Banks, Kate

When Max and Pete get a new dog, they learn that taking care of a pet is not as easy as they thought.

A boy's ability to spell words with his alphabet soup comes in handy during the magical journey he takes in his mind with a friendly bear.

One mishap follows another when three large brothers take a bicycle trip.

During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.

Afraid to swim across the river because of the hippopotamus there, a turtle takes inspiration from other animals in trying other ways to get across.

When sixteen-year-old Baz becomes apprentice to a powerful but kind magician, he makes a long journey across the desert and into the mountains, ultimately discovering himself by learning to dispel illusions.

During a summer at her grandparents' Italian seaside home, thirteen-year-old Lucrezia faces a changing relationship with her best friend Oliver and great personal tragedy.

Unaware of its eons-old history, a boy finds a rock and takes it home to a shelf beside his sea glass and starfish.

A bird, a monkey, and a snake lose their home in a tree and go looking for a new home, encountering various jungle animals on the way. Features rebuses, which are identified with labels in the margins of the pages.

A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all that can been seen with one's eyes closed.