Goat on Cow by Michael Verrett is the delightful story of a kind, caring, and patient cow. Her life was always happy and she grazed on tasty grass and sweet clover in a green field. One day after sunset there was a storm. The moon...

Forget About It! by Michael Verrett is the story of Danielle who was so beautiful that everyone knew she would become a princess. She was not only beautiful but also intelligent and possessed a quick wit. But Danielle suffered from a problem called Pink Memory...

Let's meet the prettiest girl on Planet X and her puppy Knuffelen in the storybook Prettiest Girl on Planet X by Michael Verrett. They live in outer space and Planet X is big and blue. The sun and moon are their neighbors. Space is a...

If you are a fun-loving person, this book is for you. Michael Verrett has a varied background that suits the excellent illustrations of There’s a Crab in My Gumbo. His grammar is exemplary except when, for reality’s sake, he uses Cajun phrases that are not...

The Big Blue Slide by Michael Verrett is the colorful story of Rainey Estelle who is very conscious about the clothes she wears. She is adventurous and has fun. There is a Big Blue Slide in her school on which only children of a certain...

McSkeeter McNoid is the biggest, meanest mosquito at the lake. No one - not Lindy the pink turtle, Roux Rabbit, Chumly the raccoon, Sweet Pea Possum, or any of the other myriad denizens of the lake - is safe with McSkeeter McNoid flying around and...

The Day Letter A Ran Away by Michael Verrett is about the letters of the alphabet who live together in town. One day, Letter A decides that he doesn't want to be first anymore - first to rise, first in line - and so he...

Zac Zap and the Great Big Race by Michael Verrett caught my eye because the lead character, Zac Zap, is in a wheelchair. Zac Zap was born with spina bifida which causes him not to have use of his legs. When Zac hears about a...

The Pinkest Seashell by Michael Verrett is focused around a pink seashell. When a seagull and a crab find the seashell and start fighting over it, the seashell lands in the foamy sea and starts to make its way around the sea. It lands in...

Up the Down Waterfall by Michael Verrett is a delightful fantasy story which will enthrall young readers. Lydia and her sister Abi find themselves being taken up by a gust of wind and dropped outside one rainy day. They find themselves in a blue puddle...

I thought Michael Verrett’s book Joy! Joy! Baseball was pretty cute and a very easy read. This book is made up of 36 cartoons that are all about baseball. All the drawings were done by Verrett and are his own creation. The majority of the cartoons...

The White Alligator is a southern children’s tale by Michael Verrett. Life is never dull for the animals living in the bayou. Phillipe, a ditzy bird, believes he can hypnotise others, but his plan backfires when he runs into angry mosquitoes. Pompous owls who think...

Kingdom of the Pumpkins (A Rainey-Estelle Kind of Day) by Michael Verrett is a children's adventure story that follows the hilarious and precocious Rainey-Estelle and her dog, Scamp. Today, Rainey-Estelle and Scamp are on an adventure in a farmer's garden. Rainey-Estelle wants to crown the...

Christmas Socks by Michael Verrett is an adorable story with the Christmas season as the backdrop. Suzy Q is a fussy and rude girl. For her, everything has to be her way and this Christmas she expects a lot of gifts. But then what happens...

The Rhymes of the Gray Beard Tree by Michael Verrett is a collection of rhyming poems that revolve around topics like animals, jobs, fairs, cherished things, adventure, fantasy, sports and other topics which handle the concept of tradition, values and the joys of youth in...

New Orleans Rain by Michael Verrett is a book of pictures and poems centered around New Orleans. In this book, Verrett shows pictures he has taken in the rain. All the pictures are from places in New Orleans, Louisiana. I wanted to read this book...

Galid's Christmas Wish by Michael Verrett is set against the backdrop of the Christmas season. Galid is the last proud member of the Greystreak clan. The old Poplar House where generations of the Greystreak mouse clan lived is now in bad shape. For the past...

My daughter and I thought Michael Verrett’s book It Followed Me Home Can I Keep It? was hilarious. A little boy wants a pet really badly. He keeps bringing home all sorts of animals but his parents keep telling him no. I loved the book....

Michael Verrett's 9 Things You Should Never Do When You're Sick is a very cute and creative story. Bailey is a sick little girl with a fever and she has been ordered to stay in bed by her parents. Naturally Bailey has other plans and...

Uncorked by Michael Verrett is a children’s story. Nisey the mouse is happy in her house. She has a beautiful cork with a purple band and gold letters on it; a cork that she uses for sitting on and doing her knitting. One night, a...