With just his dog, he embarks on a perilous search for shelter, food and water, and missing loved ones while grappling with his Jewish traditions and fighting prejudices against a new Chinese friend. Why couldn't Papa just let him keep the stray dog-the one thing that has made him happy in months? But he forgets all his frustrations when the ground beneath his feet begins to rumble.īuildings collapse, and the street splits wide open as Jacob runs for safety from a devastating earthquake. Mourning the loss of his mother, thirteen-year-old Jacob Kaufman slips out of the cramped boarding house where he lives with his immigrant father and little sister Rosie. Coyotes cruise by stealing chickens, hawks dip in the sky looking for lizards, the quiet deer nibble from fruit trees, and every year new quail chicks are born out in the scrub! Robin is the author of The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez, and They Just Know: Animal Instincts.T's before daybreak in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. She lives California with chickens, turkeys, rabbits, and a juvenile Sulcata tortoise. ROBIN YARDI is a children’s book author, credentialed teacher, and mom. Her titles include Loving Comfort: A Toddler Weaning Story, Mapping my Day, Lucy in the City. She writes picture books and contributes stories and poems to children’s magazines.

Spatial cognition involves understanding how people think about space and navigate the world around them. JULIE DILLEMUTH is a children’s writer and geographer with expertise in spatial cognition. Robin Yardi’s new mystery, Owl’s Outstanding Donuts, takes flight when an owl warns ten-year-old Mattie Waters that someone is secretly polluting the land near her aunt’s Big Sur donut shop and she sets out to stop them in a story full of donuts, friends, and feathers! “Doughn’t miss this earnest tale.” –Kirkus “An adorable adventure in cartography.” –Kirkus In Julie Dillemuth’s new picture book, Camilla, Cartographer, a huge snowstorm buries the paths around Camilla’s forest home, so she breaks out her compass and goes on an adventure to discover her forest all over again. You are invited to come celebrate with donuts, bookmarks, & maps! Please join us with special guests Julie Dillemuth and Robin Yardi, who will be reading and signing their latest books. Chaucer's Bookstore - Santa Barbara 3321 State Street Santa Barbara CA 93105Ĭhaucer’s Books is looking forward to twice the fun with two local children’s authors launching their new books.

Owl's Outstanding Donuts by Robin Yardi