Pat jacobs

Pat
Jacobs

Pat Jacobs has written more than fifty non-fiction, reference and activity books for children on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to the future of space exploration including I Wonder Why Penguins Can't Fly. She has lived in Paris and Germany, and has translated several children's books from German into English.
Pat Jacobs has written more than fifty non-fiction, reference and activity books for children on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to the future of space exploration including I Wonder Why Penguins Can't Fly. She has lived in Paris and Germany, and has translated several children's books from German into English.
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