Harris Tobias: 13 books

When humans and aliens meet for the first time, one thing is certain--it's going to be different than what either party expects. The initial encounter is always surprising, often hilarious especially when seen through the imagination of sci-fi author Harris Tobias.

With a sweet and gentle rhyme, this book instills a feeling for numbers, arithmetic and subtraction as the frogs leave the lily pad one by one until there are none left.

HOLD THE ANCHOVIES A PIZZA Mystery in eight slices First slice—What’s that smell? My name is Vinny DeMarco and I may be the oldest pizza delivery man in Reno, I certainly feel like it. I'm a retired homicide cop, a refugee, a survivor from the crusty guts of New York City. I fled...

She's perfect in every way except she's horribly rude to everyone. It's all a big joke until she gets her only friend in trouble.

That first year was almost the end of us. Half of us took ill, many died of disease others from their weakened condition. Many of us died of exhaustion, some from suicide and some from eating native plants. The dead included many of our best and brightest. The dream of bountiful harvests, full bellies...

Only creatures made from recycled metal scraps can survive on the moon. And for those creatures, life on Dusty Lake isn't without its dangers. MoonRivet barely escapes being eaten by one bird only to be caught by another. Kids will love the adventures of MoonRivet. Beautifully illustrated, this fun and exciting adventure is perfect for young readers 5-8 years old.

It was almost dark when the big steel door finally came down. It fell crashing inside with a woomph into the chamber stirring up a cloud of dust, dust that had lain undisturbed for hundreds of years. The air in the chamber had a stale, musty odor. While the dust settled, we dug our flash lights from...

Native American Fish & Wildlife Investigator, Rhoda Deerwalker, finds more than she bargained for when a routine bird smuggling case turns deadly. Promoted to head of security she stumbles on a survivalist cult, a terrorist plot, and her roots as a Native American. Along the way she also finds romance. It's an exciting read from beginning to end.

Three rousing adventure stories starring Rocket Bob, whose mission is to save the Earth from danger. Operating from his base inside the moon, Rocket Bob combines his own pluck and skill with the inventive genius of Professor Zumbat to save the Earth from mutant bees, fire ants and other assorted perils. Good, safe comic book fun for all ages.

Being a homicide detective was all Ben Marcus knew. When an ambush left Chu, his partner, dead and him paralyzed it seemed like the end of the line. Years of guilt, depression and slow deterioration followed until Ben’s wife Maddy died and could no longer care for him. Thrust into an assisted living...

The scene in front of my visor is dark and murky. Like seeing the world through maple syrup, sort of brown and thick. Moving is slow and plodding. I feel like a deep sea diver at a dangerous depth. The pressure of time above me threatens to squeeze me into jelly. My name is Jay Cramp, I’m a chrono-naut...

A beginning reader. Tells the story of the little bug that wanders away and gets lost, cries for its mother and is re-united with its family. A sweet gentle story perfect for beginning readers using only 20 vocabulary words.

Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews,...