpYhNJUSNWU2KXo_0T7Aq53s/w400-h389/miamigacover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />My book, <b>My Friend from Outer Space</b>, has now been translated into Spanish and is available on Amazon. <b>Mi Amiga del Espacio</b> is available in both <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP9W4CJ8?language=en_US" target="_blank">paperback</a></b> and as a <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPCB5CVC" target="_blank">Kindle ebook</a></b>.<p></p><p>With many thanks to my brother Tom Scheaffer, who for many years was a bilingual Spanish teacher in an elementary school in California, and to my daughter Jennifer Arnold and her husband Humberto Gutierrez Rivas, a native speaker from Chile.</p><p>Here is the description of the book in Spanish:</p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Sherry es mi vecina. Ella dice que viene del espacio. No le creo."<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sherry y su amiga van al espacio en un cohete de cartón. ¿Realmente van al espacio? ¿O simplemente están fingiendo?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Este libro ilustrado es para niños de cinco a doce años.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Publicado originalmente en inglés con el título </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;">My Friend from Outer Space </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">(Amazon, 2023).<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Traducción por Thomas Scheaffer y Humberto Gutiérrez-Rivas.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-58870157329592869742023-12-06T08:00:00.000-08:002023-12-06T11:04:17.567-08:00CAROLINE SCHEAFFER ARNOLD now on Wikipedia.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqWwtSjH6Vl6CSQHPu3ccFNcSoYzZhz1CeTrIbKlosWQLBZULwLu8zkhsMTo-VvualnnF1fQYUcDXpA0srp5xsQZ6zUH1INlqzJwnJZK1drYHjyvj_QjAPtufIlewu2NNPqd31CALkzhzhiUtiV1_GVOJkJa1E-Wq-liVxhf-31bN_EPDL2W2uNuJUajU/s2361/Wikipedia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="2361" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqWwtSjH6Vl6CSQHPu3ccFNcSoYzZhz1CeTrIbKlosWQLBZULwLu8zkhsMTo-VvualnnF1fQYUcDXpA0srp5xsQZ6zUH1INlqzJwnJZK1drYHjyvj_QjAPtufIlewu2NNPqd31CALkzhzhiUtiV1_GVOJkJa1E-Wq-liVxhf-31bN_EPDL2W2uNuJUajU/w400-h206/Wikipedia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />With the help of my daughter Jennifer I now have an entry on Wikipedia. Here is the link: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Scheaffer_Arnold">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Scheaffer_Arnold</a><p></p><p>You can find the link if you search for <b>Caroline Scheaffer Arnold</b>. (The addition of my maiden/middle name is to distinguish me from the other Caroline Arnolds who are authors.)</p><p>Thank you, Jennifer!</p><p><br /></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-40358653299265745762023-11-29T08:00:00.007-08:002023-11-29T08:00:00.134-08:00REVIEW of MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE in Fall 2023 Issue of The Grinnell Magazine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR-29ydQtpmNd2F8G-R01gr14EvVGVPWS9aNnfpACgxzpOwUhHJ-iFscarzSy4VogXXeuUM6jhRV-uUitJoFzb7I-yVIb15YDnQaSg-sfXpEpLRrvMUDTZoRLXE-ujqMa52J0xwjHf3vNkAuq5uiSvjtD0cew2EapzxplEYw2wCR5X318jt3vyp2rb9-c/s1240/Grinnell%20Magazine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1240" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR-29ydQtpmNd2F8G-R01gr14EvVGVPWS9aNnfpACgxzpOwUhHJ-iFscarzSy4VogXXeuUM6jhRV-uUitJoFzb7I-yVIb15YDnQaSg-sfXpEpLRrvMUDTZoRLXE-ujqMa52J0xwjHf3vNkAuq5uiSvjtD0cew2EapzxplEYw2wCR5X318jt3vyp2rb9-c/w400-h283/Grinnell%20Magazine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I am pleased to have MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE included in the Authors and Artists section of the fall issue of the Grinnell Magazine.