Books with author Dw Roberts

Ryan desperately wants a skateboard. He already has rollerblades, which was a big craze, but now it seems, everyone has moved up to skateboarding. Everyone except Ryan that is. To make matters worse, his parents in their infinite wisdom, have decided that if he wants one badly enough, he'll just have to work for it. What a concept! None of his friends had to do that. This may take some time. complicating matters, although not for the worse, is uncle Carl. Looks like he is going to take that job abroad after all. He needs someone to take care of Spankie, his chimpanzee. Does Ryan want the job? You bet he does! But what about the skateboarding competition? How is he going to manage to fit everything together? Eventually though, when the dust finally settles, and in spite of all the ups and down, everyone comes off a winner.

In “I Wash My Hands!!! A Child’s Guide to Hand Washing”. K.R. Roberts uses a multicultural approach to teach and inform children on the benefits of washing your hands. Roberts uses an energetic whimsical 5-year-old Kriss to get her point across of why children should always wash their hands. Filled with active illustrations, the young girl takes her peers on a journey through the world of germs, diseases and cleanliness. Aunt Audrey is Kriss's favorite aunt. Aunt Audrey is a very neat, clean educated influential woman, and it can be shown in how she treats herself and her home. Her niece Kriss wants to be just like her when she grows up. Aunt Audrey continuously sets examples for her niece on how to be clean and healthy. She shows her that a clean and healthy life starts with knowing how to properly wash one’s hands. Soon, young Kriss is passing the knowledge of how to be great hand washer to her friends.

“Don, writing the letter to my dad was very cleansing. I actually cried as I was finishing it. I have never cried emotionally over my father before. I actually felt closer to him than I have ever felt. Thanks for giving me that gift.” Wally “Famous” Amos. “Dear Dad, I wanted to always tell you that I hate you because you left me when I was only three ” Shameka—age 12. You will likely see yourself and your father in this book. Roberts’ unique idea of having the writer talk directly to his father, instead of just about him, makes the exercise very intimate. Each letter captures a moment in time in the writer’s life. Roberts asked them to sit down and, at that moment, write a letter to their father and say whatever they wanted to say to him as if he would read it TODAY.