Author Profile
Robie H. Harris
6 Books
Robie H. Harris is an author known for her honest and accessible children's books about bodies, health, and growing up. Her comprehensive works, including It's Perfectly Normal and It's Not the Stork!, help families navigate important conversations with warmth and clarity. She has also written many picture books for young children exploring early childhood milestones, emotions, and family relationships. Her stories provide gentle, factual guidance for curious young minds.
Elephant has a bucket of blocks and one big plan: build a tower as tall as Elephant. One block, two blocks, more blocks go up. Then comes the noisy part: CRASH! BOOM!
This lively picture book turns building and tumbling into a playful math adventure. As Elephant tries again and again, young readers can count, compare sizes, think about balance, and guess what might happen next. The story keeps the ideas simple and active, so math feels like part of play.
With cheerful illustrations and a satisfying try-again spirit, CRASH! BOOM! is a warm choice for children who enjoy blocks, building, numbers, and the fun of figuring things out.
6-8 Years
32 Pages
The favorite book is gone, and bedtime cannot possibly begin without it. Maybe a bear ate it. Maybe a stegosaurus stomped on it. Maybe something even stranger happened.
In this funny picture book, a frantic little reader searches for a missing book while imagination runs wild. The simple, energetic text captures how huge a small problem can feel when a beloved story has disappeared, and the animal-filled illustrations make every wild guess funnier than the last.
Perfect for children who know the comfort of a favorite bedtime book, Maybe a Bear Ate It! celebrates reading, imagination, and the dramatic feelings that come with misplacing something treasured.
6-8 Years
40 Pages
One morning, a boy tickles Mousie’s tummy, but Mousie does not wake up. At first, the truth feels impossible: his beloved pet mouse has died.
Goodbye, Mousie tells a child’s grief in a direct, tender way. The boy feels disbelief, anger, and sadness, and his family helps him ask questions, remember Mousie, and say goodbye. The story does not rush those feelings or hide how confusing loss can be.
Gentle illustrations and clear language make this picture book especially useful for young readers facing the death of a pet. It offers comfort without pretending that saying goodbye is easy.
6-8 Years
32 Pages
Your first day began with a cry, a breath, a gaze, and arms ready to hold you. Happy Birth Day! tenderly tells the story of a baby's first hours, from birth through the early moments of seeing, hearing, nursing, resting, and being welcomed.
Robie H. Harris writes with warmth and wonder, turning a child's beginning into a gentle family story. Michael Emberley's carefully observed illustrations give the book an intimate, realistic feeling, making the newborn's first experiences feel both ordinary and extraordinary.
Quiet, loving, and reassuring, this picture book is especially meaningful for children curious about when they were born, new siblings learning about babies, or families sharing memories of a child's arrival.
6-8 Years
32 Pages
The babysitter is coming, which means Mommy and Daddy are going out, and one determined girl is not happy about it. She has plans, protests, and maybe even a dramatic escape to Alaska.
With humor and understanding, this picture book captures the storm of feelings that can arrive when parents leave for an evening. The heroine’s big reactions feel funny because they are also very real: disappointment, worry, anger, and the wish to stay in control.
Don’t Forget to Come Back! is a lively, reassuring story for children learning to handle separation and changes in routine. Robie H. Harris’s warm text and Harry Bliss’s expressive illustrations make a familiar family moment both relatable and laugh-out-loud funny.
6-8 Years
40 Pages
Baby Harry has taken over the house, and his older brother has had enough. Harry cries, needs attention, and seems to be everywhere. So the big brother thinks up bold solutions: send Harry away, launch him off, maybe even mail Harry to the moon.
This funny picture book gives big sibling feelings plenty of room. The narrator's wild ideas capture the frustration, jealousy, and confusion that can come with a new baby, while the playful exaggeration keeps the story light and relatable.
With expressive illustrations and a lively voice, Mail Harry to the Moon! is a smart choice for children adjusting to a new sibling and for families who want a humorous way to talk about mixed feelings.
6-8 Years
40 Pages
