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Brian Floca

Brian Floca

Brian Floca

Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Lightship, also a Sibert Honor Book; The Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Children’s Book, and Locomotive, which explores America’s first transcontinental railroad. He has illustrated Avi’s Poppy Stories, Kate Messner’s Marty McGuire novels, and Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan’s Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, a Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Orbis Pictus Award. You can visit him online at BrianFloca.com.

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The True Gift will be released on October 01, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 17, 2013
Locomotive will be released on September 03, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
May 17, 2013
News:
The True Gift has won an award
Feb 12, 2013
Graphic Excerpt:
Locomotive
Jan 04, 2013
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The True Gift
Oct 02, 2012
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Sep 26, 2012
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Sep 26, 2012
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Sep 26, 2012
Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise will be released on August 07, 2012 in eBook
Aug 07, 2012
Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise is now available in eBook
Aug 07, 2012
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Apr 27, 2011
News:
The True Gift has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
Max & Mo Go Apple Picking will be released on November 16, 2010 in eBook
Nov 16, 2010
Max & Mo Go Apple Picking is now available in eBook
Nov 16, 2010
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Jul 30, 2010
News:
Moonshot has won an award
May 05, 2010

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Huffington Post, April 14, 2013
...Black, Monica Brown, Steve Coll, Susan Cooper, Justin Cronin, Matt de la Peña, Katherine Erskine, Richard Paul Evans, Brian Floca, Eric Gansworth, Albert Goldbarth, Mark Helprin, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Juan Felipe Herrera, Jennifer and...
School Library Journal, April 9, 2013
...World of Dance Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring. Written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Illustrated by Brian Floca. Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker. CD. 1 hr. Brilliance Audio. 2012 . ISBN 978-1-4558-7731-7. $29.97. Gr 2-5 The...
STLtoday.com, April 2, 2013
...married to Ronald Greenberg, who co-founded the Greenberg Van Doren Gallery.  “Jan and Sandra set the standard,” Brian Floca, artist of "Ballet for Martha," said according to the guild. “They take their subjects seriously and their readers...
Kirkus Reviews, February 21, 2013
...thanks to the people at Hyperion. You talked in this 2012 interview about your studio mates, Sophie Blackall, Brian Floca, and John Bemelmans Marciano. Do you all influence and review each other's work? Since then, Eddie Hemingway joined us. He is a...
Helium, January 6, 2013
...Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert, which teaches children about healthy eating, The Racecar Alphabet by Brian Floca, and Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel. All of these alphabet books have one thing in common: they engage children in...
Weatherford Democrat, December 17, 2012
...from this group of books at EPCL is “Uncles and Antlers,” by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by native Texan, Brian Floca. In this playful story in rhyme about the famous team of reindeer (in this book, seven uncles of a young reindeer), the uncles have...
PublishersWeekly.com, December 7, 2012
...class. Co-presented by Bank Street Bookstore, the event also featured authors including (from l.) Jon Scieszka, Margi Preus, Brian Floca, Kate DiCamillo, and Rita Williams Garcia, who kept the crowd entertained between films. A Penguin, a Pinecone, a...
Helium, January 6, 2013
...Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert, which teaches children about healthy eating, The Racecar Alphabet by Brian Floca, and Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel. All of these alphabet books have one thing in common: they engage children in...
Weatherford Democrat, December 17, 2012
...from this group of books at EPCL is “Uncles and Antlers,” by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by native Texan, Brian Floca. In this playful story in rhyme about the famous team of reindeer (in this book, seven uncles of a young reindeer), the uncles have...
Ardmore-Merion, December 7, 2012
...The authors and books include: Creepy Carrots by Peter Brown, Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen, Moonshot by Brian Floca, and Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford. Cost: Free Holiday Fine Craft Sale When: Daily through Dec. 9 Where: Main Line...
Haverford-Havertown Patch, December 7, 2012
...The authors and books include: Creepy Carrots by Peter Brown, Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen, Moonshot by Brian Floca, and Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford. Cost: Free First Friday Flick - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen When: Friday, Dec. 7 from...
PublishersWeekly.com, December 7, 2012
...class. Co-presented by Bank Street Bookstore, the event also featured authors including (from l.) Jon Scieszka, Margi Preus, Brian Floca, Kate DiCamillo, and Rita Williams Garcia, who kept the crowd entertained between films. A Penguin, a Pinecone, a...
Ardmore-Merion, November 29, 2012
...Email Share Tweet Brooklyn Bunch: Peter Brown, Michelle Knudsen, Brian Floca, Kate Hosford @ CBW Children's Book World, 17 Haverford Station Rd, Haverford, PA | Get Directions » FREE Four of our favorite picture book creators will be making...
School Library Journal, November 9, 2012
...write this there?s an honest-to-god Lane Smith going for $100.� Did you like this year?s Creepy Carrots Brian Floca Tony DiTerlizzi Adam Rex No related posts. This entry was posted on Friday, November 9th, 2012 at 4:00 am and is filed under...