Bøker av Michael Verrett

Do you know why so many trees fall down during a storm? It just might be because a dinosaur lives in the forest. Gug Gug is a dinosaur so large the illustrator needs two pages to draw his tail. He awakens with a grumbling stomach and a hunger for pumpkins and watermelons. So, he sets out crossing the blue bridge over Gemstone River in search of his breakfast. He is warned that a storm approaches, but dinosaur are not afraid of any old storm - or is he?

Visit a day in the life of the Carnnaregio district of northern Venice. Here, everything passes the ancient church with blue doors. Children go to school, dogs ride in boats, men walk to work, mothers, daughters and granddaughters shop. It all happens among the bridges and winding canals of this quiet neighborhood. Along the way you will learn a little Italian.

With the rain a special quiet descends upon the people of New Orleans. The busy city pauses--simpler struggles replace the hustle and bustle. Life dissolves into neighborhood water colors. In these somber times there are moments to reflect, appreciate bucolic scenes, to splash across water puddles.

It's early-early Christmas morn and Noisy Mouse is excited. Now, every house has a noisy mouse. Some have two feet and some have four. In this house, Noisy Mouse tries to wakey-wakey the dog and the cat. He tries to wakey-wakey the three mice. All want to sleep late. Noisy Mouse is not about to give up, because it's never too early to celebrate Christmas day! Some of the most beautiful artwork of any Christmas book.

There are many things I like. There are also things I do not like. For instance, I like flowers, but I don't like bugs or spiders. I like the beach, but I don't like crabby crabs. Ike the zoo, and the park, and many other things but!!! Sometimes the best of things have bad things.

Come along with a family as they vacation a musical tropical island land where you can wiggle your toes in the sea and the sand. Brother and sister, mom and dad each have their own special walk. And when the family walks their swishy-swishy way - how they make those palm trees sway! All the dolphins and parrots, pirates and the people, starfish and the crabs join in and sing, "Oooh La La, Oooh La Lay". Yes they sing all throughout the sunny day.

Down on the Bayou Teche in Louisiana, grand-nephew Valentin Michel visits Maw Maw and Paw Paw in time for dinner. Maw Maw how has new glasses and doesn''t see well, is cooking gumbo. Due to poor vision, she confuses Valentin Michel with his cousin, Evangeline Marie. She served him a bowl of gumbo without realizing in it is a live crab. Paw Paw has nodded off and so, when he tells Maw Maw he can''t eat his his gumbo because in is is a crab trying to eat him, Maw Maw responds, "EAT YOUR GUMBO!"The story contains idioms, phrasing, and sentence structure unique to my Cajun relatives of southern Louisiana not to mention the art of cooking gumbo.

The prettiest girl on Planet X and her puppy, Knuffelen, live near a friendly sun and moon. She and her puppy fix robots, fly rockets ships, and collect moon beams, stardust, and sunbeams has they travel around OUT--SPACE!

How far and how high can your imagination go? How high will pigs stack, how high can puppies pile? How far will a little mouse go to feed his family? A collection of vignettes featuring dogs, cats, bird, mice, frogs, fish, penguins, a boy and his kite and a girl with her balloon and others.

(black and white version) Over 50 cartoons depicting the humorous antics and the crazy cartoon world of dogs, cats, and kids

Zac Zap was born with spina bifidia which robbed him of the use of his legs and impaired his speech. This does not stop him from sharing joy as he goes about town in his wheelchair visiting the shops and exploring the unusual streets and forgotten pathways. His some special talent is his hugs. Zac gives the best hugs in the world. One day he learns there will be a great big race of machines. Zac has a bicycle designed especially to be pedaled by hand. He enters the race vowing not to quit. But can he out race a motorcycle girl, an airplane, a bulldozer, an ice cream truck, a pie wagon, and an evil boy on a pogo stick? First one to reach the Old Light House is the winner. Religious themes.

In the series WHEREVER THE WIND MAY BLOW, WINDSWEPT is the sequel to HOMECOMING. The romance, humor, and adventure continues for Anne and Jules Allan. Anne aspires to be a writer but though an avid reader of 19th Century literature she realizes she has little imagination. She decides to forgo thoughts of romance and adventure and live a practical, well-ordered life. She is suddenly swept into a fantastic adventure in the land of Homecoming by the mysterious, Jules Allan. She is mistaken for Alice of Wonderland, attacked by flying pirates and creature known as Enuffs. She encounters jealous pixies, a vindictive Gray Queen and has troubles in babysitting.As Anne tries to make sense of it all as she finds that her real conflict is internal. She struggles to cope with clumsiness and emotional outburst. All the while she is haunted by the mystery of spiral staircases and the need to protect her inner child of unconditional love.