<p></p><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kievit, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="field-items" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="summary-or-full-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="full-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Caroline Scheaffer Arnold ’66, DHL ’01</strong>, Amazon, July 2023</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">A graphic picture book for young readers illustrated with colorful, anime-style art, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Friend From Outer Space</em> follows Sherry as she tries to convince her best friend that she comes from outer space. Arnold, who majored in art and literature at Grinnell, is the author of more than 170 books for children. Her work has received awards from the American Library Association, and the National Science Teachers Association, among others, and she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the College in 2001.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-issue field-type-entityreference field-label-above" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kievit, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="field-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Issue: </div><div class="field-items" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="field-item even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://magazine.grinnell.edu/issues/fall-2023" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #428bca; text-decoration-line: none;">Fall 2023</a></div></div></div>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-20768517475103013762023-11-23T08:00:00.009-08:002023-11-23T08:00:00.132-08:0015th BLOG ANNIVERSARY: Time to Celebrate!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MkQBeOvwuuOoFfAK6heoan1z_8JWmY9aotm-Zsi40FXYq8-9B9fvZh6XFOJy0QTe7Giot9jFyjQvKAucdtDMSu4sHqbmPXR9_lghzyS9-hRIP9zLFJqTorQ4fxvAozflkzAOz8lj0horF0j-uqYSgj9x7hVdnkw340SeBCj_Q4-4qRIw9jdWkePldA/s168/Celebrate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="168" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MkQBeOvwuuOoFfAK6heoan1z_8JWmY9aotm-Zsi40FXYq8-9B9fvZh6XFOJy0QTe7Giot9jFyjQvKAucdtDMSu4sHqbmPXR9_lghzyS9-hRIP9zLFJqTorQ4fxvAozflkzAOz8lj0horF0j-uqYSgj9x7hVdnkw340SeBCj_Q4-4qRIw9jdWkePldA/w400-h293/Celebrate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Fifteen 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. But a little more than a year later I decided to expand the blog to include my writing as well and changed the name to <b>Caroline Arnold Art and Books</b> (the link is still carolinearnoldart) with the plan of putting up a new post once a week. (Typically the
posts go up on a Wednesday or Saturday--some weeks there are two.) <br />
For me, this blog is a way to keep track of my book and art related
activities, including school and library visits, publishing, reviews,
activities for children and teachers, announcements of prizes and awards
and more. Since launching the blog I have posted more than 800 items that
have been viewed by more than 330,000 visitors!<br />
