ETSY SITE UPDATED: More Items, Lower prices

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

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

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

The art is shipped in a sturdy mailing tube.

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

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

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

VIRTUAL AUTHOR VISIT AT VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL, Glendale, CA

Zoom author visit at Valley View School, Glendale, CA, with Ms. Jenks, her umbrella cockatoo, and her second grade students.

On February 28, 2022, I had an excellent author visit at Valley View Elementary School in Glendale, California, as part of the Authors and Illustrators in the Schools program sponsored and organized by the Glendale Assistance League. I especially thank Linelle Vincenti and Kathy Blyth for all their support and making sure that everything ran smoothly. I was one of four authors at Valley View on Monday. I met with four groups of first and second graders, each class for about forty minutes, sharing my books and my life as an author and answering questions from the students. I enjoyed it immensely. And I could tell that the teachers and kids enjoyed it too. One teacher wrote me at the end of the day: “Thank you so much for sharing! You were wonderful. The kids talked about you all day!”

The theme of my presentation was gardens–featuring my new book PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6: From Seeds to Salad, as well as my fiction book WIGGLE AND WAGGLE (reading the first story and singing the gardening song with my Wiggle and Waggle sock puppets), and sharing my miniature garden inspired by Mr. McGregor’s garden in PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter. 

The mascot of Valley View School is the Bald Eagle, and that prompted a discussion of my books about birds (including A BALD EAGLE’S WORLD and HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6) and showing the children my collection of feathers and my ostrich egg. As a special treat, one of the teachers, who was Zooming from home, showed us her beautiful Umbrella Cockatoo, who erected her handsome crest and demonstrated how she can talk.
I also shared my illustration process, showing them how I do my cut-paper art for my book A ZEBRA’S WORLD.
Altogether, it was a full and satisfying day!
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Watching Bald Eagles

Bald Eagle in the Harbor, Bellingham, Washington

A number of my recent books, including A Bald Eagle’s World, have been illustrated with my own art.  I rely on photographs and personal observations of the animals as references for my drawings.  When possible, I like to observe animals in their natural habitats. I have been to Alaska and have seen bald eagles in the wild.  I have also seen bald eagles in Minnesota, Washington, in Yellowstone National Park, and elsewhere.  They are found in every state of the union except Hawaii!  I also find nature films and video helpful in my research.  While I was working on the eagle book, I kept my second computer screen open to a live webcam at an eagle nest on Catalina island.  It was amazing.  In real time, I could watch the young chicks toddling around the nest waiting for their parents to bring them food, and then suddenly the adult eagle would arrive, swooping in with a fish in its talons.   Several nests in California and elsewhere are fitted with 24 hour video cameras hooked up to a web feed.  It is nesting season again and both nests on Catalina already have eagles sitting on eggs.  Tune in and follow the action at the nest!  (Be sure to turn on your sound so you can hear the wind and the birds' vocalizations.)

MY ETSY GALLERY: Cards and Prints

My Etsy gallery has been slowly growing. Here is a recent addition. This blank greeting card is an illustration from my book A Bald Eagle's World. Please visit! I have lots more cards and prints.