G. Brian Karas

• Mar-1995
• / General Fiction
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Reviving the classic children's song about the old lady who swallowed a fly, zany full-color artwork introduces a young narrator so surprised by the lady's appetite that he records each meal in his reporter's notebook and on film....

• Feb-1996
• / General Fiction
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Mr. Carey's neighbors are always offering him advice on how to rid his garden of the snails that eat holes in his plants. But Mr. Carey mysteriously says, "I see it in a different light." Then one night the neighbors see that the snails make gleaming...

• Oct-1996
• / General Fiction
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Ned, a young cowboy from the wide open West, proves that home can be anywhere with only the slightest adjustments after he moves to swamp country and has a run-in with the alligators and a western-style showdown with the school bully, Big Head Ed....

• May-1998
• / General Fiction
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A blustery wind creates havoc in an otherwise quiet town, resulting in such unusual happenings as whirling wedding cakes, airborne alarm clocks, and bouncing bananas, until a little boy decides to greet the exciting wind. Children's BOMC....

• Jan-1999
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-2000
• / General Fiction
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Bebe has a problem. Aliens are trying to eat her for dinner. She can see their beady eyes. She can hear their slurpy lips. They are everywhere, and they are out to get her.

It doesn't matter to Bebe that her mother and her friends and ever h...

• May-2000
• / General Fiction
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Tall as an eyelash, quick as a planewas the tiniest fairy,Penelope Jane.

Penelope Jane de la Fesser, a flying French fairy, is just the perfect size to live in the right-hand dresser drawer of her very best friend, f...

• Aug-2001
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-2004
• / General Fiction
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Lapping at the sandy shores, stretching from the North Pole to the South Pole and from North America to Africa, the Atlantic Ocean is constantly changing shape and size and is always traveling. It has fascinated people for ages and still does today.Â...

• Mar-2008
• / Fantasy
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Perfect for Earth Day!

Climb aboard a giant spaceship . . . the Earth! In glorious art, G. Brian Karas illuminates our Earth and its cycles and does a brilliant job of making the concepts of rotation and revolution understandable. As you trave...

• Feb-2010
• / Fantasy
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From acclaimed illustrator and author G. Brian Karas comes a witty tale about navigating family and finding one's voice-based on Greek mythology! This is the story of how young Zeus, with a little help from six monsters, five Greek gods, an enchan...

• Jun-2010
• / General Fiction
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Through the year and no matter the weather, workers at the Village Garage are always busy. With the help of their trusty trucks, they clean the streets of sticks and leaves in the spring; patch potholes in preparation for summer traffic; pick up the ...

• Sep-2014
• / Historical
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This inventive picture book relays the events of two hundred years from the unique perspective of a magnificent oak tree, showing how much the world can transform from a single vantage point. From 1775 to the present day, this fascinating framing dev...

• Apr-2016
• / General Fiction
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On the farm, workers pick vegetables, collect eggs, and make cheese. At the market the next day, the workers set up their stands and prepare for shoppers to arrive. Amy, the baker at the Busy Bee Café, has a very special meal in mind-and, of course,...

• Apr-2016
• / General Fiction
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On the farm, workers pick vegetables, collect eggs, and make cheese. At the market the next day, the workers set up their stands and prepare for shoppers to arrive. Amy, the baker at the Busy Bee Café, has a very special meal in mind-and, of cour...