Thanks to all of you who have been following this blog either on Google or by email. I appreciate your support.<p></p><p>(Note: The Comments section is no longer active. If you would like to comment you can reach me at Facebook or by email.) <br /></p><p> </p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-19769817862485407632023-11-19T12:19:00.000-08:002023-11-29T12:03:57.840-08:00FOCAL AWARD PRESENTATION 2023: Celebrating EFREN DIVIDED by Ernesto Cisneros<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2F0kY8MDnT48zflIxQSUfK5bCC0pgLolAgd5fHeUTswuUQV013cicwGi7po5WidH_S6AmROYdso_xyz_hfVgb0H7kszA9qQ9vGx1vaQ1n4gQUEYQLgiJREMSjgNmdi_TeSQ6mySWULIdJ1yLGAejSIVah2ptD103xSuymRIiHlKD3gpVhY5NrlAciI7V/s3426/1%2020231118_144029.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="3426" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2F0kY8MDnT48zflIxQSUfK5bCC0pgLolAgd5fHeUTswuUQV013cicwGi7po5WidH_S6AmROYdso_xyz_hfVgb0H7kszA9qQ9vGx1vaQ1n4gQUEYQLgiJREMSjgNmdi_TeSQ6mySWULIdJ1yLGAejSIVah2ptD103xSuymRIiHlKD3gpVhY5NrlAciI7V/w400-h309/1%2020231118_144029.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Author Ernesto Cisneros being interviewed by Dewi Ochoa at LAPL</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />On Saturday, November 18th, friends, family, and members of FOCAL (Friends of Children and Libraries) gathered at the Mark Taper Auditorium of the LAPL Central Library for the annual FOCAL Award presentation, this year to Ernesto Cisneros for his heart-stopping and multi-award winning book about an immigrant family, <i><b>Efren Divided</b></i>. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jg-WLcbGWJ2YfaxFLn0bEKHbxrSSvabiUR0KeOrWwbn9UcvLU5T5ji0lr1SyVg7qIrNYIcE66AXZB-dwuxOgN5odAaZ79VPryNNeUdxyJSOxPlM5AH8PdZEwuWAves1HLTNsahg-cNEkMAkedqCVQRMVZm8bUyNGkl_fZjfCuvFqJkbugukIAHR6gOl-/s700/Untitled-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="464" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jg-WLcbGWJ2YfaxFLn0bEKHbxrSSvabiUR0KeOrWwbn9UcvLU5T5ji0lr1SyVg7qIrNYIcE66AXZB-dwuxOgN5odAaZ79VPryNNeUdxyJSOxPlM5AH8PdZEwuWAves1HLTNsahg-cNEkMAkedqCVQRMVZm8bUyNGkl_fZjfCuvFqJkbugukIAHR6gOl-/w265-h400/Untitled-1.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />In the tradition of the award, he was presented with a puppet of the main character of the book. A second identical puppet will go on display in the children's room of the library, joining puppets from previous years. The puppets were created by Jesse Kingsley and Moira MacDonald. <p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuquJRxd_tcrnRIs0j2tHVJmUQSrBt9so83ePNxoedulIhhELocny2KZVcFGX2s6vSClz9eEOGYW70-vS7nNimSMBXAZydmZ3Dt5UgJcfF4Ykfcbo1XmE3FhOzahvKdAEbzhxWPSVW_PkwVi5Ms19JG5M0KcblDU-Zp4hreePv8zqwruoHp451T98V6c24/s1272/1%2020231118_141839.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1272" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuquJRxd_tcrnRIs0j2tHVJmUQSrBt9so83ePNxoedulIhhELocny2KZVcFGX2s6vSClz9eEOGYW70-vS7nNimSMBXAZydmZ3Dt5UgJcfF4Ykfcbo1XmE3FhOzahvKdAEbzhxWPSVW_PkwVi5Ms19JG5M0KcblDU-Zp4hreePv8zqwruoHp451T98V6c24/w400-h366/1%2020231118_141839.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jesse Kingsley and Puppet of Efren</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The program was introduced by Marilyn Robertson, FOCAL President, followed by a warm welcome from Valerie Lynne Shaw, President of the Board of Library Commissioners. The introduction to the book was by Basya Samuels, Chair of the Award Committee. After a short speech by Ernesto Cisneros about how he came to write the book, essay contest winners--Ted Won, 4th Grade Melrose Elementary, Cruz Cortez, 6th Grade, Sutter MS, and Haily Kim, 7th Grade, Burroughs MS--read their excellent essays to the audience. They wrote about how they responded to the book, a favorite part or character, and why they would like to meet the author. The program ended with a Q & A session with Ernesto Cisneros led by Dewi Ochoa, Chair of Social Media for FOCAL. Then we all enjoyed churros, chocolate chip cookies and other treats.<p></p><p>I have been a member of FOCAL for many years. After three years of the FOCAL Award presentations online because of the pandemic, it was good to be back again in person.