Robert Scott Thayer

Children's author Bob Regan (pseudonym Robert Scott Thayer), is also a recording artist who writes and sings in the pop, jazz, and children's genres. Robert has won several International Songwriting Awards including those from Billboard. His children's tune, Kobee's Song, produced by Grammy winner Jim Cravero, is fun, upbeat, and has a reggae groove. Kids love it! It's about the clever marine mammal protagonist wearing a purple cap and a yellow jersey, KOBEE MANATEE®, and his ocean adventures in Thayer's award-winning children's educational picture book series. Thayer said, "What Walt Disney's creativity and branding is doing with a mouse, I intend to do the same with a manatee." In his third installment, Kobee Manatee® Shipwreck Sea Friends, Robert collaborated with Fabien Cousteau, oldest grandson of legendary ocean pioneer, Jacques Cousteau. In Thayer's fourth installment, Kobee Manatee® Climate Change and The Great Blue Hole Hazard, the focus is on "climate change" and "plastic pollution," with Dr. Tracy Fanara, a popular NOAA Research Scientist. Titles are targeted to K-3.

Ever since he was young, Thayer had a passion for manatees, weather, and ocean life. Robert earned a degree from Temple University in Philadelphia and also worked as a copywriter. He is a member of IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association), SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators), the Authors Guild, BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), and the Save the Manatee Club in Florida. Robert currently resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Learn more about Robert Scott Thayer at the Kobee Manatee website.