G. Brian Karas

Author of As an Oak Tree Grows

17+ Works 2,440 Members 151 Reviews

About the Author

Children's author and illustrator, G. Brian Karas was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1957. After graduating from Paier School of Art, he worked as a greeting card artist and a commercial illustrator. Home on the Bayou, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, was his first illustrated book. Since then, he show more has illustrated over seventy books for children. Titles authored and/or illustrated by Karas have won numerous other awards. Saving Sweetness written by Diane Stanley was a Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children in 1996, received a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon in 1996, and was a School Library Journal Best Book of 1996. Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London was a School Library Journal Best Book of 1995. The Class Artist, written and illustrated by Karas, was a Smithsonian Magazine's Notable Book for Children in 2001 and received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2002 Best Book Gold Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by G. Brian Karas

Popular Recent

As an Oak Tree Grows (2014) 613 copies

I Know an Old Lady (1994) 410 copies

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (2014) — Illustrator — 408 copies

On Earth (2005) 360 copies

Atlantic (2002) 189 copies

Young Zeus (2010) 148 copies

The Village Garage (2010) 66 copies

Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems (2010) — Illustrator — 56 copies

On the Farm, At the Market (2016) 54 copies

The Windy Day (1998) 38 copies

Skidamarink: A Silly Love Song to Sing Together (2001) — Illustrator — 27 copies

Home on the Bayou (1996) 25 copies

The Class Artist (2001) 23 copies

Bebe's Bad Dream (2000) 15 copies

Atlantic (Big Book) (2012) 6 copies

How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin? 1 copy

The case of the Missing Monkey 1 copy

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Associated Works

I Like Bugs (1999) — Illustrator — 1,498 copies

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (2002) — Illustrator — 942 copies

My Crayons Talk (1996) — Illustrator — 923 copies

Give Me Half! (1996) — Illustrator — 776 copies

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (2007) — Illustrator — 765 copies

Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World (1998) — Illustrator — 755 copies

Missing Mittens (2000) — Illustrator — 742 copies

The Best Teacher in the World (School Friends) (1990) — Illustrator — 622 copies

If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School (1990) — Illustrator — 565 copies

Puddles (1997) — Illustrator — 488 copies

Elevator Magic (1997) — Illustrator — 457 copies

Sid and Sam (1996) — Illustrator — 453 copies

Clever Jack Takes the Cake (2010) — Illustrator — 372 copies

Oh No, Gotta Go! (2003) — Illustrator — 369 copies

Truman's Aunt Farm (1900) — Illustrator — 369 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #1: The Case of the Missing Monkey (2000) — Illustrator — 320 copies

Martin and the Teacher's Pets (School Friends, No. 5) (1991) — Illustrator — 318 copies

A Place Called Kindergarten (2006) — Illustrator — 314 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #2: The Case of the Climbing Cat (2000) — Illustrator — 308 copies

Cinder-Elly (1994) — Illustrator — 284 copies

Martin and the Tooth Fairy (School Friends) (1990) — Illustrator — 273 copies

Ten Little Mummies: An Egyptian Counting Book (2003) — Illustrator — 270 copies

Sleepless Beauty (1996) — Illustrator — 255 copies

Anywhere Farm (2017) — Illustrator — 251 copies

EEK! Stories to Make You Shriek (1992) — Illustrator — 247 copies

Saving Sweetness (1996) — Illustrator — 231 copies

A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love (2016) — Illustrator — 227 copies

Lemonade in Winter (2012) — Illustrator — 220 copies

Home for a Dinosaur (Giant First Start Reader) (1985) — Illustrator — 220 copies

The Snowball War (School Friends) (1992) — Illustrator — 195 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #3: The Case of the Puzzling Possum (2001) — Illustrator — 181 copies

Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do!: More Poems About School (1993) — Illustrator — 180 copies

Nobody's Mother is in Second Grade (1785) — Illustrator — 170 copies

More-igami (2016) — Illustrator — 165 copies

Tap Tap Boom Boom (2014) — Illustrator — 162 copies

The Apple Orchard Riddle (2013) — Illustrator — 157 copies

Neville (2011) — Illustrator — 155 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #4: The Case of the Troublesome Turtle (2001) — Illustrator — 154 copies

I Like Fish (Step into Reading) (2014) — Illustrator — 146 copies

Raising Sweetness (1999) — Illustrator — 144 copies

We Scream for Ice Cream (School Friends) (1992) — Illustrator — 137 copies

Car Wash (2001) — Illustrator — 136 copies

Big Bad Bunny (2008) — Illustrator — 131 copies

Daniel's Pet (Rise and Shine) (Green Light Readers Level 1) (2002) — Illustrator — 123 copies

The playground bully (School friends) (2002) — Illustrator — 119 copies

Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide! (2007) — Illustrator — 116 copies

Fractions = Trouble! (2011) — Illustrator — 112 copies

Today And Today (2007) — Illustrator, some editions — 111 copies

If It Weren't for You (1846) — Illustrator, some editions — 105 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #7: The Case of the Baffled Bear (2004) — Illustrator — 103 copies

