G. Brian Karas

"It's a mad dash for shelter as rain sweeps into an urban neighborhood. Where to go? The subway! It's the perfect place to wait out the wind and weather. Strangers share smiles and umbrellas and take delight in the experience of a city thunderstorm."--Dust jacket.

A poor boy named Jack struggles to deliver a birthday present worthy of the princess.

While having breakfast at their favorite diner, two detectives, Bunny and Jack, solve a mystery that is not what it seems.

When the fluffy dice of Melvin the bus driver turn up missing, Bunny and Jack, two animal detectives, investigate the case.

While having a picnic on the docks, animal detectives Bunny and Jack meet a dog whose one and only lawn chair is missing, and they set out to solve the case.

Juan Carlos discovers that, with the right touch, he can transform some special tortilla dough into unexpected shapes.

Bunny and Jack, animal detectives, investigate the disappearance of the balloons from the neighborhood toy store.

Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother and sister who do not want to share their food

"Joey loves things that fold: maps, bed, accordions, you name it. When a classmate's mother turns a plain piece of paper into a beautiful origami crane, his eyes pop. Maybe he can learn origami, too. But it's going to take practice--on his homework, the newspaper, the thirty-eight dollars in his mother's purse. ... Enough! No more folding! How can Joey become an origami master if he can't practice? Happily, he finds a way--and perhaps a chance to...