9 Things You Should Never Do When You're Sick

by Michael Verrett

Bailey is a little girl that knows how to get into mischief. Instead of staying in bed due to a fever, she leaves the house and finds an annoying talking frog, an air mattress that looks like a sea serpent, and trouble. She unwittingly flies off on the air mattress and encounters a princess, a pirate, an airplane, and other zany characters. Alas there are penalties for disobeying. See how Bailey gets home after flying all the way to the moon.

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2015

Reviews

[Jessyca Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book “9 Things You Should Never Do When You're Sick” by Michael Verrett was a very cute and creative story. Bailey is a sick little girl with a fever that has been ordered to stay in bed by her parents. Naturally Bailey has other plans and decides to sneak out of bed and go for a walk. The walk leads her to an adventure on a sea monster shaped air mattress. On her adventure she meets lots of interesting characters.

I have read a few books by Verrett and this was my favorite story of his by far. The events that occur in “9 Things You Should Never Do When You're Sick” were things that only a person with an enormous imagination could have dreamed up. One of those things you should never do when sick is grab a pirate by the moustache. I read this story with my 4 year-old daughter and she was laughing her butt off at everything that was happening with Bailey. Her favorite thing was when Bailey tickled the moon. This alone makes it a great book to read at bedtime. The illustrations in the book were also done by Verrett and are very colorful. The picture of the pink and purple castle was another one of the things my daughter really liked about this book.

Overall my child and I really enjoyed this book. She has already asked me to read it again for bedtime. I look forward to reading more of Verrett’s work and see what other unique things he dreams up.
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