Bøger af Mike Allegra

Pirate & Penguin are yearnin' to set sail, but when "All Hands" is called Yo-Ho becomes Yo-Ho-Oh-Noooo! With the wind in their sails, their ship needs a crew of more than two. Spying a packed port, Pirate & Penguin are sure they'll be gettin' a crew in two shakes of a first mate's booty bottom. But when their small but mighty man-of-war fails to make waves in a sea of larger vessels, they resolve to renovate.It turns out Penguin has quite the penchant for the arrrrts, and soon they've got the funnest flagship on the Seven Seas, complete with a slide, a swing, and a cannon that shoots bubbles. But instead of new recruits itchin to join, the new improvements just get laughs, and though pirate isn't bothered by yellow-bellied landlubbers insulting his ship, he'll accept absolutely NO insulting of his fine, feathered Ground Parrot! Disappointed but determined, Pirate & Penguin set off once again. Only then do they realize that their unconventional upgrades might not have attracted four pirate-y pairs of strong arrrrrrrms, but they did call to an eight-legged creature who just might suit their crew even better. Step right up, seadogs and scallywags, for this wacky, colorful adventure ready to remind readers that being unapologetically you is the best way to find your crew.

What happens when a pirate, hoping for a parrot, stumbles upon a bird of a duller plumage?Pirate doesn't know that Penguin is a penguin. But any bird can sit on a shoulder and squawk "shiver me timbers"...right?Laugh along with Pirate and Penguin in this high seas tale of mistaken identity and find out whether they'll find friendship before somebody walks the plank.

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon comes an adventurous bath time story.Night has fallen and Mom and Dad need to get their little one in the tub. To make it more fun, Mom brings a magical adventure out at sea to life, where the faucet is a waterfall, a rubber ducky is a sea creature, and the splashing water is a raging sea! In their ocean journey, Mom and Dad manage to get their little one clean just in time to dock for bedtime."Children will delight¿ This ebullient account of a common childhood experience bursts with love and universal appeal."¿Booklist, STARRED review

Nikki Grimes, Coretta Scott King Award winning author, and illustrator Elizabeth Zunon's latest children's masterpiece creates an imagination-fueled journey to bedtime.