Books with author Bob Thomas

What to do when the night sets in about a campfire? Why, start the riddles, of course!Kids young and old should take to heart any list of riddles that are as engaging and at times seemingly sense-defying to take away the chills of the mountains or the open spaces of any campsite. Campfire Riddles: Volume I by Thomas R. Bora in that respect is simple, accessible, and meant to march with the idling nighttime hours of the campers.

This is the epic tale of 3 teenagers, who through a series of random events, discover a new kind of evil in this world. Seeking to know more, they investigate these REAL creatures. As they dig further into the truth of them, they learn how they came to be here, why they are here, and lastly, what they want from us. Can you handle a book about REAL monsters?Join our 3 teenagers as they uncover the truth and work toward eliminating what may be the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. Read Shadow Shifters NOW! This book is for ages 12-120.

Rob Thomas, creator of Veronica Mars and author of Rats Saw God, delivers a poignant tale of a young man caught in the crossroads of growing up with nowhere to go but forward.Determined to pursue his dreams of becoming a reporter, Patrick Sheridan leaves his deeply religious family behind in his small Texas town for a job on a teen news show in Los Angeles. Before he knows it, he’s mingling with the rich and famous, lying to his parents, and cheating on his girlfriend, who’s waiting for him back home. While on assignment across the pond in Ireland, he learns that it was his pretty face—not his talent—that landed him the job in the first place. Devastated and at a loss of what to do, Patrick runs. He knows it’s up to him to pick up the shattered pieces of his life, but what do you do when everything you thought you knew turns out to be wrong?

Pop Art is eye-catching, bold, recognisable and, best of all, its easy to reproduce making it fantastic for beginners. Thomas Böhler explains all the fundamentals including materials, tools and the basic techniques as well as everything you need to know about this fashionable art form. The book is packed full of inspirational pop art pieces partly inspired by famous pop art artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein; but including plenty of contemporary references and subjects. More than just a decorative hobby, this book will inspire you to create your own unique works of pop art.

From Marceline to the Magic KingdomAward-winning Associated Press reporter Bob Thomas' original biography of Walt Disney is fast-moving and insightful—the perfect introduction to Walt for readers of all ages.The stories told in Magician of the Movies unravel the man who fascinates us to this day. Thomas puts us in the wagon with young Walt making the rounds with Doc Sherwood in Marceline, Missouri. He makes us feel Walt's despair at the loss of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit—and Walt's jubilance not long after with the creation of Mickey Mouse.We follow Walt to France during World War I, sit alongside him at the premiere of Snow White, and weather with him the dark days of World War II. We watch as orange groves give way to magic and pixie dust. Even if you've heard these stories before, Thomas brings them—and many others—to vivid life, with wit and charm, and deepens your admiration for Walt Disney.Bob Thomas wrote two biographies of Walt (and one of Walt's brother, Roy), and he counted the Disneys among his many Hollywood friends. Walt himself gave his future biographer a personal tour of Disneyland when the park was still under construction—driving Thomas to the site in a convertible! No other biographer writes of Walt Disney with such authority and authenticity.COME ON, EVERYBODY, HERE WE GO!

Every reader loves a secret. Why do hearts skip a beat and pulses trip when we read the word secret? Change it to read…secret codes and we get another bump. Or better yet…secret ciphers… that adds a dash of foreign intrigue. Sure enough now, it’s spies, secret agents and moles that use secret ciphers…saboteurs and double agents…!Code Breaker is a crash, bang, hoot of an adventure coming at you at warp speed wrapped around a tender teenage romance. Sam Ryder, a high school student, discovers a coded message in an abandoned cabin in the north Maine woods. He later learns that in 1944 an escaped WWII German POW died in the same cabin. What was the German doing there? Code Breaker is about Sam ‘s attempt to unravel the German secret cipher which he hopes will lead to a fabulous treasure before the bad guys can steal it…all the while trying to establish a relationship with the heroine, Brooke Corrigan, known as the Ice Lady, before German agents, also searching for the loot, can do her in. Then he must deal with why he left Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a jump ahead of the law. Set in Yarmouth...Freeport... Casco Castle... L.L. Bean... Casco Bay and the University of Maine’s Stone House at Wolfe’s Neck. What happens on the Bowdoin College campus? Ah! Therein lies the mystery...

After veering off course and flying through a wormhole a family of little blue aliens crash their ship on the moon, out bounce all the aliens in their protective space suits, some land on the moon, some fall to earth and the rest are lost in space.One of the aliens finds his way into Ayva’s back garden, they quickly become friends and Ayva helps Tros to get back to his family on the moon.Book One of Ayva and the Aliens