</p><p>In order to be awarded the FOCAL book award, the book must be of the highest literary and artistic quality, and must have California content. I know how hard it is to choose a winner–I served on the committee for four years. This year’s choice is excellent and a fitting book to celebrate.</p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-41927656465551925482023-11-14T08:00:00.000-08:002023-11-14T11:09:55.492-08:00SCBWI BOOKSTOP: Buy your copy of My Friend From Outer Space here! <p><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiZHAy8sA0RVLAMqDHYAVt34P1ufEMQIM3BmYnZ2g6oBPWFa0BEPfPYIt3JL3moSQH6EbgCQSHhuUmSF2x8s2UUsJPYboBYdQXZxivS4Crtsur5LsuBjC2XjcRP3OO5bhghWmb1xUk1E1KdVblz5JTTlcvUczw6eXpqNH31fUbQcPcXln0TF3-oq0VldS/s780/SCBWI%20bookstop%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="780" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiZHAy8sA0RVLAMqDHYAVt34P1ufEMQIM3BmYnZ2g6oBPWFa0BEPfPYIt3JL3moSQH6EbgCQSHhuUmSF2x8s2UUsJPYboBYdQXZxivS4Crtsur5LsuBjC2XjcRP3OO5bhghWmb1xUk1E1KdVblz5JTTlcvUczw6eXpqNH31fUbQcPcXln0TF3-oq0VldS/w400-h400/SCBWI%20bookstop%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"><span style="font-family: verdana; outline: none; text-align: left;">The holidays are here! Purchase a wonderful book by SCBWI members. Find amazing stories in our members’ novels and picture books, and discover intriguing nonfiction – all make great gifts for the kids and young adults in your life and also for you! Go to </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OhfsLOUuIQ_z-h4oIXSk0exiKBhZvkBBmI9fL8sF9uR46Xps0a9yzUq3IMqm2avKFpopGpLIa_IRzWCOl78ccHZdohaGi-mMdtjaajM68CwnNQKm-sHgnRr5rKgBx1_-SL-7hJemJOrJDdhrxGTqdA==&c=X0pFUVadwL1LSC-X1DH7C9HeL3r8SPKc7nk52sKUOdmfXge10XjjkQ==&ch=g8MK2p-ky6mn1skFkT4PAxStQv7uXsR_N2Jxc7NekQFw42DaCDDX5A==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; outline: none; text-align: left;" target="_blank">https://www.scbwi.org/bookstop</a><span style="font-family: verdana; outline: none; text-align: left;"> to browse, buy, and enjoy a new book.</span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrpxOCjEyevJyvBg_sF_M3q23MiC0cJp5_A03pj7ZX31sOkWvggfOW2IKZ-DVI3EFFRXvNrTdjOchsk2YhfjwaNhm3cc2i2RsD8cRL9OTbvfEMUX2vuTYHA7mW9LeSKTPoTKCH9JzwQpgK5KSel_-NWDEtegoBuF0cuA58rqNkffKqO8P4W27AUkT0UsP/s1888/BookStop%202023%20MFFOS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1888" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrpxOCjEyevJyvBg_sF_M3q23MiC0cJp5_A03pj7ZX31sOkWvggfOW2IKZ-DVI3EFFRXvNrTdjOchsk2YhfjwaNhm3cc2i2RsD8cRL9OTbvfEMUX2vuTYHA7mW9LeSKTPoTKCH9JzwQpgK5KSel_-NWDEtegoBuF0cuA58rqNkffKqO8P4W27AUkT0UsP/w400-h199/BookStop%202023%20MFFOS.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"><br />I have created a page for my book</span><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"> <b><i>MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE </i></b></span><span style="color: #2f2f2f;">on the</span><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"> </span><b><a href="https://www.scbwi.org/bookstop/book/my-friend-from-outer-space" target="_blank">SCBWI BookStop</a></b><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"> </span><span style="color: #2f2f2f;">site. </span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">At my</span><b style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://www.scbwi.org/bookstop/book/my-friend-from-outer-space" target="_blank">BookStop page</a></b><span style="text-align: left;"> you will find </span><b style="text-align: left;">links to Amazon</b><span style="text-align: left;"> where you can buy the book (paperback and Kindle), to the </span><b style="text-align: left;">YouTube book trailer</b><span style="text-align: left;">, and to </span><b style="text-align: left;">my website</b><span style="text-align: left;"> where you can find more information about the book and its inspiration.