Robin A Rector

The Big Dipper and You

It shines all night, all year long, pointing directions as steady as a compass, telling time as true as a clock, and marking the seasons as sure as a calendar. American Indians and ancient Greeks called it a bear, the vikings called it a wagon, and many English people call it the plough. Egyptians b...

Contemporary Authors: Biography - Krupp, Robin Rector (1946-)

This digital document, covering the life and work of Robin Rector Krupp, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thomson Gale. The length of the entry is 526 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each ent...

The Moon and You

The moon is earth's nearest neighbor, the only other world where people have ever left their footprints. There's no air, no water, and no color on the moon, and the gravity is so weak that you could jump as high as a house. Yet the moon has a powerful pull, not only on earthly tides, but also on the...

Rainbow and You

Everyone knows rainbows look magical, but how do they work?You'll find out when you join the Rainbow Patrol. Rainbow expert Roy G. Biv will guide you back in time to learn the importance of rainbows in ancient cultures. You'll go inside a raindrop to discover how light bends to create the rainbow's ...

Let's Go Traveling in Mexico

"In this entertaining and educational picture book, Quetzalcoatl, the Toltec and Aztec god represented by a feathered serpent, takes readers on a year-long tour of Mexico. The simple text reads like a story with a smattering of interesting statistics and facts....A great introduction to the history,...

The COMET And YOU.

THE COMET AND YOU by E. C. Krupp illustrated by Robin Rector Krupp 1985 Hardcover 48 pages Weekly Reader Books HALLEY'S COMET

Let's go traveling

Presents a trip to the prehistoric caves of France, the pyramids of Egypt, the Maya temples of Mexico, and other ancient wonders of the world.

Lautréamont and the self-conscious tradition