Books with author MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN

Your kids pick the bedtime story they want to have read to them every night. Why don't you pick the book for a change? Unsettling Bedtime Stories To Read To Rude And Ungrateful Children may just be your go-to choice. It might make them laugh, it might make them cry, but it will definitely give them something to think about while they drift off to dreamland. Spare set of bedsheets not included. For press inquiries, please contact michael@nightroamers.com

The ULTIMATE, complete collection of the original Mowgli stories!This collection of stories features Mowgli, a young boy who lives amongst the wildlife of the jungle. From being tracked and hunted by a tiger to being raised by wolves and trained by a bear, this compilation includes all nine masterful tales about Mowgli and his relationships with his colorful animal friends and foes, including stories from The Jungle Book and every other Mowgli story Kipling wrote: Mowgli’s Brothers Kaa’s Hunting How Fear Came ‘Tiger ! Tiger!’ Letting in the Jungle The King’s Ankus Red Dog The Spring Running In the RukhFor more than one hundred years, the stories from The Jungle Book have enchanted readers, both young and old, with their important moral lessons and engaging narratives. By anthropomorphizing the animal characters in the stories—in a vein similar to Aesop—famed writer Rudyard Kipling provides readers with parables that teach family and community values while simultaneously entertaining and inspiring. Consequently, these stories have stood the test of time, have been published in a variety of editions and publications, and continue to be reprinted today.Including a new foreword by leading children’s literature expert Michael Patrick Hearn, Mowgli of the Jungle Book spotlights Kipling’s classic character as he’s faced with an abundance of epic adventures and challenges—all of which have underlying moral dilemmas sure to teach readers what matters most.

Your kids pick the bedtime story they want to have read to them every night. Why don't you pick the book for a change? Unsettling Bedtime Stories To Read To Rude And Ungrateful Children may just be your go-to choice. It might make them laugh, it might make them cry, but it will definitely give them something to think about while they drift off to dreamland. Spare set of bedsheets not included.

Rats are gnawing at the sorcerer's books. What to do? Get a cat-but not just any cat. The sorcerer sends his apprentice nickon to fetch a missing ingredient for a spell that will bring his porcelain cat to life. Nickon ventures out on his mission and learns you can't get something for nothing. Beautifully printed in a new 10 x 10 format and in five colors.

The ULTIMATE, complete collection of the original Mowgli stories!This collection of stories features Mowgli, a young boy who lives amongst the wildlife of the jungle. From being tracked and hunted by a tiger to being raised by wolves and trained by a bear, this compilation includes all nine masterful tales about Mowgli and his relationships with his colorful animal friends and foes, including stories from The Jungle Book and every other Mowgli story Kipling wrote: Mowgli’s Brothers Kaa’s Hunting How Fear Came ‘Tiger ! Tiger!’ Letting in the Jungle The King’s Ankus Red Dog The Spring Running In the RukhFor more than one hundred years, the stories from The Jungle Book have enchanted readers, both young and old, with their important moral lessons and engaging narratives. By anthropomorphizing the animal characters in the stories—in a vein similar to Aesop—famed writer Rudyard Kipling provides readers with parables that teach family and community values while simultaneously entertaining and inspiring. Consequently, these stories have stood the test of time, have been published in a variety of editions and publications, and continue to be reprinted today.Including a new foreword by leading children’s literature expert Michael Patrick Hearn, Mowgli of the Jungle Book spotlights Kipling’s classic character as he’s faced with an abundance of epic adventures and challenges—all of which have underlying moral dilemmas sure to teach readers what matters most.

From "a little world at the end of my pencil:" The Visual and Verbal Art of Arnold Lobel by Michael Patrick Hearn, Guest Curator. "'To be making books for children allows me the freedom and pleasures of being an adult, and at the same time I can always partake in a kind of childlike wonder,' [Lobel] explained. 'To be making books for children is to be in a sort of state of grace.'"