Books with author Maggie Hogan

This companion to The Laundry Dragons! children's picture book features fourteen pages of adorable adventures for you to color. Each picture's on a separate page so you can tear them out without worrying about a different picture on the back! Join the Laundry Dragons as they explore the rest of the house and discover tape dispensers, shoes, slide rules and crochet hooks. Get out your markers, pencils and crayons: hours of fun await!

Finding the right friend isn't as easy as meeting someone. As Vinny the armadillo learns during his quest through a magical version of the Everglades, some people make better friends than others. This illustrated chapterbook is appropriate for first- and second-graders to read alone, or for parents to read aloud. Includes activity pages: make a map with Vinny, or catalog your own local wildlife!Will Vinny finally make a good friend? Read to find out!

Finding the right friend isn't as easy as meeting someone. As Vinny the armadillo learns during his quest through a magical version of the Everglades, some people make better friends than others. This illustrated chapterbook is appropriate for first and second-graders to read alone, or for parents to read aloud. Includes activity pages: make a map with Vinny, or catalog your own local wildlife! Will Vinny finally make a good friend? Read to find out!

It's rough being afraid of the dark when you're an armadillo. But how can Vinny stop being frightened? Maybe it's time to ask advice from the creatures of the swamp. Fortunately, Vinny has a guide! This illustrated chapterbook is appropriate for first- and second-graders to read alone, or for parents to read aloud. Includes activity pages! Will Vinny conquer his fears? Read to find out!

What’s cuter than a sea slug? How about a sea slug and its baby? The Lunch Bag Coloring Book brings together cuddly babies and parents from all around the animal kingdom, from alligators to penguins! These drawings, originally doodled on school snack bags, have been cleaned up for 22 pages of coloring fun...so bring out your color pencils, markers, and chubbiest crayons and enjoy! This coloring book features thick lines for small hands still learning to hold their crayons. There's a single image per page so that masterpieces can be torn out and hung without worrying about what's on the other side. And the small size (7x10) keeps young artists from feeling frustrated or intimidated by the amount of space they have to color.

Ten-year-old Jamie goes to spend Christmas with his Forest of Dean grandfather and helps him search for a legendary 'Forest panther'. While out on one of their walks, he meets Caro, Finn and Molly. They are three traveller children who learn the 'old ways' from their grandmother, including how to talk to animals! They show Jamie their forest playground and he is intrigued by their alternative outlook on life. When a heavy snowfall transforms the landscape overnight, Jamie sets off to have fun with his new friends. He thinks he knows the forest well, but he soon becomes lost. To top it all, he puts himself in terrible danger. No-one knows where Jamie is. How will he get home?

Ten-year-old Jamie goes to spend the Christmas holidays with his grandfather - his Grancher Pete - in the beautiful and atmospheric Forest of Dean, while his mother goes on a short trip to Paris. Grancher Pete has a new hobby, collecting evidence of an elusive black panther which supposedly lives deep in the forest, and he takes Jamie with him to search for clues. He also introduces Jamie to a traveller family who live in a nearby camp, and Jamie makes friends with their children, Caro, Finn and Molly. The children show Jamie their huge forest playground and he is intrigued by their alternative outlook on life, which includes learning the 'old ways' from their grandmother and talking to animals in strange and ancient tongues. Jamie's holiday seems perfect when he wakes up to discover that a heavy snowfall has covered the land, and he sets off alone for a snowy play date with his new friends. While he thought he knew the forest well, the landscape looks completely different and he soon becomes lost among the trees. To top it all, Jamie unwittingly puts himself in terrible danger when he accidentally walks into the path of the panther. The legendary animal is real after all, but a more immediate problem is that no-one knows where Jamie is. As the panther creeps towards him, how will anyone be able to find him in time? Children and adults alike will be drawn into Jamie's holiday adventure, and join him in discovering that there are special moments in our lives, when 'unreality' steps into our everyday world to lend us a helping hand.