Books with author Keith Robertson

A house swallowed by a sinkhole, and a boy who creates worlds. Is there a connection?"...Once again, Robinson infuses his characters with a wit and strong sense of investigative logic. Watching Liam figure things out is a delight. He is cerebral without being too austerely scientific in his deductions..."Ant's premonition of his friend's house being annihilated comes true when Liam's house is destroyed one Saturday evening – but not by a dreaded laser bolt from space. Instead, a massive sinkhole opens up and plunges the house deep underground with Liam and Madison inside. Could this be the work of eight-year-old Caleb, the mysterious, all-powerful, long-lost son of Ant's chauffeur? If so, he's created an incredible and frightening underground world... This is the third book in the Sleep Writer sci-fi adventure series.

It's Friday 13th, and a group of thirteen-year-old shapeshifters are sent on a rescue mission to the thirteenth floor of a highrise building where something terrible lurks.The people of Old Earth are busy rebuilding their towns and cities, putting industries back to work, and forging new communities, all the while getting to know their newfound neighbors—a parallel world full of mythical creatures, magic, and wonder!But magic isn't always good. Sometimes it's downright evil.In a newly restored city, something disturbing has happened in an office building. People have vanished without trace, and rescue teams can't get past a pack of deadly hellhounds. The situation is well beyond Old Earth's capabilities, and the authorities request the help of Miss Simone and her team of shapeshifters.Hal and his friends hope luck is on their side . . . but it's probably not.Island of Fog Book 13 will be leaking into your dimension on Friday 13th November.

Alien abduction. An out-of-body experience. And sky-whales!"...Robinson’s teenage characters talk like real kids and his dialogue is crisp. He handles all the science fiction concepts with knowledgeable confidence..."Liam, Ant, and Madison have a busy weekend when the sleep writer predicts three separate events—a flying saucer landing in the woods, a frightening mind-swapping experience, and a trip to a distant planet to save the last of a mysterious species known as the warp giants...The fourth book in the sci-fi adventure series contains three interconnected novellas full of excitement, terror, and downright weirdness.

In Mount Rushmore, readers will explore the meaning behind this larger-than-life sculpture that is located in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. This 16-page book uses colorful images and informative text to explain how this work of art came to be and why Mount Rushmore has become known as an iconic symbol of the United States.The Visiting U.S. Symbols series for prekindergarten through grade 2 introduces young readers to important U.S. symbols and their locations, while also exploring the history and significance of each. By using language that early readers can understand, these colorful pages capture a child's attention while offering an in-depth look into some of America's most prized symbols

The young shapeshifters ARE BACK in their 11th fantasy adventure!When Miss Simone sends Hal and his friends on a mission to find the fabled edge of the world, they set sail with a crew of goblins and soon run afoul of a sea monster. But instead of sinking to the bottom of the ocean, their crippled ship is carried by a giant turtle to a place beyond their wildest dreams.So begins their journey to a magical place inhabited by immortals and littered with shipwrecks and bones. There's a very good reason why nobody has ever returned to tell the tale of Haven...Full of wondrous (and terrifying) creatures, the eleventh book in the magical Island of Fog fantasy series explores the legends of eastern yokai folklore and delivers action and excitement for middle-grade readers and up. This is a complete story in itself, a great place to jump in and meet the young shapeshifters if you haven't read the other books in the series.

If you could transform into a creature of myth and legend . . . what would you choose?This is the dilemma facing 12-year-old Travis on his first day as a shapeshifter. He's ready to use his new ability to go on missions like his famous parents, to save people from menace and danger, to be a hero just like them. And since it's against the rules to be a dragon, his next best option is a wyvern.When hunters cross into his world and snatch a harmless unicorn, Travis is quick to transform and fly into action. Perhaps too quick. Who could have known he'd stumble across an illegal private zoo filled with exotic creatures, run by a man with a witch at his side?So begins the first in a series set in the ISLAND OF FOG universe but with a new generation of characters. Each book is a self-contained story following the adventures of Travis and his friends—a magical fantasy with shapeshifters and creatures from myth and legend. Good, clean, sometimes scary fun for young readers and suitable for adults too.

In Counting by Fives, readers will learn how to count in sequence with repetitive text and imagery of familiar items. This 24-page title features colorful visual aids, simple text, comprehension and extension activities, and more to effectively engage beginning readers and reinforce the basics of counting. The Concepts: Shapes and Numbers series takes the learning of basic concepts to the next level. By connecting colors, counting, and shapes to what children know will result in greater understanding. Colors looks at the colors found in different seasons, Counting introduces children to the different ways they can count their favorite things, and shapes allows them to be creative and see what they can build.

The year was 1690. An old gray good - named Mrs. Bradford, after the wife of the Governor of Massachusetts - lay in a grass-lined basket beside the fire in a tiny wilderness farmhouse. Her eyes were glazed and her neck was stretched limply before her, resting on the grass. "What's wrong with her, Grandmother?" the girl asked. "Old age, I guess. She's at least seventy years old that I know. She's the oldest goose in America - and the mother or grandmother or great-grandmother of every goose of her kind this side of the ocean." "Tell me about Mrs. Bradford, " the girl said. So Grandmother told the story of how the first geese - later know as the Pilgrim breed - came from the Old World to the New, to be the most useful livestock the early settlers had. What Grandmother could not tell was that Mrs. Bradford's descendants would put new heart into a family whose farm had been burned by British troops in the American Revolution!