Books with author Robert Jackson

Imagine a country where everybody smiles all the time. The young explorers in your family don’t have to just imagine it. They can read all about it in A Kid’s Guide to Thailand – an easy-to-read book jam-packed with colorful photographs, fun facts, charts and maps, and captivating information about the people and the culture of this delightful country once known as Siam. A Kid’s Guide to Thailand is just one in a series of books from Curious Kids Press that introduce young readers to countries and cultures around the world. Other countries in the series include Ancient Egypt, Australia, China, Costa Rica, England, Kenya, and France.

From former longtime Scholastic magazine editor Jack L. Roberts comes a captivating and engaging new book that will help young readers (ages 9-14) understand one of the most important (and often controversial) topics of our time--climate change. Jam-packed with full-color photos, illustrations, and charts and graphs, "A Kid's Guide to Climate Change and Global Warming" is guaranteed to provide every young reader with up-to-date answers to all their urgent questions about global warming--what it is, what causes it, and how young people everywhere can help fight it. A must-read for everyone interested in a topic that Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg calls "...the easiest and the hardest issue we have ever faced. The easiest because we know what we must do.”

“Wondering Kids - I’m in a Pickle” is a short story for kids 7 to 90. It’s an educational story that teaches us about the wonderments of life. It’s entertaining with giggles and surprises throughout. The book can be read over and over again, and with each reading new ideas and thoughts just seem to bubble up. The book creates an opportunity of fun learning for the entire family.

From the jacketflap:What rolled on bicycle wheels, puffed clouds of white steam, and whistled softly like a teakettle? Why, a Stanley steam car, of course. Riding in it might be two men of identical appearance and expression - the Stanley brothers themselves.F.E. (Francis Edgar) and F.O. (Freelan Oscar) Stanley were identical twins, both strong-minded and independent men. Both started as country schoolteachers, and both turned to manufacturing. F.E. was a portraitist and photographer; both men were excellent mathematicians and self-taught violin-makers. And both were very curious about a recent invention, the automobile.