Brian Floca
Autor/a de Locomotive
Sobre l'autor
Brian Floca was born and raised in Temple, Texas. He graduated from Brown University and received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Locomotive, winner of the 2014 Caldecott Medal. He has also written and illustrated Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo mostra'n més 11, Lightship, The Racecar Alphabet, and Five Trucks. He is the illustrator of the Poppy Stories series, by Avi; Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan; Kate Messner's Marty McGuire novels; and Lynne Cox's forthcoming Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas. His books have received four Robert F. Sibert Honor awards, an Orbis Pictus Award, an Orbis Pictus Honor, a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, and have twice been selected for The New York Times' annual 10 Best Illustrated Books list. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas
Obres de Brian Floca
Ethan's Bike 1 exemplars
RAGWEED AVI 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (2005) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions — 69 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Temple, Texas, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- Brown University. School of Fine Arts (MFA|1991)
- Professions
- illustrator (children's literature)
children's book author
Membres
Ressenyes
Keeping the City Going de Brian Floca
reviewed
Will Caldecott judges consider a Covid19 themed book? In my opinion they should because this book is absolutely beautiful. This is a well done representation of the pandemic and pays homage to those who could not stay inside those beginning days.
It's text heavy. It's a lap read and not a storytime read (which, sidebar, I loved that there was a mention of virtual storytimes....I did those!!) But Caldecott criteria is not on the words; it is on the pictures. In typical Brian Floca fashion, the artwork is the dominant driving force. There is diversity in the healthcare and delivery workers. The homages to the toilet paper and obscene about of packages people bought.....I loved those because the relevancy is spot on.… (més)
It's text heavy. It's a lap read and not a storytime read (which, sidebar, I loved that there was a mention of virtual storytimes....I did those!!) But Caldecott criteria is not on the words; it is on the pictures. In typical Brian Floca fashion, the artwork is the dominant driving force. There is diversity in the healthcare and delivery workers. The homages to the toilet paper and obscene about of packages people bought.....I loved those because the relevancy is spot on.… (més)
Genre
Alphabet books
Concept books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Writing Style
Attention-grabbing
Illustration
Delicate
Detailed
Subject
Alphabet
Automobile racing
Automobiles, Racing
Alphabet books
Concept books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Writing Style
Attention-grabbing
Illustration
Delicate
Detailed
Subject
Alphabet
Automobile racing
Automobiles, Racing
Take a journey of the History of Locomotives through this beautiful picture book that highlights the significance, need, and creation of the Big Locomotives.
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 11
- També de
- 17
- Membres
- 2,913
- Popularitat
- #8,790
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 238
- ISBN
- 59
- Llengües
- 4
- Preferit
- 1
- Pedres de toc
- 24