Books with author Rob Moore

This exciting science fiction novel combines fact and fiction to explore a hidden chapter in the history of space exploration. When Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the surface of the moon, was there an Alien spacecraft, already there, waiting for them? Rumors have circulated for years that while our astronauts walked on the moon, another drama was unfolding behind the scenes, one that the public knew nothing about. Is truth really stranger than fiction? This account attempts to uncover some of NASA's most closely kept secrets about alien involvement in our space program and about the extraterrestrial events our astronauts were never permitted to share with the public.For ages 8 and Up. Parents: This is a great way to teach kids about the amazing accomplishments of the NASA space program while stimulating their imaginations about the possibilities of life on other planets.

While growing up in the inner city of Chicago in the 70’s and 80’s and going to high school in Michigan, I remember seeing very few people who were homosexuals and virtually none who were transgender. Occasionally, there was one male in most families, in our community, who was thought to have feminine ways and depending on the population of the high school, maybe one or two effeminate males in our Michigan high schools. Unlike the norms of the Millennials today, the presence of homosexuality was simply taboo. Like most things in life, what humans do not understand, we usually fear and judge out of ignorance. In 2002, I started a church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. To my great surprise, at least fifty percent of the congregation were either “gay” or had immediate family members who were “gay.” They came to the church, regularly. Out of my fear and lack of knowledge, (since I grew up in a generation where homosexuality was virtually unheard of), I would find a way to insert the Divine judgement of Sodom and Gomorrah whenever I knew a homosexual was sitting in Service. It wasn’t because I wanted every “gay” person to think they were going to hell. It was because I had never seen so many homosexuals from where I was from and it seemed they were coming to the church I was pastoring to make a point to me. I was going to let them know, that I was definitely not having it at the church I pastored. One night, the Lord impressed upon my heart that many of the “gays” in the community were coming to my church because they knew I would give them the truth. I believe the Lord was directing me to stop beating them up and love them. I obeyed God and set aside my seemingly homophobic attitude. I began treating them as I would anyone under God’s care. Anyone who says they do not have stereotypical ways and mindsets are fooling themselves. It takes God many years to truly cleanse us from the hatred, racism, and ignorance we learned as we grew up. I learned that the homosexual community who attended my church loved God with all their hearts and many of their stories were horrific. They already knew their lifestyle was not in line with God’s Word and they truly desired to do His will. There is no seminary or Bible college that can really prepare a person for real life ministry. It is “on the job training” and only those who have God’s heart will lead the people without doing too much harm because of our own personal issues and biases. I welcomed many “gays” who came to church deep in the grip of homosexuality and they were able to change their lives and do their best to live according to the Bible, by the grace and power of God. They were talented, faithful, and the kind of person every pastor prays for concerning commitment and loyalty. The problem is never God or His Word. It is always His representatives who are still under construction. There is much the homosexual community has to offer the Body of Christ and it is the Christian’s assignment to properly reach them through God’s grace and love and lead them to eternal life. It does not matter if you believe a person is born homosexual or not because we all must be Born Again.

Follow Storyteller Robin Moore and his grandfather as he remembers six barely-believable tales from his boyhood in the Pennsylvania Mountains. In this humorous collection, they discover a toothless rattlesnake, an eagle who thinks he is a chicken and, of course, a cherry tree buck. For ages 8 and Up. Parents: This is a wonderful read-aloud collection which will stimulate kids' imaginations while reminding them of the wonders of the natural world.

Follow Author and Storyteller Robin Moore back to his boyhood home in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania, where he and his grandfather spent their days on the thickly-forested woods, exploring the beauty and mystery of the natural world.From the Introduction: The first really valuable thing I lost in the woods was a Barlow pocket knife. It was a knife my grandfather had given me for my eighth birthday. As he handed it to me, he said, “I guess you’re old enough to have this now.” But I wasn’t. I had the knife less than a week before I lost it. I’ll never know for sure how it got lost. One moment I had it, then it was gone. As soon as I knew the knife was missing, I wondered if I really was old enough to have such a fine possession. Fighting back tears of frustration, I remember hunting for that knife, going down on my hands and knees and searching through the leaves in the woods near our house. But I never found it. It’s probably still laying out there somewhere, its bone handle dulled by the weather, its blade rusted the color of leaves in Autumn. Since then, I have lost many things in the woods: hats and gloves, wrist watches, flashlights and compasses. But probably the thing I miss the most is the loss of the woods themselves. When I was a boy, growing up in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania, I lived right across the road from my grandfather’s house, just outside the town of Roopsburg. In those days, the woods and fields of the Appalachian foothills were still free and wild. And my grandfather and I spent as much time as we could out and away from civilization, roaming through the wild world. But nowadays, many of the places where I dreamed and played aren’t wild anymore. They have been chopped up into neat yards with large houses, surrounded by wooden fences enclosing plastic swing sets. Even worse, some of our favorite places have been taken by highways and parking lots and shopping malls. The wildness of those places has been lost, at least for the next hundred years or so, until the woods comes back to reclaim them. But, as every storyteller knows, nothing is really lost as long as it lingers in the imagination. So come along with me now, and I’ll take you back to some of my favorite wild spots and tell you a little about the sad and wonderful things that happened there...Author Biography: Robin Moore is an award-winning author and storyteller who has written more than a dozen books about the History and Folklore of the Pennsylvania Mountains, where his family has lived for more than 200 years. He has given more than 5,000 programs and workshops at schools. libraries, museums and festivals and has told stories to more than a million people. He served as a combat soldier in Vietnam, earned a Journalism Degree from Pennsylvania State University and worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor before beginning his career as a children's book author and traveling storyteller in 1981. He was named Storyteller of the Year and Author of the Year by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. He holds a Master's Degree in Oral Traditions and is Program Coordinator for the Writing and Oral Traditions Program at The Graduate Institute. In addition to being published by HarperCollins, Random House and Simon & Schuster, he is owner of Groundhog Press, a small independent publishing house which produces books and recordings celebrating the oral tradition.

This thrilling science fiction novel combines fact and fiction to tell the story of Major Daniel Hawkins, a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot who is assigned to Area 51, a remote Air Base in the Nevada desert. He learns that the "advanced aircraft" he will be flying are back-engineered alien spacecraft stored at the secret facility. As Hawkins and his team of researchers work to unravel the intricacies of extraterrestrial flight, he is drawn into a web of intrigue, uncovering shocking secrets about the true nature of UFO sightings, alien abductions and the U.S. government's role in masterminding a massive world-wide cover-up which seeks to keep the public in the dark about our contact with ETs from distant planets. For Ages 8 and Up. Parents: This book is a great way to stimulate children's imaginations about the possibilities of life on other planets and how the discovery of alien life would impact our view of ourselves and the universe. Keep looking to the stars!