Books with author Michael Kogge

Alexander Korda lived a life other men only dreamed about. The rich, the famous, the beautiful, crowded its pages as if playing roles in one of his own lavish films. Churchill ( who secretly wrote film scripts for him), H.G. Wells, Lord Beaverbrook, Brendan Brendan Bracken, were among his lifelong friends; Olivier, Laughton, Ralph Richardson, Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, Merle Oberon (whom he married) among those he brought to stardom.

Gregory, a failed inventor, is also a keen gardener. He loves flowers and likes to create new varieties of his own. It is a pity that these flowers also come with a very unusual aroma. His green tulips with pink spots stink of cow dung; his brown roses with orange stripes smell of roast beef; his grey daffodils with purple dots smell of pickled onions and his black dahlias with red ziz-zags pong of sweaty arm-pits. Living amongst the blue petunias that smell of petrol fumes is a strange looking weed that has the power to heal. So when Edith gets struck down with the deadly moo-ing disease, Gregory has high hopes of curing her with the help of the mighty weed - only to discover that it has uprooted itself and run away!Racing against the clock, can Gregory find the mighty weed and save Edith before it is too late? An amusing tale for children between the ages of 8 to 11 that many adults will also find amusing.