Books with author Dean Griffiths

Michael Maxwell McCallum lives in a world just like ours, but peopled by superheroes. When Michaelís hero, Perfect Man, quits his job without warning, Michael isnít worried. He knows that Perfect Man will come back. He always does. So that September, when a new teacher shows up in his classroom, a teacher with a number of special powers, Michael figures it out right away. Mr. Clark is Perfect Man. Mr. Clark doesnít say yes and he doesnít say no to Michaelís endless questions, but he does encourage Michael to find his own super powers.

This book relates two of the grand adventures. Here we will explore the woods and hills for the another time with our favorite guide Hootie. Off they go, heading up the trail… It’s dark, but there is a full moon, so they can see where they are going.With a flurry of wings a large object flies down to the lowest branch… It’s the great Horned Owl, Hootie. He says: "Whoodare, Welcome to my woods. This part of the woods has a lot of things to do. but tonight your help is needed." Off they go, Hootie is flying above them, taking them to the spot in the woods where their help in needed. Hootie leads, flying up the trail, so it is easy for them to follow him. The Adventure begins!

This book relates two of the grand adventures. Here we will explore the woods and hills for the another time with our favorite guide Hootie. Off they go, heading up the trail… It’s dark, but there is a full moon, so they can see where they are going.With a flurry of wings a large object flies down to the lowest branch… It’s the great Horned Owl, Hootie. He says: "Whoodare, Welcome to my woods. This part of the woods has a lot of things to do. but tonight your help is needed." Off they go, Hootie is flying above them, taking them to the spot in the woods where their help in needed. Hootie leads, flying up the trail, so it is easy for them to follow him. The Adventure begins!

This is a series of bedtime stories told over the years to our grandchildren. Main characters in the adventures are our pets: Moxie and Mollie – Long Haired Miniature Dachshunds, Rupert and Cooper – Pembroke Welch Corgis and Monet the white cat, who sometimes thinks she is a dog too…Other characters in this book include Scarlet and Kane, Skylar’s dogs. Other characters show up at the oddest moments. These adventures usually occur at night and take place near a small rural cottage in Midwest. The Adventurers all sneak out through the dog door in the laundry room…..But ssh… it’s a secret….don’t tell anyone, especially grownups...Just enjoy.

This is a series of 7 bedtime stories told over the years to our grandson “Max” as he is named in the stories. Other major characters in the adventures are our pets: Moxie and Mollie –Miniature Dachshunds, Rupert and Cooper – Pembroke Welch Corgis and Monet the cat, who sometimes thinks she is a dog too… These adventures always occur at night and take place near a small rural cottage in the Midwest. The Adventurers all sneak out through the dog door in the laundry room…..but Ssh…it’s a secret….don’t tell anyone, especially grownups... In these adventures, animals will communicate in human language (English to be exact) which has been carefully translated from the standard universal animal language. It is a quiet restful place surrounded by woods. There are trails that wind their way through those woods and provide the setting for these adventures. Each story shares christian family values as learning lessons for grandchildren.

Would you like an adventure on another planet? This is just one of the questions Lara and her sister, Eva, must answer one sunny day in their garden. They wonder, how will they return to Earth in time for lunch? And how will they get there when the aliens' spaceship is so small? When it's only big enough for ants! But their help is needed on the planet Zeegrazzalo- Jeewoppza so off they go - into the unknown. Their feelings of helplessness only start to fade after a flight across the planet's Outerlands, in Kweezy Capolza's hummingcraft. Maybe, just maybe, the sisters can find some solutions to the aliens' problems. However, they think they might need their mother's help and she is back on Earth!