Jared Crooks (Author)
The Several Strange Adventures of Max & Ding is a book written to explore the imagination of a child.
Jared Aldwin Crooks is the author of The Several Strange Adventures of Max & Ding, a children's book written to explore the imagination of a child. He grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, studied astrophysics, and has worked at NASA. The story follows Max, who uses imagination, science, and a robot named Ding to go on adventures from climbing mountains to exploring space and the lost city of Atlantis. Crooks has said the book is loosely based on his childhood daydreams, and that he wanted to inspire kids to dream big, including young kids of color seeing another kid building and imagining. The book was illustrated by Scott T. Baldwin and published by Crooks with Books.