</span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"><b>BookStop</b> goes live to the book-buying public on Tuesday, November 14 through December 22. The goal is to give new books by SCBWI members the exposure they deserve during peak holiday buying season.</span><br /><span style="color: #2f2f2f;">Check it out and leave a comment!</span></span><div><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6kgwRARDzIEi12V5Yc2Fx_7UnsaESTlX-tnAgEry_lDLdoXcTP3rC7iyhDzcutp7UEnNY898G6Cp1eeq9jwP7LpDPbckze-COduj4l2N_4Ejm_nCNuSPjeKYsGIdWxVX7-68QheCS5y-U7iqA72bb6DTLuqmIthRkc6Hdorkr6jj-z1A86BhV9z9j3in/s1440/P%204.5%20MFFOS%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1440" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6kgwRARDzIEi12V5Yc2Fx_7UnsaESTlX-tnAgEry_lDLdoXcTP3rC7iyhDzcutp7UEnNY898G6Cp1eeq9jwP7LpDPbckze-COduj4l2N_4Ejm_nCNuSPjeKYsGIdWxVX7-68QheCS5y-U7iqA72bb6DTLuqmIthRkc6Hdorkr6jj-z1A86BhV9z9j3in/w400-h200/P%204.5%20MFFOS%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 14px;"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></span></div></div>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-19203049209605156362023-11-13T08:00:00.028-08:002023-11-13T12:10:20.503-08:00THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE (TSM) Contributors Luncheon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7-9GHv-jGb1dXmZOXzQlmG5dHrPsHEqlJFY-ChPi8S19PswrzYXK7CCFe5eNfqn7OYyxpLEtXThEgemk134YHRdqWfRq8TMwo3NBHkTaYmDqC4mhxQhS_VqQdceZ3SDj89nKUxV7OsNQAuawJJAE8pbYM1ZVj_vn7kQxgEbwHUt2JXtnwNl5y5ocIASl/s1276/Untitled-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1276" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7-9GHv-jGb1dXmZOXzQlmG5dHrPsHEqlJFY-ChPi8S19PswrzYXK7CCFe5eNfqn7OYyxpLEtXThEgemk134YHRdqWfRq8TMwo3NBHkTaYmDqC4mhxQhS_VqQdceZ3SDj89nKUxV7OsNQAuawJJAE8pbYM1ZVj_vn7kQxgEbwHUt2JXtnwNl5y5ocIASl/w400-h178/Untitled-15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I was invited to attend <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 11pt;">The School Magazine Contributors’ Luncheon held last Monday in Sydney. Australia. <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">I have contributed a number of articles to <i>The School Magazine</i> over the years. Most recently, my story about sea turtles was republished in </span><i style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Blast Off </i><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">last August. (</span><i>The School Magazine</i> is produced by the New South Wales Education Department and is read by school children all over Australia and, now that it is online, throughout much of the world.)</span><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 11pt;">Flying to Sydney was out of the question for many contributors, including me. Instead, we were given the opportunity to attend online for a </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 11pt;">celebration of </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #242424; font-size: 11pt; outline: none;">the wonderful contributions of writers and artists to <i>The School Magazine</i>, far and wide</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-size: 11pt;">. Participants included authors from the United States, New Zealand, and as far away as Austria. (Because of the time change, the event was actually Sunday evening in California where I live.) While it took some time to get all the technology in order, the program began and we were introduced to the staff and treated to a summary of the history of <i>The School Magazine</i>, from its beginnings in 1916 to the present day. Here are a few examples of the changes that have taken place over the years. