Books with author Diana Robinson

Antarctica Our last wilderness. But for how long A topical future history thriller from the worldwide bestselling author of the Mars series.Like the land it protects, the Antarctic Treaty is dissolving. The worlds last unstripped asset, Antarctica is in danger of becoming a free-for-all oil reconnaissance teams intent on mass extraction, adventure travellers trailing waste across the tundra, and multi-national interests covertly vying for influence. But a new radical environmentalist group is determined to show humanity that Antarctica cannot be plundered like the rest of the world. Whatever it takesAntarctica: an eco-thriller, a romance, and a passionate study of a desolate continent. Against a majestic backdrop, multi-award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson paints his latest big picture by focusing on the personal triumphs and tragedies of the innocents, the activists, and the ruthless exploiters who are fighting their version of the future for Earths last great wilderness.

Klem Antrim would go to the ends of the Earth to see his father alive again—but he’ll have to travel much farther than that.Klem’s life in picturesque Sea Scarp has just taken a turn for the worse. The car crash that killed his father knocked him straight out of reality, and since that day nothing in his life has seemed quite right.Not only is Klem being followed, but he keeps stumbling into invisible tunnels that snake through town. But when he peers through one tunnel’s glassy walls and catches a glimpse of his father—alive and well—Klem realizes the town outside the tunnels isn’t his Sea Scarp at all. Such things aren’t possible, of course. But if Klem is losing his mind, then how has the mysterious stranger who’s been tailing him already mapped out every hole in town?Now Klem will set out to find the one tunnel that leads to his father. But unraveling the truth behind his father’s death is about to unravel a much more dire truth, hidden in plain sight.

Child-Reader Library Book One. Illustrated. Suitable for home schools. 176 pages. Stories and poems of nature. Modern stories. Folk and Fairy Tales. Our country (USA) and its festivals. The stories have been selected for their child-interest and wholesome ethical content. Kindness, cheerfulness, contentment, industry, cooperation, generosity, love of home, and obedience are attractively portrayed in interesting stories, yet without any atmosphere of preachiness. A distinctive feature of this Reader is the unique provision made for Silent Reading. At the end of each group of stories throughout this book, there is given a Silent Reading selection, carefully adapted to contain only words previously known to the child. These stories (see pages 44, 84, 123, and 159) provide thirty-two pages of an exceptional kind of Silent Reading material for training in both speed and thought-getting ability. Suggestions for using this material appear on pages 170-173. The Child-Library Readers, Book One, is based on the belief that what the child needs when he has gained control of 600 to 700 words in his basal reading, is not primarily more words, but the wide use of this vocabulary in new and interesting associations, with only a minimum of new words to learn. In consequence, great care has been taken to make the text simple and easy to master.

'I have thought hard and for many passing moons. Jewels, frocks of lace, and princess games have become boring. The thing I want the most...' Petra hesitated and bit on her lip. 'I want to be a royal knight.' Princess Petra's unusual birthday request sends the court into a frenzy, but when she agrees to undertake a knight's quest they can't stop her. Armed with a cake knife and outfitted in the best royal pots and pans, Petra sets off to face a dragon and win her real armor before encountering a bog witch, and an army of the kingdom's worst enemies. Will Petra's kindness and acceptance prove to be more valuable than weapons and armor? Sir Princess Petra - The Pen Pieyu Adventures is a Multi-Award Winning Book. 2012 - Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award (literary artist) 2012 - Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2013 - Reader's Choice International Book Awards; 2013 - Sharp Writ Book Awards, 1st place, Children's Books Join Sir Princess Petra and her dragon steed, Snarls, in their zany adventures in these exciting dragon books for children, children's book series. These multi-award winning knight stories for children 7 -11 years old are sure to entertain.