Marcus Ewert – författare

This delightfully spooky picture book answers the important question of how you can be your very best self.If only I were haunted-I''d never be alone! But look at me: I''m cheerful! I''ve got to change my tone!Clarissa the cottage is adorable . . . bright pink, with windows that wink, and flowers growing all around. But Clarissa doesn''t want to be adorable--being cute is boring. Couldn''t she be like her father, a creepy castle home to vampires and crypts? Or like her mother, a witch''s hut full of spells and smells? If only she were haunted! Then she''d be less ordinary . . . What will it take for Clarissa to go from adorable to horrible?

This delightfully spooky picture book answers the important question of how you can be your very best self.If only I were haunted-I''d never be alone! But look at me: I''m cheerful! I''ve got to change my tone!Clarissa the cottage is adorable . . . bright pink, with windows that wink, and flowers growing all around. But Clarissa doesn''t want to be adorable--being cute is boring. Couldn''t she be like her father, a creepy castle home to vampires and crypts? Or like her mother, a witch''s hut full of spells and smells? If only she were haunted! Then she''d be less ordinary . . . What will it take for Clarissa to go from adorable to horrible?

Every night, Bailey dreams about magical dresses: dresses made of crystals and rainbows, dresses made of flowers, dresses made of windows. . . . Unfortunately, when Bailey''s awake, no one wants to hear about these beautiful dreams. Quite the contrary. "You''re a BOY!" Mother and Father tell Bailey. "You shouldn''t be thinking about dresses at all." Then Bailey meets Laurel, an older girl who is touched and inspired by Bailey''s imagination and courage. In friendship, the two of them begin making dresses together. And Bailey''s dreams come true!This gorgeous picture book—a modern fairy tale about becoming the person you feel you are inside—will delight people of all ages.