Books with author Richard Michelson

Do you think you know Mother Goose? Are you up for fun and challenges for the whole family? In My Very First Mother Goose Puzzle Book, author Richard Mickelson and illustrator Patty Fleckenstein have taken Mother Goose to a whole new level of fun for young and old.Through a unique mix of nursery rhymes and beautifully rendered illustrations, it introduces children to the timeless Mother Goose nursery rhymes and engages them in counting, recognizing colors, and the joy of solving puzzles. Each picture contains a unique visual blending of two nursery rhymes where the reader decides which characters in the pictures go with each rhyme.Filled with the wonderful world of puzzles to help develop children's observation skills and memory, My Very First Mother Goose Puzzle Book teaches life situations through forty-eight rhymes and twenty-four illustrations.

""Do you see what I see, Two Buckets? There are thousands of frogs coming to watch me, Phineas T. Barrel III, make Olympic history today."" Phineas was the greatest athlete the creatures in the New York State Adirondack Forests had ever seen. He had won five Olympics in a row. Throughout the years, many frogs had won five Olympics but not one had ever won six. Two Buckets Turtle, Phineas's best friend and coach, would drive Phineas to greatness and perhaps a world title. Phineas wanted to be known as the greatest frog who ever lived. He had out-swam, out-jumped, out-harrumphed, and caught more bugs than any frog who had ever competed against him. In fact, no other frog had even come close. Phineas had a simple motto, ""No other frog will ever defeat me, ever!"" But his challengers had other ideas, even if it meant cheating to defeat him. Follow Phineas on his adventures to seek fame and glory as the best of the best. Would he be able to achieve what no other frog had done before? Would he find that special place to become, Phineas T. Barrel III, the greatest frog who ever lived?

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s BookA New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s BookBrewster is excited about starting first grade . . . until Mama announces that he'll be attending Central—a school in the white part of town. Mama says they have art and music and a library bursting with books, but Brewster isn't so sure he'll fit in.Being black at a white school isn't easy, and Brewster winds up spending his first day in detention at the library. But there he meets a very special person: Miss O'Grady. The librarian sees into Brewster's heart and gives him not only the gift of books but also the ability to believe in himself.This powerful and tender story of desegregation in the 1970s introduces readers to the brave young heroes who helped to build a new world.From the Hardcover edition.

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