My Nutty Neighbors
Man with the Sneezes
Mop 'Til You Drop
C. Kret Family Costa Rica
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Itzah C. Kret
Itzah C. Kret lives in Washington D.C. with his wife, Eye'ma C. Kret, and their children,
Heesa C. Kret and Sheesa C. Kret. In addition to making large mobiles, he writes and
illustrates poetry for young children. In October, 2003, he published his first color
illustrated children's book in Seussian style titled The Man with the Sneezes. In
November, 2004, his second color children's book, My Nutty Neighbors featuring his
original bird-letter type face, shot off the presses. And, July of 2005 his third book,
Mop 'Til You Drop, was printed in Bangalore, India. It arrived stateside on October 7,
2005. All are available for purchase through this web page. Watch for his next book
due out Summer of 2007, I Forget to Remember. Itzah and his family also have two
vacation properties available for rent, a three bedroom villa on the beach in Playa
Ocotal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica and a three bedroom condo slopeside in Telluride,
Colorado. If you want information about renting either of these properties CLICK
HERE.
Itzah C. Kret has held various "day" jobs including: a union organizer, telephone
operator for the deaf, cabin boy on a research vessel in Antarctica, Bobcat dance
producer, landscaper, lawyer, day care center assistant teacher and "Mr. Friendly"
at the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Itzah C. Kret is a missionary for a grass roots
holiday Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. To read a newspaper article about Itzah C.
Kret CLICK HERE.
Itzah C. Kret is also known as The Phantom Planter because he goes around planting
flowers in public places. Since 1979 he guesses he's planted over 41,317 flowers in
ten states and six foreign countries. In October, 2003, he planted 202 tulips,
crocuses and windflowers right under the St. Louis Gateway Arch. On April 12, 2004,
he struck in Buenos Aires, Argentina, planting dozens of Morning Glories in La Boca
and in the park in front of the Casa Rosada. Last fall he checked out the Liberty Bell
and decided to plant daffodils at the Brith Shalom nursing home in Philadelphia. In
2005 he planted over 20,000 morning glories in Bangalore, India. (He may have an
obsessive compulsive floral disorder.) To read the transcript of an NPR interview of
The Phantom Planter CLICK HERE. To read an article about The Phantom Planter from
his law school newspaper CLICK HERE.
Itzah C. Kret also makes large mobiles, for photos CLICK HERE
Itzah C. Kret has finished
his fourth and by far best
book, I Forget To
Remember. Excerpts coming
soon to this page.
He is in search of a
publisher. If you know any
publishers or agents please
email us. Thanks.
The Man with
the Sneezes
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Mean Queen
who will make
you
Mop 'Til You
Drop
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My Nutty Neighbors
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