The Holiday Handwriting School (1744) — Illustrator — 96 copies

Incredible Me! (2003) — Illustrator — 96 copies

Like Butter on Pancakes (1995) — Illustrator — 93 copies

A Poem in Your Pocket (2015) — Illustrator — 87 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #6: The Case of the Fidgety Fox (1802) — Illustrator — 86 copies

Brenda's Private Swing (School Friends, No 4) (1992) — Illustrator — 79 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #8: The Case of the Desperate Duck (2005) — Illustrator — 78 copies

Simple Science Says: Take One Mirror (1989) — Illustrator — 76 copies

The Dinosaur Expert (2018) — Illustrator — 74 copies

Bunny Runs Away (School Friends Series) (1992) — Illustrator — 71 copies

The High-Rise Private Eyes #5: The Case of the Sleepy Sloth (1891) — Illustrator — 69 copies

A Dog Named Sam (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) (1996) — Illustrator — 66 copies

Follow the Leader (2000) — Illustrator — 64 copies

Carlita Ropes the Twister/Storms! (Pair-It Books) (1997) — Illustrator — 63 copies

Barfburger Baby, I Was Here First (2004) — Illustrator — 61 copies

Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Splash! (2014) — Illustrator — 60 copies

Lazy Little Loafers (2008) — Illustrator — 59 copies

Into This Night We Are Rising (1993) — Illustrator — 55 copies

Surprise Soup (2009) — Illustrator — 54 copies

On the trail with Miss Pace (1995) — Illustrator — 53 copies

Bootsie Barker Ballerina (I Can Read Book 3) (1997) — Illustrator — 49 copies

Are You Going to Be Good? (2005) — Illustrator — 47 copies

Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale (2000) — Illustrator — 46 copies

Merry Christmas, What's Your Name? (School Friends) (1800) — Illustrator — 46 copies

Ant and Honey Bee: What a Pair! (2005) — Illustrator — 42 copies

F is for Fiesta (2006) — Illustrator — 40 copies

Tiny Tortilla (2005) — Illustrator — 39 copies

I Like Where I Am (2004) — Illustrator — 38 copies

Make Way for Readers (1790) — Illustrator — 36 copies

Mr. Carey's Garden (1996) — Illustrator — 36 copies

Eating Well When You Just Can't Eat the Way You Used To Cookbook (1992) — Illustrator — 34 copies

Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends in Winter (2013) — Illustrator — 33 copies

Good Luck, Bad Luck (1986) — Illustrator — 28 copies

Flute Player, The (flautista, La) (1995) — Illustrator — 28 copies

Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends at Halloween (2010) — Illustrator — 26 copies

The Spider Who Created the World (1996) — Illustrator — 22 copies

Princess Fishtail (2002) — Illustrator — 21 copies

That Crazy Barb'ra (2003) — Illustrator — 18 copies

The Bone Keeper (1999) — Illustrator — 18 copies

In the Hush of the Evening (1998) — Illustrator — 17 copies

The Nature of the Beast (1996) — Illustrator — 14 copies

Shaggy Dog Riddles (1983) — Illustrator — 12 copies

The Great Potato Book (1986) — Illustrator — 12 copies

Westward Ho Ho Ho! (A Laugh-Aloud Puffin) (1992) — Illustrator — 11 copies

Scare the Moon (1995) — Illustrator — 11 copies

We Dare You! (1994) — Illustrator — 10 copies

THREE LITTLE BIKERS (An Umbrella Book) (1994) — Illustrator — 10 copies

Pigeon, Pigeon (1992) — Illustrator — 9 copies

101 Questions and Answers About Pets and People (1988) — Illustrator — 8 copies

The Scoop on Ice Cream (1985) — Illustrator — 8 copies

Freddie the Frightened and the Wondrous Ms. Wardrobe (1990) — Illustrator — 8 copies

I'm Telling!: Kids Talk About Brothers and Sisters (1987) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Storms!/Carlita Ropes the Twister (Take Me Home-Pair-It Books) — Illustrator — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1957-09
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Hudson Valley, New York, USA
Occupations: writer of children's books
illustrator
artist

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Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas

ages 4-8 years
IRA Children's Choice, NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

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shelbygibson | 45 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |

Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas

Independent Reading Level: Grades K-1
Awards: 2013 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, 2011 CCBC Choices, 2010 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids, 2011 Children's Favorites Awards, and 2011 NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

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djlackey | 45 other reviews | Apr 28, 2024 |

Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas

This book highlights the Greek God young Zeus. This book is hilarious as is discusses family and monsters. Zeus learns a lot about family especially how complicated they can be. Elementary students of all ages will enjoy this book as they get introduced to mythology. It's not your typical mythology book as it doesn't mention death, they just go to the bottom of the sea instead.

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satnightfevre | 45 other reviews | Feb 16, 2024 |

Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas

It was a nice story about family and working together. The book has mythological gods.

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lekrogel13 | 45 other reviews | Nov 15, 2023 |

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