Books with author John Robbins

Mystery at the Hidden ThicketA family of six is looking forward to a long week end camping trip. Mike, the dad, wants to go fishing, while Suzanne, the mom and a middle school teacher wants to do nothing but rest. Before Mike can even back out of the driveway, sibling revelry raises its ugly head between Heather, fourteen, Amber, thirteen, Christopher, eleven and six year-old Jennifer.By the time they reach their campsite, almost eight hours away, news about a bank robbery in Albuquerque upsets Suzanne. On the way, Christopher learns how to read symbols on a map, the two teenage girls are upset at the thought of having to use a port-a-potty, and Jennifer, who is afraid of wild animals, wants to go back home. Mike still plans to just go fishing.Things calm down by bedtime, and the next morning their dream week end begins. From the time of Suzanne’s second cup of morning coffee, things really fall apart and become worse by the minute.By the end, each family member, plus a dog that happens upon the picture have in some way become a hero, even scared, little Jennifer.

A compelling short story that fits into The God Complex. Read if you dare!Julia Cunningham was working as a weather forecaster when the alien invasion came. She had dreamt about the invasion the night before, but she felt helpless to warn anyone. She and her boyfriend, Howie, try to escape the clutches of the alien forms but as the earth is taken over by a Swarm of metallic ‘ticks’ can they survive? Convinced that the aliens can be defeated, Julia keeps a journal of events so that if the worst should happen to her and Howie, at least she will have left a record of the invasion and that record might help someone in the future to defeat the aliens.Suitable for all ages!

THE GLEAM OF A GOLD NUGGET…the fire in a precious gem…the geometry of a seashell…a fossil, a baseball card. Treasures all.John Frank’s poetry about the things we collect – at the beach, in the attic, in the mountains and desert, at flea markets – is a treasure itself. With handsome alluring photographs of collections and collectibles, this is a rare find – a keeper - to read and rediscover again and again.Keepers is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

After years and years of reimbursing boys and girls for their lost teeth, Myrtle, the Tooth Fairy has run out of money and is forced to seek financial aid from the king of the fairies, King Oberon, who is disinterested in her plight and no help at all. Refusing to disappoint the children around the world and determined not to be a failure, Myrtle is forced to rely upon herself and problem solve. No longer a svelte, flighty fairy, middle-aged Myrtle has experienced life and knows something about people’s natures and what makes them happy. She takes stock of her options and opportunities. The toothless gutter trolls! Myrtle presents a mutually beneficial idea to the interested king of the gutter trolls, King Hogard. Not mentioning her own financial problem, she deals from a position of strength; the toothless trolls are unhappy, having teeth would make them happy, she can supply the troll kingdom with teeth for a fair price. Her endless supply of teeth remains her sec