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Brian Floca

Autor/a de Locomotive

11+ obres 2,913 Membres 238 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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

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Crèdit de la imatge: Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

Obres de Brian Floca

Locomotive (2013) 1,255 exemplars
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (2009) 917 exemplars
Lightship (2007) 253 exemplars
Five Trucks (1999) 170 exemplars
The Racecar Alphabet (2003) 139 exemplars
Keeping the City Going (2021) 107 exemplars
Ethan Out and About (2002) — Il·lustrador — 16 exemplars
Ethan's Bike 1 exemplars
RAGWEED AVI 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Poppy (1995) — Il·lustrador — 2,525 exemplars
Ragweed (1997) — Il·lustrador — 1,187 exemplars
Poppy and Rye (1998) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions1,049 exemplars
Ereth's Birthday (2000) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions768 exemplars
Poppy's Return (2005) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions402 exemplars
The True Gift (2009) — Il·lustrador — 382 exemplars
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring (2010) — Il·lustrador — 305 exemplars
A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Il·lustrador — 223 exemplars
Princess Cora and the Crocodile (2017) — Il·lustrador — 179 exemplars
Guys Read: True Stories (2014) — Il·lustrador — 177 exemplars
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas (2014) — Il·lustrador — 175 exemplars
The Hinky-Pink: An Old Tale (2008) — Il·lustrador — 117 exemplars
From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story (2005) — Il·lustrador — 102 exemplars
Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (2005) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions69 exemplars
Uncles and Antlers (2004) — Il·lustrador — 56 exemplars
Hawk Rising (2018) — Il·lustrador — 56 exemplars
Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise (2008) — Il·lustrador — 44 exemplars

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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)
 
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msgabbythelibrarian | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jun 11, 2023 |
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
 
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kmgerbig | Hi ha 9 ressenyes més | Apr 28, 2023 |
Take a journey of the History of Locomotives through this beautiful picture book that highlights the significance, need, and creation of the Big Locomotives.
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kad065 | Hi ha 141 ressenyes més | Apr 5, 2023 |

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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

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