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzP4GrWo3RfRB0Fg4wViKBypoayGyE9PhhTTc3pD3RRyJWUxLob6zh0c76LH6SKW51A-Oatx074KdWiYJnbQ4-GxPFrdILc4yt_TGN277do5fNgDthyphenhyphen0Zg2bp8-JltoRiHA9NJjTgFUa53xxUTm2gWWdIVipvfz7-ZbclvQqLRuzQkdGqPyulprPU8PUaS/s720/Untitled-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="720" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzP4GrWo3RfRB0Fg4wViKBypoayGyE9PhhTTc3pD3RRyJWUxLob6zh0c76LH6SKW51A-Oatx074KdWiYJnbQ4-GxPFrdILc4yt_TGN277do5fNgDthyphenhyphen0Zg2bp8-JltoRiHA9NJjTgFUa53xxUTm2gWWdIVipvfz7-ZbclvQqLRuzQkdGqPyulprPU8PUaS/w400-h275/Untitled-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjgFn8liQJLX3EZG5npuaCU-EzJgGegYLtaMn_dm4p8eqPuur_DnD4lsG7KzAWN0Pa6Q5wnx1H3Ig5d3Nh-w7XoDKXQeODXvgr71CtHW08Ck8Rk-q68504wXXQ6MfqJ1CpQz72bvNTblgIriUPMkzL8Hj3jdfTmzAiHdDMdBVmqH2Ww8LJ2H-qmI-Ojjb/s720/Untitled-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #1d2228; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; outline: none;"><br /></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-75670709075875162442023-11-08T08:00:00.016-08:002023-11-08T08:00:00.138-08:00DICK HEWETT AND THE ROOM 8 CAT <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLalA9diQ7C3IdeC4_JlxysgYMWFdOnR4vuZoXzyXihoZjuOYgrfV7iooxrF8lKcrZnvaKiFtTWQueUVWvtjA-mx-1byNZ1aMQy6ihsOruYVpot-asccjZ4Fv85oGe0IRJ_OwnrA67CLqHlN1ik6twJyuwRhMMbbWlmuIUpb6rI7cTTzrPTWsHtuqmMUh/s533/1%20Dick%20Hewett%20and%20penguins%20cr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="533" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLalA9diQ7C3IdeC4_JlxysgYMWFdOnR4vuZoXzyXihoZjuOYgrfV7iooxrF8lKcrZnvaKiFtTWQueUVWvtjA-mx-1byNZ1aMQy6ihsOruYVpot-asccjZ4Fv85oGe0IRJ_OwnrA67CLqHlN1ik6twJyuwRhMMbbWlmuIUpb6rI7cTTzrPTWsHtuqmMUh/w400-h355/1%20Dick%20Hewett%20and%20penguins%20cr.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Richard Hewett, 1987, photographing penguins at the San Francisco Zoo</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The story of the Room 8 cat has been making the rounds on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=297076926515266&id=100086388814228&mibextid=lOuIew" target="_blank">Facebook</a></b>. Among the things that led to the cat's fame was a photo story in <i>Look Magazine</i> (November 1962) by photographer Richard (Dick) Hewett. I met Dick Hewett nearly twenty years later, when his career was shifting from that of a magazine photographer to that of a children's book illustrator. I began working with Dick (I as a writer and Dick as a photographer) and together we published nearly fifty books, many of them about animals, Dick's specialty. Dick also collaborated with his wife, children's book writer Joan Hewett. Dick Hewett passed away in 2006. He would be pleased to know that his story about the cat in Room 8 is still being told.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>“Room 8” ( 1947–1968
)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>Room 8 was a
neighborhood cat who wandered into a classroom in 1952 at Elysian Heights
Elementary School in Echo Park, California. He lived in the school during the
school year and then disappeared for the summer, returning when classes started
again. This pattern continued without interruption until the mid-1960s.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>News cameras would
arrive at the school at the beginning of the year waiting for the cat's return;
he became famous and would receive up to 100 letters a day addressed to him at
the school. Eventually, he was featured in a documentary called Big Cat, Little
