tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53750516845703705112024-02-19T03:08:00.066-05:00Changing the World... One Book at a Time!Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-32118798689947630662010-11-04T13:05:00.007-04:002010-11-05T11:08:47.982-04:00Something fun to shareWell, my publisher - Kids Can Press - has set out to make video book promos for their books in the Citizen Kid series. I am very lucky that both my books; One Well: the Story of Water on Earth - and - Tree of Life: the Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth; are a part of this great series. To that end, One Well is the first of my books to receive the video treatment. So naturally, I thought I Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-78762482184378005102010-10-01T11:11:00.006-04:002010-10-01T11:43:32.904-04:00The Odd FilesBe sure to check out this month's Boy's Life (Boy Scouts of America, Oct 2010) for my newest article "The Odd Files" about some of the stranger species that are listed as at risk on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List. Discover a creature whose name literally means "god of ugly things" - the wetapunga. Learn about the blind amphibians that can go 10 years Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-67175514529505463662010-01-26T11:29:00.000-05:002010-01-26T11:29:07.815-05:00A Year of Reading: CitizenKid: Tree of LifeA great blog with references to Tree of Life. Check it out...A Year of Reading: CitizenKid: Tree of LifeRochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-74026181851530025972010-01-08T10:45:00.001-05:002010-01-08T10:46:16.171-05:00The Green Phone Booth: How do you green up your kids?This just came across the Google alert wire. Thought I'd share...RThe Green Phone Booth: How do you green up your kids?Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-76653537951987471312009-10-06T15:25:00.006-04:002009-10-06T15:58:15.086-04:00Playing with technolgyThis is me experimenting with software, pictures and learning how to tell visual stories online. I am very lost, my brain is melting, but I am about to copy and paste something. You will either see my photo story or a bunch of gooblity guck. I am hoping for the best, but expecting the worst...LOLRCreated with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-84649801771256323742009-08-08T21:44:00.007-04:002009-08-08T22:19:14.494-04:00Go stand in the toilet - or - the irony of losing your nouns while teaching a 5 year old how to read and write.A few years back, I saw a great show by comedian Sandra Shamas. I think it was called At Wit’s End. In part of the show, she discussed hitting her 40’s and the phenomena of noun loss. Suddenly, this very articulate woman found herself literally at a loss of words and not just words in general, nouns in particular. She would find herself mid sentence about to name something and be completely at a Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-70353275934439034192009-03-18T16:07:00.001-04:002009-03-18T16:09:09.927-04:00Toilet Replacement Program RantFor those of you who know me, you know I wrote a kid’s book about water called One Well: the Story of Water on Earth. Well, after over a year of touring Canada and the US preaching about water conservation, this past January, I finally replaced my own toilet tank. I am now the proud owner of a 4.5L/flush tank.After the toilet was successfully installed, I dutifully applied for the City of Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-82473997233802876632009-01-13T12:08:00.005-05:002009-01-13T12:12:12.485-05:00Heading West - Vancouver & Haida GwaiiI just wanted to let you know that I will be heading to Vancouver to attend Serendipity 2009 (http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/table/index.htm), to receive my Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. I am very excited to attend the conference and meet Children’s Literature Roundtable participants from across the country! I am also thrilled to be returning to Vancouver Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-78624269169843292452008-12-15T12:08:00.004-05:002008-12-15T12:16:46.148-05:00Dictionary dumps nature wordsLast week I stopped at the local coffee joint for a latte and a little down time. I grabbed a couple of papers and began to peruse the news. The heading of an article “Dictionary dumps nature words” immediately caught my eye and I began to read.It seems as though the Oxford Junior Dictionary has made the decision to DROP what they call nature words from the dictionary. UNBELIEVABLE! I wonder whatRochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-151624855140787502008-12-09T11:32:00.000-05:002008-12-09T11:43:28.114-05:00Beauty in the greyWell...it’s a snowy Tues morning having some trouble getting going today. This time of year always plays tricks on my moods...and it has little to do with the upcoming holidays. December is an odd month for me. It’s my bday month, my son’s bday month, the end of the year, etc. It has always been a time of endings and new beginnings. A time of reflection and assessment. I am a year older – did I Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375051684570370511.post-27333613592906564982008-11-27T10:37:00.000-05:002008-11-27T10:50:24.642-05:00Once upon a time...Once upon a time, there was a young woman from Toronto who decided it was finally time to create a website. Her idea was to have a site, with just a few pages, to promote her books. The site soon grew and grew and grew, until suddenly there was page after page after page, link after link after link...and most surprisingly, a blog! A blog? What on earth could she possibly have to blog about? And Rochelle Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949962420339027592noreply@blogger.com0