My life in 8 words: "Love, children, beauty, fun, fear, sadness, resolve, industry"
Robert Neubecker's Books
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Linus the Vegetarian T. rexMeet Linus—a Tyrannosaurus rex who is very brave, very tough, and very…vegetarian?Read More -
Shiver Me Timbers!This hilarious pirate poetry collection will keep readers laughing from bow to stern.Read More
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Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth!Sophie Peterman is an expert on younger siblings and she is her to tell you all about what it is like to have a baby in the houseRead More
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I Got Two DogsI Got Two Dogs is an eye-popping picture book version of John Lithgow’s popular song about his two dogs, Fanny and Blue.Read More
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Too Many Monsters!Children will love counting kooky monsters from one to ten in this board book from acclaimed illustrator Robert Neubecker!Read More
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The Great Dog WashA playful rhyming book about dogs, The Great Dog Wash from Shellie Braeuner and Robert Neubecker won the Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories contest.Read More
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Robert Neubecker Revealed
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. your life is what your thoughts make it- Marcus Aurelius
Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
A. Go, by the Replacements- never heard that one, I bet. It's let's say, passionate. I don't know. My daughter's six and she likes ABBA so yeah, me too. And I like "Fields of Gold" I know, corny. If you can find the 12" 45 of go, play it at max volume, then follow it with Eva Cassidy's cover of "Fields of Gold", well that's pretty much my life story right there.
Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
A. Dishonesty
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
A. Go ask your mother...
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
A. I enjoy Winston Churchill, I admire harry Truman because he spent his twenties behind a plow (sorta like George in "It's a Wonderful Life") I admire these guys, but I more identify with the common man of every era.
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Authors on the Web
Denver Post, April 14, 2013
...Pelly, illustrated by Lois Rosio Sprague (Pelican Publishing Company) "Time Out for Monsters!" by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Robert Neubecker (Disney Hyperion) "Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life," by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher (University of...
Denver Post, April 8, 2013
...Pelly, illustrated by Lois Rosio Sprague (Pelican Publishing Company) Time Out for Monsters! by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Robert Neubecker (Disney Hyperion) Creative Nonfiction Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life by Harrison Candelaria...
PublishersWeekly.com, October 11, 2012
...One of our favorite picture books right now isWhat Little Boys Are Made Ofby Robert Neubecker. This is my go-to book when people come in trying to find a gift for a newborn boy. Its a very sweet story and has really great illustrations. You...
PublishersWeekly.com, October 4, 2012
...this fall. One of our favorite picture books right now is What Little Boys Are Made Of by Robert Neubecker. This is my go-to book when people come in trying to find a gift for a newborn boy. Its a very sweet story and has really great illustrations. You...
PublishersWeekly.com, September 13, 2012
...$15.95 (9781592701261) President’s Stuck in the Bathtub, The: Poems About the Presidents. Susan Katz; illus. by Robert Neubecker. Clarion, $17.99 (9780547182216) Prince Albert and the Doomsday Device. Clive London. Zova, $14.99 (9780615510569) ...
Seacoast Online, August 29, 2012
...classmate. Also check out her books "My Kindergarten" and "Emily's First 100 Days." "Wow! School" by Robert Neubecker. Izzy's school is completely amazing. Coming up Summer Film Festival: "The Iron Lady" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2. An intimate portrait...
PublishersWeekly.com, June 28, 2012
...32p) ISBN 978-0-547-68838-1 President’s Stuck in the Bathtub, The: Poems about the Presidents. Susan Katz; illus. by Robert Neubecker. Clarion. Prince Albert and the Doomsday Device. Clive London. Zova, $14.99. 9780615510569 Promise the Night. Michaela...
Slate Magazine, January 15, 2013
...What do you do with a fridge full of bear parts? Beat, it's what for dinner. Robert Neubecker The growl of my truck engine dropped an octave as I shifted gears to climb a hill and then began making my way around a bend. The twisty road...
Slate Magazine, January 4, 2013
...Inbox Zero. Get off Twitter. And other resolutions to make my tech life better in 2013. Illustration by Robert Neubecker. I write about technology for a living, but tech, and the way I use it, frustrates me all the time. I’m constantly finding...
Yahoo! Canada, January 3, 2013
...money in funding pools earmarked for each participating school; the funds are then disbursed to groups of borrowers. Robert Neubecker The new crop of lenders comes at a time when student lending overall has become a risky endeavor as unemployed...
Slate Magazine, December 28, 2012
...Why don’t children sing more songs about meat? Illustration by Robert Neubecker. The late folk singer Tom Glazer first performed his classic children's ballad "On Top of Spaghetti" in 1963. Sung to the tune of the traditional "On Top of...
Slate Magazine, December 19, 2012
...Eggnog shower gel. Gingerbread-scented nail polish. The holidays have started to reek. Illustration by Robert Neubecker The skies are heavy, the wind, bitter and wet; all nature conspires to push us indoors, inviting us to take comfort in our homes...
Slate Magazine, December 4, 2012
...Sharks? Lions? Grizzly bears? Try bats. How afraid should you be of animal-borne disease? Robert Neubecker. Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our...
Slate Magazine, November 9, 2012
...investigators who use GPS trackers to monitor suspected cheating spouses are in a legal gray area. Illustration by Robert Neubecker. The tools once reserved for intelligence operatives have become increasingly cheap and available in recent years, and...