Cat and a children's book, A Cat Called Room 8. Look magazine ran a three-page Room
8 feature by photographer Richard Hewett in November 1962, titled "Room 8:
The School Cat". Leo Kottke wrote an instrumental called "Room
8" that was included in his 1971 album, Mudlark.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>As he got older, Room
8 was injured in a cat fight and suffered from feline pneumonia, so a family
near the school volunteered to take him in. The school's janitor would find him
at the end of the school day and carry him across the street.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>His obituary in the
Los Angeles Times rivaled that of major political figures, running three
columns with a photograph. The cat was so famous that his obituary ran in
papers as far away as Hartford, Connecticut. The students raised the funds for
his gravestone. He is buried at the Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park in Calabasas,
California. (Facebook)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrRs6NNzgVgPFln2XvkaKjk9JaUxO9IUka87byaDgIqgdr3j0C48-41i1pvYMnoDTEHeMlMy5KMSZmJsZ0Couu2Yz1B58nAQwfqnh7NWEsMiZ_dGTYrEzrs1kcoqWl5nMDVON2DjNz25f5PwkCLZSIUxOtKtjjTW2xpEAVZCweAhIZsJIp3EX-OnotJjb/s1240/Dick%20Hewett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1240" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrRs6NNzgVgPFln2XvkaKjk9JaUxO9IUka87byaDgIqgdr3j0C48-41i1pvYMnoDTEHeMlMy5KMSZmJsZ0Couu2Yz1B58nAQwfqnh7NWEsMiZ_dGTYrEzrs1kcoqWl5nMDVON2DjNz25f5PwkCLZSIUxOtKtjjTW2xpEAVZCweAhIZsJIp3EX-OnotJjb/w400-h318/Dick%20Hewett.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dick Hewett and me with cheetah "Damara" at Wildlife Safari Park in Oregon, 1988</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></span></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120084091489549279.post-3110489743629691782023-11-05T08:38:00.000-08:002023-11-05T08:38:41.329-08:00VIDEO BOOK TRAILER now on YOUTUBE for My Friend from Outer Space<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvi1Fc7l_JWJGPyv-PuDiC9rh0ZlibV5WUCr95EQMHKvZyKhH8pVhFLtdjuEcXfXreTq6AFs4vzqo9tvtJMCg_V5Kwu5WFuwfALG1rqEWV-Bx6HKmAyggb4Abt_LXmVz4gJhv8ZCzCVkES6rixYlRkdO3MKUg_wDcd6bo1LXfvTTD5DNw-Wsk8zwBORPI/s720/YouTube.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="720" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvi1Fc7l_JWJGPyv-PuDiC9rh0ZlibV5WUCr95EQMHKvZyKhH8pVhFLtdjuEcXfXreTq6AFs4vzqo9tvtJMCg_V5Kwu5WFuwfALG1rqEWV-Bx6HKmAyggb4Abt_LXmVz4gJhv8ZCzCVkES6rixYlRkdO3MKUg_wDcd6bo1LXfvTTD5DNw-Wsk8zwBORPI/w400-h264/YouTube.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />A short (1 minute 40 second) video book trailer of MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE is now on YouTube. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSP_ZICyJ0Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSP_ZICyJ0Y</a><p></p><p>Take a look, then read the book and find out what Sherry <i>really</i> looks like on the Planet Tinbambam.</p><p>You can purchase MY FRIEND FROM OUTER SPACE ON <span> on Amazon.</span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friend-Outer-Space-Caroline-Arnold/dp/B0C9S573MQ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1688835501&sr=1-5" target="_blank">Paperback</a> <span> </span>$9.99</span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friend-Outer-Space-Caroline-Arnold-ebook/dp/B0CB9BXWLC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1688835501&sr=1-5" target="_blank">Kindle</a> <span> </span><span> </span><span> $6.99</span></span></p><p><span><span>Order your copy now!</span></span></p>five nestshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291274724653706754noreply@blogger.com0