Books with author Michelle Roberts

Children fascinated by cars and trucks will love learning to draw the variety of vehicles outlined in this simple, easy-to-follow guide. Step-by-step diagrams incorporating circles, semicircles, squares, rectangles and other common geometrical shapes help young artists design 28 different vehicles: fire engine, dump truck, bicycle, camper, submarine, helicopter, armored car, hot-air balloon and other contemporary conveyances. These designs are not only fun to draw, they will help youngsters grasp the fundamentals of line, shape, form and dimension.

Do you dream of seeing some real, live bears? Then this essential guide to bear spotting, filled with offbeat humor and quirky illustrations, is for you!In this perfect read-aloud, sure to delight kids and parents alike, a young aspiring bear spotter ventures into bear country . . . But coming face-to-face with the furry creatures themselves, whether black or brown, can be dangerous, and our protagonist--accompanied by a trusty teddy bear--might need to use some unconventional means to stay out of trouble and avoid being (gulp!) eaten.This laugh-out-loud, how-to guide--brilliantly brought to life by New York Times bestselling illustrator David Roberts' expressive art--is a must-read for fans of I Want My Hat Back and Secret Pizza Party.Awards for There's a Lion in My CornflakesWinner, Best Picture Book - Sainsbury's Children's Book AwardsA Guardian Best New Children BookThe Sunday Times' Children's Book of the Week

Wizards, skeletons, spells, sorcerers, and dragons &Mac222;ll this second lavishly produced children's book by acclaimed New Yorker-cover artist Michael Roberts. In verse and in cutout collages, Roberts takes children on a mystical journey through the alphabet from "Abracadabra" to "Zombies." For each letter in the alphabet, Roberts composes a full-page image created with scissors and colored paper. Across from each image, Roberts contributes a poem, ranging from the epigrammatic to the mini-epic. The poem for the letter Y goes like this: I met a yeti in Tibet. Took him home to be a pet. Ate my friends and family. Think he's saving me for tea. Then there's the one about Mabel the witch, the sneezing dragon, Pumpkin Man, and eyeball stew.... Mumbo Jumbo tickles and chills older kids with its witty verse and helps younger children learn the alphabet by matching up letters and pictures.

A high voltage line had draped itself accross the conversion vans roof, like a cobra twisting in agony spiting fire and spraying sparks.The structure shuttered from the seven thousand volts of pure energy.Inside Jennifer was moving through one DNA strand after another at faster than light. Just as she reached the place of santuary, a pathway snaked out touching her. Darkness enveloped her as she screemed for Evan.Reacting to the horrific pain pouring out of the speakers.The yellow glow of the two headlamps blinked out a death like S.O.S. Evan looked at Terry for the first time,as if he'd just lost his best friend.