The Adventures of Snook & Gator: Snook’s Cool Idea for A Hot Day

Tara Annette Rocker

A California native, Tara Rocker has written and illustrated 4 Children’s Books all in the series titled, The Adventures of Snook and Gator. Rocker based the main character Snook and her stories on her own childhood. Rocker attended Alabama State University and California State University. East Bay and received her undergraduate and Masters of Social Work (MSW) Rocker published the first two books of the series; The Adventures of Snook and Gator and The Adventures of Snook and Gator: Too Many Bad Ideas in 2009. Rocker continued the series publishing the 3rd book, The Adventures of Snook and Gator: Snook’s Cool Idea for a Hot Day in 2015. Rocker has the overall mission of providing positive stories and images of Black people.