Books with author Michael Herbert

Meet Michael Albert, modern pop artist. In an effort to combine his art style with his recycling philosophy, he has created a signature line of artwork in which his materials are derived from consumer packaging, old photographs, and discarded cardboard. The results are brilliant collages in the spirit of Andy Warhol’s famous Campbell’s Soup. Through his own interpretation of historical and epic events, such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address, Michael Albert shares his vision of American popular culture. Here is an artist’s America! An Artist's America is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Sixteen-year-old Soliloquy’s life is anything but normal. Deserted by a mother who speaks in tongues. Informally adopted by her boyfriend’s family that owns a tequila distillery and agave farm. Visited by strange dreams filled with coded message and premonition. She is not your typical teenager. But when three alien spacecraft attack the farm, her life takes a twist down the proverbial rabbit hole.Driven into ice caves beneath the farm, she learns strange secrets about her mother, the family she is with, and the invading aliens. Nothing is what it seemed. Yet to survive, she and the family must transform in a way that will change them forever. Their response over the next twenty-four hours will have repercussions far beyond their little farm. For them, it is world war with their farm as the beachhead.

Sometimes your children can experience explosive feelings resulting from just little issues. Albert is here to let you know it's normal to have such feelings and also to help them control it.Albert describes how best to•Identify the causes of anger in your children•Identify how your children express anger•help them express anger constructivelyInside this book, you'll find It's okay to have emotions; when you understand that everyone and even children too feel angry at one point in time or the other, you won't get mad next time when your child expresses anger explosively..Solutions; this book contains solutions that you can use with your child to help bring his anger under control; this is because practicing anger management with your child will help him trust you more. And show genuine concern on your part.This book is essential for parents, guardians, teachers, and other categories of persons who encounter challenges working with children who express anger more often than usual.With the strategies in this book, you will form a better relationship with children.Why not click the buy button now to discover what a lot of people won't discover in a life time about managing anger in children!

Maile is just beginning her first year of middle school on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. But it looks to be the worst school year of her life. Her lifelong friend, her bfff, Lani has just moved to the island of Maui -- an eternity away from Maile. Things are so bad for Maile that she runs away from school and goes swimming in the ocean to soothe herself. But there's a Tiger Shark in the water today, and it's after Maile. Will a friendly Spinner Dolphin be able to help Maile?

WARNING: THIS ISN'T THE REAL THING...IT'S FUNNIER!"Stop that movie," Headmaster Alpo Bumblemore said, "or Hogwash is history!"Already overrun by brawling, fetid fans of the bestselling Barry Trotter books, Hogwash is certain to be pulled down brick by brick after Barry's new big-budget biopic debuts. So Barry Trotter, Ermine Cringer, and Lon Measly are hauled out of retirement to face their toughest challenge yet. Not only do the twenty-two-year-olds have to elude packs of rabid fans, outwit Barry's sponging godfather Serious, and vanquish their old foe Lord Valumart, they have to face the most powerful enemy of all: Hollywood!

• The book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.The Invisible Man. Griffin, a former medical student, becomes obsessed with the pursuit of invisibility. Already a slave to his goal, he steals money from his own father to perfect his formulas. Lacking suitable subjects, and consumed by the desire to succeed, Griffin uses the formula on himself. His success, however, does not satisfy him, and his crumbling moral foundations result in an egomaniacal rampage. Wells’ masterpiece offers a thrilling fiction as well as a glimpse into the darkest realms of the human psyche.

• The book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity's vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. First published in 1898, H.G. Wells's masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spielberg. The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that is both startlingly up-to-date and in touch with the most ancient of human illustrationfears.

One day a little fawn was born to Mr. and Mrs. Reindeer. As he grew older he turned out to be a most extraordinary reindeer indeed. Instead of being content to trot along the ground like the other reindeer he knew, he kept trying to leap into the sky. And when he wasn't trying to become airborne, he would gaze longingly up at the stars. The little fellow didn't know why he was so different from everyone else until one Christmas Eve when he suddenly had a vision of Santa Claus streaking across the sky in his reindeer-driven sleigh. All at once he knew. He wanted become one of Santa Claus's reindeer! And so he sets off in search of the North Pole and who knows what adventures.For all those who love that familiar figure, Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer, Who Is Santa Claus's New Reindeer? by children's author Michael Hertz will weave its own kind of magic, enchanting young and old alike.

Sixteen-year-old Soliloquy’s life is anything but normal. Deserted by a mother who speaks in tongues. Informally adopted by her boyfriend’s family that owns a tequila distillery and agave farm. Visited by strange dreams filled with coded message and premonition. She is not your typical teenager. But when three alien spacecraft attack the farm, her life takes a twist down the proverbial rabbit hole.Driven into ice caves beneath the farm, she learns strange secrets about her mother, the family she is with, and the invading aliens. Nothing is what it seemed. Yet to survive, she and the family must transform in a way that will change them forever. Their response over the next twenty-four hours will have repercussions far beyond their little farm. For them, it is world war with their farm as the beachhead.