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Douglas Florian

Douglas Florian
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Douglas Florian

Douglas Florian is the creator of many acclaimed picture books, including UnBEElievables; Dinothesaurus, which received four starred reviews; Comet, Stars, the Moon and Mars, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Horn Book Fanfare List selection;... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Keep growing, keep learning.
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My life in 8 words: "I have a love of nature and art."
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Shiver Me Timbers! will be released on August 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Dinothesaurus will be released on March 20, 2012 in eBook
Mar 20, 2012
Dinothesaurus is now available in eBook
Mar 20, 2012
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Shiver Me Timbers!
Mar 14, 2012
UnBEElievables will be released on March 06, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 06, 2012
UnBEElievables is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 06, 2012
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your motto or maxim?
Nov 15, 2011
Nov 15, 2011
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UnBEElievables
Jul 13, 2011
Poetrees is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
Poetrees will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
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Poetrees has won an award
Jan 01, 2011
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Dinothesaurus has won an award
May 05, 2010
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Dinothesaurus has won an award
Apr 08, 2010
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Dinothesaurus has won an award
Apr 08, 2010
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Dinothesaurus has won an award
Apr 08, 2010

Douglas Florian Revealed

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Cleveland Live, May 5, 2012
...Poem Runs Douglas Florian "You'll find this book has many a poem. There's first base, second base, third base, home. A pitcher, catcher, slugger, and all. There's even an umpire...
Detroit News, April 30, 2012
...baseball will be entertained by "Poem Runs" (Harcourt, $16.99), the newest volume of poetry by popular author/illustrator Douglas Florian. As always, Florian's poems have a whimsical — even wry — tone, and his childlike illustrations are lush with...
Seattle Times, April 28, 2012
...HARCOURT Even readers who don't know much about baseball will be entertained by "Poem Runs" from author/illustrator Douglas Florian. Related Most Popular Comments April is Poetry Month, and there's an abundance of new poetry books for children. Here's a...
Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2012
..._ 'UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings' By Douglas Florian Beach Lane, $16.99, ages 5-8 This year, Douglas Florian pairs poems and pictures of bees, with facts tucked in at the foot of the page. His bees sound...
Time Out New York Kids, April 26, 2012
...14 at 1pm. Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Free with museum admission. All ages. Poem Runs and UnBEElievables with Douglas Florian Head down to Poets House, in Battery Park City, for a morning of baseball- and bee-themed fun as artist-author Douglas...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 24, 2012
...be entertained by "Poem Runs" (Harcourt, $16.99, ages 6-10), the newest volume of poetry by popular author/illustrator Douglas Florian. As always, Mr. Florian's poems have a whimsical -- even wry -- tone, and his childlike illustrations are lush with...
Star-Telegram, April 17, 2012
...American music is a selection on the 2012 Texas Bluebonnet Award List. UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian Beach Lane Books, 2012 Douglas Florian captures the buzzing intensity of the hive with this lively collection of short,...
Bend Bulletin, March 23, 2012
...kids. April is National Poetry Month. Below are two new children?s poetry books written by my favorite poets, Douglas Florian and Jack Prelutsky. ?UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings,? written by Douglas Florian Florian?s latest poetry book,...
School Library Journal, February 25, 2012
...entirely different exhibitions of New York artists — one showcasing the work of children’s poet and artist Douglas Florian, the other highlighting the paintings of Darragh Park, whose art often graced the covers of poet James Schuyler’s books...
    Poetry for Children, September 28, 2011
...annual online silent Art Auction sponsored by CLA. This year’s auction features exciting work by noted illustrators Douglas Florian, Pamela Zagarenski, Rick Allen, Keith Graves, Robert Weinstock, Calef Brown, and Shadra Strickland. There are 8 original...
    Poetry for Children, September 28, 2011
...annual online silent Art Auction sponsored by CLA. This year’s auction features exciting work by noted illustrators Douglas Florian, Pamela Zagarenski, Rick Allen, Keith Graves, Robert Weinstock, Calef Brown, and Shadra Strickland. There are 8 original...
The Magnifying Glass, July 20, 2011
...a library stop this morning. Among the books we picked up is Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian, and I am so glad that we did.   For reasons that I cannot quite explain, I totally associate dinosaurs with summer.  Maybe...
Or so she says..., June 2, 2011
...and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz Little Quack's Bedtime by Lauren Thompson A Winter Day by Douglas Florian Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz Hop On Pop by Dr. Seuss See Inside Your Body by Katie Daynes Ootah's...