Charles Santoso

Best friends Malena and Klepetan always adventure together! The two storks excitedly prepare to fly thousands of miles for the flock's annual migration to a warm winter. But when Malena is injured, she stays in Croatia while Klepetan goes to South Africa - and the pair must navigate the turbulent winds of separation for the first time. Being apart is hard. Malena and Klepetan miss each other achingly, and they have big feelings about adventuring on...

For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a stray baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific...

Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favorites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as "screechers". The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even monsters, but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature. Lately, though, nature has seemed angry indeed. Perchance has been cursed with fires and mudslides, droughts and fevers, and even the annual migration...

Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida is right there. Always. Then one sad day, Gus learns that Ida is very sick, and she isn't going to get better. The friends help each other face the difficult news with whispers, sniffles, cuddles, and even laughs. Slowly Gus realizes that even after Ida is gone, she will still be with him -- through the sounds of their city, and the memories that live...

"The bookstore cat is an adorable... bossy... cuddly cat. He is everything from intelligent and loyal to naughty and vocal! But most of all, the bookstore cat is a well-loved (and well-read) kitty. Follow his funny antics from A to Z through a day in his bustling, book-filled shop. The Bookstore Cat is based on a Victorian parlor game, The Minister's Cat, in which players try to think of adjectives to describe the cat in alphabetical order. Readers...

"Bat grows anxious as his third-grade year comes to an end and the time to release his pet skunk, Thor, out into the wild approaches"-- Provided by publisher.

Max finds the perfect way to make a unique Passover surprise birthday cake for his mother.

Quirkville is a quiet town where people and zombies live in peace until aliens arrive, seeking "Sploink" and blasting the town with cosmic grape jelly.

"On the other side of the old wooden bridge, deep in Piney Glen, Duck opens his mailbox to find a letter from Rabbit: Dear Duck, Please come! I lost my tooth. Duck sets out to find that tooth--it's a good-friend thing to do, after all. Along the way, he enlists help from Badger, Turtle, Squirrel, and Mouse. Can they be the kind of friends Rabbit most needs?"--back cover.

A unique picture book, illustrated by local artist Charles Santoso, created to aid in the education and awareness of spinal muscular atrophy.