This past weekend I presented Redwoods at the New York Transit Museum. The Transit Museum’s main attraction is their collection of old subway cars (which are really cool) and I got to read the book to a crowd of parents and children in one of them.
After the reading, we did an art project. In Redwoods, [...]
Redwoods made this year’s American Library Association Notable Book list! Here’s a description of the notable book criteria from the ALA website:
Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books. According to the Notables Criteria, “notable” is defined as: Worthy of note or [...]
Past Event. View pictures from this event here:
I am excited to announce that this Saturday (Jan. 23) I will be presenting Redwoods to parents and children of all ages at the NY Transit Museum. The presentation will begin with a reading in one of the museum’s historic subway cars, followed by a presentation of [...]
A pioneering group of Californians is trying to turn forests that include redwoods into “Carbon Banks” according to NPR’s Morning Edition in a report filed this past November. The Conservation Fund’s goal is to manage their forests in such a way that they increase the amount of carbon the forests absorb and retain. According to the [...]
Right now I’m immersed in the world of coral reefs, but today my wife showed me this video, which was produced by the American Museum of Natural History. It shows our planet and it’s relation to other know objects in the universe–all to scale, and all in about 6 minutes. It gives a [...]
