Books with author Craig Franklin

Now packed with even more breathtaking color photographs, wildlife descriptions, and detailed area maps, this updated fourth edition of this bestselling Antarctica travel guide includes fascinating, full accounts of interesting places, spectacular landscapes, and local plants and wildlife—from penguins and other seabirds to whales, seals, and myriad mammals. A definitive field guide to Antarctica, this book caters to South Pole visitors traveling by luxury liner, adventure cruise, or private boat. Written by experienced Antarctic scientists and travel guides who are recognized experts in the continent's wildlife, conservation, and political history, every page offers gorgeous color photographs of the great white south. This new edition pays special attention to explaining the threats to Antarctic conservation, including from climate change, global warming, and plastics pollution, and includes tips on how visitors can minimize their own impact and help preserve this unique continent.

An autobiographical novel about Craigy, a boy genius, orphaned at two and raised by a remarkable elderly couple. Although race-relations is an underlying theme, the focus of the book is on the year Craig befriends Arnie, an uneducated though wise and caring mountain man. It explores the fascinating influences they have on each other. Craig wanted most of all to be just a regular guy. "I prayed every night to wake up just average the next morning - a little taller and a whole lot dumber. It didn't happen. " His time with Arnie came as close to feeling normal as the lad would ever know. Lots of laughs. A few tears. A powerful story for adults and older children. ... KIND WORDS - A delightful journey into the mind of a very bright and surprisingly wise little boy. " - Abe Clifton, Child psychologist ... "Touching and powerful. Young Craigy has a lot to teach us all about love and integrity. A memorable journey. " - Margaret Steffle, Youth minister ... "We are reminded that despite his brilliance, Craigy was first of all just a little boy. We sometimes forget. A wonderful book to be read over and over. " - Lawrence Craft, Dean of Education .. THE AUTHOR, CRAIG FRANKLIN: Once the bright little boy in this story, the author went on to acquire five university degrees, spending his life as a psychologist, educator and prolific author. He and his wife had an equally brilliant son for whom they were able to plan and implement a more reasonable educational and social experience. They also had numerous foster children, carrying on the loving tradition of Craigy's adoptive home. [You may be interested in reading the other two books by this author - about his teen years, '36 Hours to Live, Diary of a Teenage Suicide' and - his early childhood 'Everything I Need to Know about Saving the World I Learned Before I was Ten'.

Paradise Island, Hawaii - the perfect place to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event: a total solar eclipse. Frank and Joe Hardy are there, along with a group of eminent scientists, watching with anticipation and excitement. But as the moon shrouds the sun, and darkness falls, an unseen danger creeps up. When the light returns, a leading astrologer is dead and the Hardy Boys find themselves at the centre of a brutal murder...

Alex and Drew are best friends with bright futures. At ten years old, they have dreams, goals and desires, just like any one of us. In this coming-of-age story, we watch the two grow up side by side, approaching their goals in different ways. Will they reach their goals? See what happens to them as they follow their own paths in life. Keeping their strong friendship will help them overcome real-life obstacles on their journey to Grow and Be Rich.