Books with author M. J. Patrick

With men in suitsAnd rubber boots It goes to lots Of red-hot spots!*Once again, J. Patrick Lewis and Debbie Tilley have joined their talents in a poetry collection with a riddle-lightful twist. Each of the 32 poems is a separate game for kids: a riddle that they must solve with the help of generous clues in the sing-song text and the bright, funny watercolor paintings. The result is an interactive, educational, and super-silly poetry collection that will tickle and tease every little riddle lover.*Stumped? It's a fire truck!

Did you know that half of the planet's animals and plants can be found in the rainforest?Beautiful color photos and lyrical text written by Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis transform these nonfiction books into works of art as they introduce readers (Ages 6-7) to the animals that live in the some of the Earth's most fascinating biomes. Meet gorillas, boa constrictors, and more in the pages of My Home in the Rainforest.

In 2010, the Mars Rover named "Spirit" had stopped sending signals back to NASA. In 2011, NASA ceased all efforts to communicate with the rover and called the mission complete. But something unexpected happened: Spirit started to send signals again. The weird thing was that the signal was nothing that Spirit had been programmed to send. It was as if something or someone had taken over the rover. The Nanoagents have been tasked to figure out what's going on. But how will they get to Mars? And when they get there, what are they going to find? Seth, Ajita, Jaden, Cheryl, Chen, Bits, and Rez will have to work together through node networks, forcefields, mechs, and battle drones if they're to succeed in learning the secret behind why the Mars Rover Spirit has come back online. Will they even survive?

Follow Artemous Le Mouse, the latest in a long line of Le Mouse art restorers, as he climbs inside the world's art masterpieces and restores paintings by Degas,Seurat, Cassatt and other famous artists. But Artemous not only restores these works of art, he interacts with them-playing with the Cassatt children at the beach, dancing with Dega's ballerinas, playing clarinet in a Picasso ensemble. Sit back and enjoy a typical week in the life of this talented mouse as he slips in and out of trouble restoring and touching up great art, while managing to remain hidden from the museum visitors. But wait! Has he been spotted in the Art of Animation exhibit? Read on. author_bio: Jim Patrick is an attorney and businessman and first time author. Debbie Patrick is an award winning artist and illustrator. They live in Sausalito Ca and have a daughter, Devin and a mouse of uncertain age named Artemous who lives in the walls of their old house. keywords: Mouse, Artist, Cassatt, Degas, Paintings, Museum, Art, Children, Picasso

A secret research facility has gone dark and the Nanoagents are sent to find out what happened. The problem is that the facility is on the moon! The team works with NASA to determine a way to get to the moon. Once there they learn that a group of aliens has taken the Moon Base crew hostage. Seth, Ajita, Jaden, Cheryl, and Chen have to work together to figure out how to free the hostages and take back Moon Base. But there is a problem... The aliens (known as Klakzaskians) that have taken over the base are not the ones running the show, they’re just following orders. The alien in-charge is a Zbrakni, just like the alien named “Xabigan” that Seth had run into a few months earlier. His name is “Civugan” and he has learned a way to make the Klakzaskians do whatever he wants, and one of the things he wants to do is conquer Earth! Can the Nanoagents get the Klakzaskians on their side? Will they be able to work with these new aliens to take Civugan down and get back control of Moon Base? The Nanoagents will have to rely on each other if they’re going to free the hostages and save the Earth from certain doom.