Books with author Matthew Robertson

Crawly! Hairy! Maybe a bit scary? Snails slime upside down. Eeek! Worms can somersault and butterflies smell like cake. YUM. Wait, don't eat them... Because bugs are truly BRILLIANT! Matt Robertson's quirky text and sweet yet hilarious illustrations show exactly why minibeasts can be truly awesome in their own unique way. The book includes 14 hilarious globally inclusive, bug-tastic spreads, featuring worms, bees, beetles, dragonflies, butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, spiders, ants, snails and stick insects. Find out how honey bees make their honey, why moths always fly around lamps and how bombardier beetles protect themselves from hungry predators. There's something new to learn about each bug. Did you know that stick insects can dance? Or that butterflies can smell like cake? And guess what? A grasshopper will spit on you if it gets angry! So always be good to grasshoppers, give spiders a smile not a screech and never get angry at ants! There are so many more fun facts to uncover about our tiny furry and slimy friends.

This is the third volume of Mandalas, a series of coloring books by Mary Robertson. Each of the 50 hand drawn designs appears on its own dedicated page, no design on the back. This coloring book is suitable for fine tip markers, gel pens, and colored pencils. For ages 12 and up. Mandalas have long been used as a visual aid in meditation. Coloring a mandala is a form of active meditation which can be enjoyed by adults too!

Mandalas Volume 4 offers yet another 50 hand drawn mandala designs for relaxing coloring enjoyment. Perfect for both adults and children! Each design is printed on its own dedicated page. Coloring offers an easily accessible means to relax, focus, actively meditate, or just unwind and have fun! This book contains drawings that are moderately intricate, recommended for ages 12 and up.

This coloring book is the fifth volume of fifty hand drawn mandala designs by artist Mary Robertson. Each illustration is printed on its own page, blank on the back. Coloring offers an easily accessible means to relax, focus, actively meditate, or just unwind and have fun! This book contains drawings that are moderately intricate, recommended for ages 12 and up.

Everyone knows that Dinosaurs and Humans can't play together . . . Or can they?Dexter the dinosaur and Pearl the cavegirl are the very best of friends. There's just one problem . . . Dinosaurs and Humans are NOT allowed to play together! No one remembers why. That's just the way it's always been. But, when disaster strikes, can Dinosaurs and Humans learn to work together?A rhyming adventure about friendship, community and celebrating difference.

There are so many of us believers that live a life that is dominated by defeat, guilt, condemnation, and shame. So many of us live powerless lives and we are far from the passionate Paul that was zealous, bold and courageous. There is a real need for the body of Christ not to view themselves through the lens of their own sins and other people's opinions, but to view themselves as sons of God and how the Bible describes them in their TRUE Identity in Christ. This book provides a watershed of truth, insights and revelations that will help each reader come to see themselves as the Bible declares them to be. Come and read nineteen good things that God says you are, and let the truth change you, as it did for the author. Many people run from prophet to prophet to hear that God loves them, has a purpose and destiny for them, and believes in them, when if they had the right book in their hands and took the time to let the truths soak in, they would finally be set free, and propelled toward their destiny. This is such a book!

A regular ritual in this country and many others is attending organized youth sports events. It has become an obsession for many. In Carrying Lawn Chairs, I explore the motivations of the parents and other adults who attend the games in droves and often take it so seriously. What’s this obsession all about, and why are so many parents so insistent on getting their kids started in youth sports and other activities at often a very young age? It is my contention that putting young kids into organized sports is, at the very least, pointless. My ideas come from observations made from years of being involved in organized youth sports as a player, coach, league organizer, umpire, official scorer, and a regular attendee at organized youth sports events. I don’t consider this a how-to book. I am not a parental guru. I look at the book as a collaboration with parents where they can take my observations and then evaluate the direction they are taking their children. I come at it from the perspective that most parents already know a lot and want what is best for their kids. Some of my observations may seem harsh and some will be controversial in this day and age. But parents and others are of course free to do what they want with my observations, including ignoring them. In Part II of the book, I reflect on observations made beyond the world of organized youth sports involving the parental mindset and young people in the world today.