Leah Komaiko

There's never been anyone quite like Annie Bananie. So when she has to move away, her playmate cannot believe it -- until she realizes that even far apart, they can still be best friends.

Annie Bananie

Laura Cornell

A young boy yearns to become friends with Earl, the coolest kid in town, and, much to his surprise, he discovers that Earl wants to be friends, too.

Earl's Too Cool for Me

The antics and adventures of cool boy Earl include riding on the Milky Way, growing a rose from his fingernails, and swinging with gorillas.

I like the music When the junkman finds a blues stick And shabops-it On the tops-it Of the garbage cans. But Grandma says the symphony's the place to be. The little girl doesn't want to go -- she likes the music in the street. Then she finds out Grandma's not taking her to an ordinary concert; it's an outside concert, at night, in the park! And there's a special surprise waiting for her that would make anyone like the music.

I Like the Music

Carmie Hoffman is ready for everything to change. She wants to lose 20 pounds and be a beautiful girl. She wants someone to think she’s special. She wants to move out of the Valley and stop worrying about her clinically depressed mother, who’s tired and sad almost all of the time. Then, out of nowhere, she sees her opening—when her best friend convinces her mother to drive them to Malibu Beach, Carmie’s tired, sad, and oh-so-old mom grabs a surfboard and impresses even the locals! That’s when Carmie learns that her mom had a secret life before Carmie—a life where she was a Malibu surfer. Carmie knows that she was meant to learn this. That she and her mom were meant to move to Malibu and form a surfing dynasty with some of the surfing legends her mom used to hang out with. In her movie notebook, Carmie writes herself a starring role as a glamorous, gorgeous surf star. But not everything is as easy as it is in the movies, and Carmie learns that her mom is a much more complicated and wonderful person than she ever knew.

Leah Komaiko

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