Caroline Arnold Art and Books: Cathy Potter

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Best Stem Books of 2022 at the Nonfiction Detectives: PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6

With many thanks to two intrepid librarians, Louise Capizzo and Cathy Potter, for including my book PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6: From Seeds to Salad in their list of Best STEM Books for Kids 2022 at The Nonfiction Detectives (December 12, 2022). I am honored to have my book among the outstanding titles on this list. Louise retired as youth service manager in a public library; Cathy is a school librarian.

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MORE THAN 170 BOOKS

I have been writing for children since 1980 and am the author of more than 170 books, both fiction and nonfiction. I am also an illustrator. My newest titles include my memoir (for adults) Settlement House Girl, My Friend from Outer Space, Keeper of the Light: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog, Planting a Garden in Room 6, Butterflies in Room 6, Hatching Chicks in Room 6, Living Fossils, Clues to the Past and four books in the Caroline Arnold's Habitats series: A Day and Night in the Rain Forest, Desert, Prairie, and Forest. Other recent titles include Too Hot? Too Cold? Keeping Body Temperature Just Right and A Warmer World: From Polar Bears to Butterflies, How Climate Change Affects Wildlife, A Polar Bear’s World, illustrated with my own cut paper art, now republished as a board book, Wiggle and Waggle, five stories about two hardworking worms, and The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers, a tall tale which won the Parents’ Choice Gold Award are two of my fiction books. In 2008 I received the California Readers Leo Politi Award for my body of work. For more about my books, go to www.carolinearnold.com. I received a B.A. from Grinnell College in Iowa, and an M.A. in Art from the University of Iowa. I live in Los Angeles and Oakland, CA. I love to visit schools and libraries to talk about my books and the writing and illustrating process. Click here to learn more about my school visit programs.