Books with author Rafer Roberts

Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.

Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.

COME TRAVEL WITH CASSIE TO AFRICA!Cassie's dad has a new job in Nigeria, West Africa! Cassie is sad to be moving away from her home in New Orleans and leaving her wonderful grandparents and her dog "Princess". What will she do without them?Come fly across the ocean! When Cassie and Jonny arrive in Lagos, Nigeria, they are surprised when a little gray monkey greets them! Come meet Yemisi, Cassie's new Nigerian friend, and Fatima, her friend from Senegal. Meet Jaybird, her new parrot! Cassie finds that while she stillmisses her American home, she has found a new home in Africa.

COME TRAVEL WITH CASSIE TO AFRICA!Cassie's dad has a new job in Nigeria, West Africa! Cassie is sad to be moving away from her home in New Orleans and leaving her wonderful grandparents and her dog "Princess". What will she do without them?Come fly across the ocean! When Cassie and Jonny arrive in Lagos, Nigeria, they are surprised when a little gray monkey greets them! Come meet Yemisi, Cassie's new Nigerian friend, and Fatima, her friend from Senegal. Meet Jaybird, her new parrot! Cassie finds that while she still misses her American home, she has found a new home in Africa.

Hop on a double-decker bus and join a family on their adventure through the city! They'll use addition to count taxis and to compare the cost of riding the subway for the day and the week. They'll drive in a car, ride an escalator, take a ferry, and more. This math book makes learning addition fun, easy, and relevant. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will use real-world travel examples to learn addition and practice their STEM skills.

Use patterns to plan the best way to use space to create a garden in the city! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn about practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn about mathematical patterns and build their STEM skills.

It was the beginning of a new decade, Mount Saint Helen's exploded nine months ago, the wolf population is no more in Wyoming, and Ronald Reagan was president. It was the last days of August and the winter wind had that old familiar nip. Growing up in the mid west, I looked forward as a kid to the same old things. I loved to watch the leaves change and for school to start. Mostly just to see the girls but more importantly to get away from the house. Here is the start of our story. Enjoy

Bikes, balloons, trains, ships, and more. This book is filled with the many different ways to get where you need to go. Use addition to figure out how many people are on board a cruise ship, or how long it took to build two famous railways in Russia. You will even learn about the largest jet in the world. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn about transportation as they practice their addition and build their STEM skills.

The students in this book are learning about gardens. One grade is planting a pizza garden, and another grade is planting a storybook garden. Although they are planting different things, they will all use patterns in their planning! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn about practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn about mathematical patterns and build their STEM skills.