Who’s blogging?
I'm Karin Fisher-Golton. I love the water and my family and friends—this photo reminds me of both. I write picture books, poetry, early readers, middle grade novels, and nonfiction for children. I also edit children's books (picture books through young adult books). Click on my photo above for more about me.
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Books by Karin . . .
My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude. Board book for ages 0-3. Click the cover image for more information.
The Clock and the Boulder. A time-travel novel for ages 9-12. Click the cover image for more information.
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Previous Posts
- Freedom at Dawn—RYWD/BHM Book Review
- Ars Novelica: Two Dogs, Alric and Pompe
- Spring Birds, Poetry, Book Launch
- The Clock and the Boulder Is Launched!
- Ars Novelica: Poems about Writing a Novel
- Time Travel! Book News and a Poem
- Trees!: California Lilac Poem on Tu B’Shvat
- Slippery, Spicy, Tingly: A Kimchi Mystery—RYWD Book Review
- Progressive Poem 2024/National Poetry Month
- Small Rescue
- Bay Couple, a Persona Poem
- Podcast Link: The Meeting of Picture Books and Audio Books
- Rumi: Poet of Joy and Love—MCBD Book Review
- Infinity: Remembering My Father
- Progressive Poem 2023
- Thinking of Pollinators on Earth Day Eve
- A Few February Poems
- In Memoriam: Missing My Cousin Ira on Holocaust Remembrance Day
- For Every Little Thing: MCBD Book Review
- Progressive Poem/National Poetry Month
- Happy Twosday!
- One Whole Me: MCBD Book Review
- Boy from Buchenwald: Holocaust Remembrance Day Book Review
- The Generous Fish: MCBD Book Review
- That Little Girl
- Gratitude during the Pandemic
- Lily and the Great Quake: MCBD Book Review
- It Rained Warm Bread: Holocaust Remembrance Day Book Review
- God’s Dream: MCBD Book Review
- Hey, Doodle, Doodle
- Love Family: MCBD Book Review
- Milkweed Life
- Butterfly Cap Found
- Mama and Papa Have a Store: MCBD Review
- Thank You, Bev Bos: a National Poetry Month Post
- What Creativity Looks Like
- A Monumental Poem
- A Cento for National Poetry Month
- A Rainbow in California, with Tanka
- More February Poems
- February Poems
- A Poem a Day for February
- Stay Calm, Leave Room For Gratitude
- Amazing May Posts
- An Ekphrastic Pantoum on February 27
- Metal Bowls and Memories
- Goodbye and Thank You, Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge
- Butterfly Words
- What’s Right in Front of You
- Lemon Tree, Very Pretty
- Unbridled Creativity: An Experience with Children and Poetry
- Halloween Candy Science!
- Remembering Paul Wellstone
- A Grand Finale for the 2012 Oakland A’s
- The Oakland Athletics Are Fired Up
- Flying High from a Shuttle Flyby
- Praise for A Perfect Time for Pandas
- I Might Be an Elephant
- Double-homemade Bread
- Ichiro’s All-Star Feat
Author Archives: Karin Fisher-Golton
February Poems
We are past mid-February in the poem-a-day month I am sharing with my poetry group. As anticipated, I feel more at-ease with the project than I did last year–in fact the month seems to be going by a bit fast. … Continue reading
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A Poem a Day for February
Last year the members of my children’s poets group set out to write a poem a day in February. All four of us did just that. Some days one of us wrote two. On the last day I wrote a … Continue reading
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Stay Calm, Leave Room For Gratitude
(This post is identical to the one I posted earlier today on my book’s blog, OurAmazingDays.com. The two blogs overlap so much, a merge may be forthcoming. Meanwhile, I want to share this here, too.) I’ve been noticing lately that … Continue reading
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Amazing May Posts
I started a blog on OurAmazingDays.com, the website for my book, My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude. I’m launching with a month of daily posts about amazing things–clearly relevant topics to my Still in Awe Blog here. … Continue reading
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An Ekphrastic Pantoum on February 27
My children’s poets group is finishing up writing a poem a day for the month of February. When we started I wondered how many poems we would actually write. Turns out we’ve each written a poem a day, sometimes two. … Continue reading
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Metal Bowls and Memories
My family and I are making room for the coming multitude of My Amazing Day board books, so on Sunday we had a garage sale. We did fine with sales, but when it was over there was also quite a … Continue reading
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Goodbye and Thank You, Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge
I’m feeling sentimental about the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Today is the last day it will carry traffic. My earliest memories of the bridge are as a child, slumped in the back seat on long rides … Continue reading
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Butterfly Words
My love of butterflies began with language. One late spring day in 1997 I was on a group hike, celebrating a friend’s birthday. Someone saw a butterfly and mentioned that he liked the French word for it: “papillon.” I shared … Continue reading
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What’s Right in Front of You
I missed my cousin’s wedding yesterday. It was the union of two people I am so glad get to have a life together. Much of my family, including my husband and son, were there, but I stayed home nursing an … Continue reading
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Lemon Tree, Very Pretty
We were lucky to move into a house a few years ago with an established Meyer lemon tree. The tree has been prolific. Once I invited a friend to collect some lemons for her daughter’s school event. She stopped by … Continue reading
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