Tips for visiting San Francisco with kids, how to get around with Clipper card, charming neighborhood parks (most with restrooms), enjoy bounty of farmers markets, best family San Francisco hotels and Marin vacation rentals.
Read more…Summer 2023: Tips for Visiting National Parks
Know before you go to US national parks this summer. Check out the National Park Service (NPS) website. For each park you’ll find current road status, weather, and alerts about fire and air quality, trail conditions, closed campgrounds, day-use reservations, traffic congestion, and more.
Read more…Yellowstone & Grand Teton Summer 2023
Planning a family vacation to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks? Find out what facilities are available in each park, fun things to do with kids, tips for where to stay, children’s books and guides about the parks.
Read more…Saber-toothed cats in Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits, one of world’s largest Ice Age fossils sites, is located right in downtown Los Angeles. The Page Museum is a treasure trove of extinct prehistoric animals, life-size animatronic animals, hands on-exhibits, and Ice Age Encounter, with a costumed saber-toothed cat.
Read more…Hinamatsuri – Doll Festival Girl’s Day Japan
March 3 is Hinamatsuri (Hina Matsuri), also called Doll Festival or Girl’s Day, celebrated in Japan. Find out about the holiday, gorgeous Hina dolls, tsurushi bina decorations, and fun food, with recipe to cook at home.
Read more…African American Experience: New and favorite children’s books
New and favorite stories of dedication, creativity and dreams to become a female astronaut, famous athletes and artists, a school principal, protests against segregation and discrimination, dark days of enslaved African Americans, and a fierce optimism to not only survive, but thrive.
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