Books with author John Robert Mack

In the dark, damp canopy of the South American rainforest lives a psychiatrist named Antonio Agular Frigiliana Ribaldio Valdicarzana, otherwise known as Dr. Antonio. In addition to being a professional, level-headed psychologist, Dr. Antonio is also a talking Capuchin monkey, who is finally finished with the dampness of the rainforest and departs to find a new, sunnier home.Costa Rica seems a great fit for Antonio, but it’s not without its own animals in need of Antonio’s professional assistance. The doctor’s band of new patients turned traveling friends grows to ludicrous proportions in his search for the perfect new home, which he finds and purchases from an old sloth in exchange for a rare bottle of fingernail polish.Dr. Antonio’s new neighbors, consisting of sloths, motor-propelled bush babies, and a chronic liar of a fruit bat scientist, waste little time in explaining the terrors of the area as of late. A gang of howler monkeys, complete with gang paraphernalia and ear-splitting, badly written rap songs, have been terrorizing the forest and driving the inhabitants away. Antonio and his friends simply won’t stand for such hooliganism, and through laughable contraptions, heinous plans, and attempts to save their captured comrades, the real adventure begins when they have to stop the trouble with howlers and the mastermind behind it all, Imperial Big.

Curious, headstrong, and impatient, Shundeen is a young girl always in search of adventure. As the only Navajo in her school, and growing up away from the Navajo Reservation, Shundeen faces some difficult issues: she must retain her culture while surrounded by peers who don't understand it. Every summer, Shundeen leaves her home in the city and lives with her grandparents on the Navajo Reservation. Her days are spent herding sheep, exploring the countryside, and learning more about her culture. With her constant companion Frosty, a black sheep almost as curious as herself, Shundeen wanders a little bit farther from home each day. Near the home of her grandparents are some dangerous, narrow canyons that quickly fill with water during storms. Shundeen's grandparents have forbidden her to explore those canyons, but Shundeen's curiosity overcomes her common sense. When a day of adventure culminates in a terrifying accident, Shundeen discovers there is more to herself - and to her clan - than she had ever imagined.

Quiet, shy, and self-conscious, Nashasha only wants to stay at home. Her classmates call her Ch'izhii, the girl with the rough skin - a criticism impossible for her to ignore or live down. However, one evening after school, Nashasha's grandmother teaches her about the uses of chiih. Chiih is clay that heals and protects the skin. Will this teaching help end the teasing at school?

Tweens learn the different forms of bullying, use the Bible to internalize ways that Christians are to treat others, and explore more positive ways to deal with bulling. Includes helps for teachers on recognizing bullying and how to deal with it.Click here for more information about Live It!For updated information and fun for your Tweens, visit us online at www.tweenslive.com.

Dr. Antonio and his girlfriend Plum finally thought they could get some downtime after their nautical adventures in Trouble on the High Seas. But then their new alien friends Jim and AB materialize in their rainforest home, and Antonio and the gang realize there is much more ludicrous fun to be had…this time in Australia.Their first stop mistakenly lands the Caribbean Princess directly atop the Sydney Opera House, thrusting our wacky heroes into more trouble they just can’t seem to escape. To make matters worse, when they come upon their first mob of kangaroos, they’re surprised to find that someone has stolen all the bounce out of not only the roos but every bounceable thing on Earth. The culprits? The alien Pleotrimatorians from the Neep Galaxy, and only AB and Jim—with his wide variety of impractical and often defective inventions—know how to get there. After performing comedy for tiny aliens under the threat of death, appeasing the king of cyborg space cows, and helping an orphanage for homely alien children, Antonio and friends have embarked on their most ridiculous quest to date. Follow them to the end of the universe and back. The ride will make your head spin.

After Dr. Antonio’s amazing and ludicrous adventures in Trouble with Howlers, he and his capuchin girlfriend Plum have finally found the time for a romantic getaway for two. Waving goodbye to the plethora of their talking animal and human friends, they board the Caribbean Princess for a relaxing, low-key cruise. That plan, however, lasts all of five minutes. Finkelstein and the whites, the bush baby brigade, Bo, Shai, Veloz, and even the Sisters of the Immaculate Wave—complete with their own black-and-white yacht—have all decided that they, too, are in need of a little R&R. But when Antonio is kidnapped aboard the Caribbean Princess and interrogated about anonymous Top Secret files, he and his friends are all put in danger. Chased by utensil-wielding chefs around the world, abducted—and aided—by aliens, pulled across the frozen tundra by a slice of lemmings, and literally hurled onto the front doorstep of an emaciated Santa Claus, Antonio’s new adventures across the high seas are even more hilarious than the last. If he and his friends can only find the secret files responsible for the happiness of the entire world, they might just be able to relax and make it home safely, after all.

Jack and his marvelous beanstalk made their first appearance in England in 1734—and for nearly three centuries the tale has continued to enchant children. After all, what could be more reassuring to a small child than the idea that even a little boy can outwit a scary giant?John Cech retells this popular story with humor and warmth, adding plenty of entertaining detail and bringing in some less familiar elements, too. (For example, when Jack escapes for the last time, the giant’s wife comes along with him, and becomes his mother’s good friend.) And Robert Mackenzie’s art captures all the magic of the huge beanstalk and the giant’s oversized world up in the clouds.

Danny Decker knows for an absolute fact that he will never have an exciting adventure. The kids who do grow up as orphans or the children of evil step-parents... and Danny’s life is way too boring. His family loves him, his friends like him and the bullies are all afraid of Danny’s older brother. Could his life get any worse?Then Danny stumbles into a quest to save an entire star system led by a sentient Engineered Lifeform and a time-traveling...well, whatever he is, his name is Maestro.Danny and his friends battle alien dinosaurs, giant armor plated fleas and each other as they travel the galaxy in a fifty-year-old Galactic Police cruiser. And it all starts with a copper penny that is so much more than it seems.