Name: G. Brian Karas
Biographical Information: G. Brian Karas is a prolific and versatile author-illustrator of many children’s books including Atlantic, an ALA Notable book, Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor title Home on the Bayou, and Are You Going To Be Good? by Cari Best, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. He has also illustrated many popular titles by other authors including Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley, The High Rise Private Eyes early reader series by Cynthia Rylant, and Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. He lives with his two sons in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Featured Book: Young Zeus. A mythological tale of the mighty Zeus as a young god.
Other titles:
THE VILLAGE GARAGE Karas (Henry Holt) 2010
2009
SWITCHING ON THE MOON Yolen/Peters (Candlewick) 2010
CLEVER JACK TAKES THE CAKE Fleming (Schwartz and Wade) 2010
SURPRISE SOUP Rodman (Viking) 2009
LAZY LITTLE LOAFERS Orlean (Abrams) 2008
BIG BAD BUNNY Billingsley (Atheneum) 2008
TIPPY-TIPPY-TIPPY, HIDE! Fleming (Atheneum) 2007
HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PUMPKIN? McNamara (Schwartz & Wade) 2007
TODAY AND TODAY Issa (Scholastic) 2007
IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU Zolotow (Harper Collins) 2006
F IS FOR FIESTA Elya (Putnam) 2006
A PLACE CALLED KINDERGARTEN Harper (Putnam) 2006
ANT AND HONEY BEE: WHAT A PAIR McDonald (Candlewick) 2005
ARE YOU GOING TO BE GOOD? Best (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 2005
ON EARTH Karas (Putnam) 2005
TINY TORTILLA Williams (Dutton) 2005
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE DESPERATE DUCK Rylant (Greenwillow) 2005
I LIKE WHERE I AM Harper (Putnam) 2004
BARFBURGER BABY, I WAS HERE FIRST Danziger (Putnam) 2004
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE BAFFLED BEAR Rylant (Greenwillow) 2004
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE FIDGETY FOX Rylant (Greenwillow) 2003
OH NO! GOTTA GO! Elya (Putnam) 2003
THAT CRAZY BARB’RA Schafer (Dial) 2003
PRINCESS FISHTAIL Minters (Viking) 2003
TEN LITTLE MUMMIES Yates (Viking) 2003
INCREDIBLE ME Appelt (Harper Collins) 2002
ATLANTIC Karas (Putnam) 2002
SKIDAMARINK Karas (Harper Collins) 2002
MUNCHA! MUNCHA! MUNCHA! Fleming (Simon and Schuster) 2002
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE SLEEPY SLOTH Rylant (Greenwillow) 2002
THE CLASS ARTIST Karas (Greenwillow) 2001
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE TROUBLESOME TURTLE Rylant (Greenwillow) 2001
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE PUZZLING POSSUM Rylant (Greenwillow) 2001
MISSING MITTENS Murphy (Harper Collins) 2001
FOLLOW THE LEADER Silverman (Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux) 2001
CAR WASH Steen (Putnam) 2000
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE CLIMBING CAT Rylant (Greenwillow) 2000
THE HIGH-RISE PRIVATE EYES: THE CASE OF THE MISSING MONKEY Rylant (Greenwillow) 2000
BEBE’S BAD DREAM Karas (Greenwillow) 2000
PENELOPE JANE Cash (Harper Collins) 2000
THE SEALS ON THE BUS Hort (Henry Holt) 2000
I LIKE BUGS Brown (Golden) 1999
THE BONE KEEPER McDonald (DK Ink) 1999
RAISING SWEETNESS Stanley (Putnam) 1999
A DOG NAMED SAM Boland (Dial) 1999
THROW YOUR TOOTH ON THE ROOF Beeler (Houghton Mifflin) 1998
THE WINDY DAY Karas (Simon & Schuster) 1998
IN THE HUSH OF THE EVENING Graff (Harper Collins) 1998
GOOD KNIGHT! Rymill (Holt) 1997
PUDDLES London (Viking) 1997
BOOTSIE BARKER BALLERINA Bottner (Harper Collins) 1997
ELEVATOR DREAMS Murphy (Harper Collins) 1997
SLEEPLESS BEAUTY Minters (Viking) 1996
HOME ON THE BAYOU Karas (Simon & Schuster) 1996
MR CAREY’S GARDEN Cutler (Houghton Mifflin) 1996
SAVING SWEETNESS Stanley (Putnam) 1996
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST Carr (Tambourine) 1996
GIVE ME HALF Murphy (Harper Collins) 1996
SID AND SAM Buck (Harper Collins) 1996
THE SPIDER WHO CREATED THE WORLD Macdonald (Orchard) 1996
LIKE BUTTER ON PANCAKES London (Viking) 1995
SCARE THE MOON Ziefert (Candlewick) 1995
MY CRAYON’S TALK Hubbard (Holt) 1995
A DOG NAMED SAM Boland (Dial) 1995
THE FLUTE PLAYER Eversole (Orchard) 1995
ON THE TRAIL WITH MISS PACE Denslow (Simon & Schuster) 1995
I KNOW AN OLD LADY (Scholastic) 1995
THREE LITTLE BIKERS Johnston (Knopf) 1994
WE DARE YOU Ziefert (Simon & Schuster) 1994
TRUMAN’S AUNT FARM Rattigan (Houghton Mifflin) 1994
CINDER-ELLY Minters (Viking) 1994
ODDS ‘N ENDS ALVY Frank (Four Winds Press) 1993
DON’T READ THIS BOOK, WHATEVER YOU DO Dakos (Four Winds Press) 1993
INTO THIS NIGHT WE ARE RISING London (Viking) 1993
NOBODY’S MOTHER IS IN SECOND GRADE Pulver (Dial) 1992
EEK! STORIES TO MAKE YOU SHRIEK O’Connor (Grosset & Dunlap) 1992
WESTWARD HO HO HO! Hartman (Viking) 1992
PIGEON, PIGEON Cohen (Dutton) 1992
WE SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1992
THE SNOWBALL WAR Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1992
THE HOLIDAY HANDWRITING SCHOOL Pulver (Four Winds Press) 1991
BUNNY RUNS AWAY Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1991
MARTIN AND THE TEACHER’S PETS Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1991
MARTIN AND THE TOOTH FAIRY Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1991
FREDDIE THE FRIGHTENED AND THE WONDROUS MS. WARDROBE Shrapnel (Knopf) 1990
WHO GOES OUT ON HALLOWEEN? Alexander (Bantam) 1990
IF YOU’RE NOT HERE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND Dakos (Four Winds Press) 1990
BRENDA’S PRIVATE SWING Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1990
MERRY CHRISTMAS, WHAT’S YOUR NAME Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1990
THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD Chardiet and Macarone (Scholastic) 1990
101 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT PETS AND PEOPLE Squire (Macmillan) 1988
I’M TELLING Arnold (Little,Brown & Company) 1987
THE GREAT POTATO BOOK Hughes (Macmillan) 1986
THE SCOOP ON ICE CREAM Cobb (Little, Brown & Company) 1985
SHAGGY DOG RIDDLES Miescke (Albert Whitman & Company) 1983
Age Level of Materials published: Elementary
Honors:
New York Times Best Illustrated Book
Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor
California Young Readers Medal
Christopher Award