The Village Garage

Throughout the seasons the workers at the Village Garage are busy taking care of the town and its residents.

Main Author:	Karas, G. Brian.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Henry Holt, 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Garages > Juvenile fiction. Seasons > Juvenile fiction. City and town life > Juvenile fiction. Community life > Juvenile fiction. Communities > Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children.

Summary:	Throughout the seasons the workers at the Village Garage are busy taking care of the town and its residents.
Item Description:	"Christy Ottaviano Books."
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Audience:	Lexile: 420.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	9780805087161 (reinforced) : 0805087168 (reinforced) :
Author Notes:	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 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)