Today is a big day for me — and for Geeger the Robot, too. The sixth and final book in my early chapter series is officially here!

Starting today, you can get your hands on the book wherever you prefer to do so — your local independent bookstore or library, or from the online retailer of your choice. As always, if you want signed and/or personalized (and doodled in, too!) copies of the book — and/or any of my books — place your order through my local independent bookstore, the wonderful Silver Unicorn. (Click HERE to order the latest Geeger from the Silver Unicorn. And click HERE to browse all my books at their shop.)

Field Trip is, in my opinion, the best of the Geeger the Robot books I’ve made. I did my darnedest to pack the thing full of as much humor and heart as possible. It’s the first one in which we see Geeger venture out of the now-familiar comfort and safety of Amblerville Elementary School and out into the wider world. It’s adventure, brimming with excitement and delight and surprises — but those surprises turn out to be both good and bad. And maybe it was in part because I was sad to be saying goodbye to Geeger, but the ending of the book . . . well, it’s the only one of the Geeger books that I’ve gotten teary-eyed while finishing. I think I really stuck the landing.

In other Geeger the Robot news, the first book in the series — Geeger the Robot Goes to School — was recently named an Amazon “Teachers’ Pick.”

What does it mean for a book to be a Teachers’ Pick? It means that it joins an elite list of books that have been praised and celebrated by hundreds of educators and librarians, and have also been positively reviewed by Amazon’s own in-house editors. It also means that that nifty little banner will now permanently fly above the book on Amazon.com.

Completing this series has been a bittersweet thing. Never say never, I suppose — but just in case this is the last Geeger adventure I get to share with my readers, I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone and anyone who has read, shared, and/or otherwise supported these books of mine. They have been an absolute blast to make, and have brought me some of the most rewarding moments of my career so far. I’ve lost count of the number of messages I’ve received about one or another of the Geeger books being a young reader’s first chapter book they’ve ever read on their own — and the books were carefully constructed and designed to lend themselves to being just that. Like all my work, I hope the Geeger the Robot books either convince or confirm for kids that reading can be an enjoyable, rewarding experience, and I hope the reading of the books helps them grow into more capable, confident, and eager readers. To have been informed on countless occasions that the books have done just that is a true gift. I’m grateful to every person whose had a hand in helping make those moments happen. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

~ Jarrett