Brian Floca

Author of Locomotive

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About the Author

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 show more 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) show less

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Image credit: Credit: Larry D. Moore, 2007 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas

Works by Brian Floca

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Locomotive (2013) 1,321 copies

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (2009) 975 copies

Lightship (2007) 262 copies

Five Trucks (1999) 176 copies

The Racecar Alphabet (2003) 139 copies

Keeping the City Going (2021) 117 copies

Dinosaurs at the Ends of the Earth (2000) 40 copies

The Frightful Story Of Harry Walfi (1997) 17 copies

Ethan Out and About (2002) — Illustrator — 17 copies

Ethan's Bike 1 copy

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Associated Works

Poppy (1995) — Illustrator — 2,676 copies

Ragweed (1997) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,262 copies

Poppy and Rye (1998) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,118 copies

Ereth's Birthday (2000) — Illustrator, some editions — 821 copies

Poppy's Return (2005) — Illustrator, some editions — 430 copies

The True Gift (2009) — Illustrator — 425 copies

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring (2010) — Illustrator — 317 copies

Let's Fly a Kite (2000) — Illustrator — 259 copies

A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Illustrator — 240 copies

Princess Cora and the Crocodile (2017) — Illustrator — 189 copies

Guys Read: True Stories (2014) — Illustrator — 185 copies

Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas (2014) — Illustrator — 182 copies

The Hinky-Pink: An Old Tale (2008) — Illustrator — 120 copies

From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story (2005) — Illustrator — 108 copies

Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (2005) — Illustrator, some editions — 73 copies

Uncles and Antlers (2004) — Illustrator — 58 copies

Hawk Rising (2018) — Illustrator — 58 copies

Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise (2008) — Illustrator — 46 copies

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Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Temple, Texas, USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Education: Brown University. School of Fine Arts (MFA|1991)
Occupations: illustrator (children's literature)
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Locomotive by Brian Floca

Randolph Caldecott Medal

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benrowe05 | 143 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson… by Brian Floca

Independent Reading Level: Grades 3-5
Awards: ALA Notable, IRA Children's Choice, ALA Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for youth, Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

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shelbycook101 | 48 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson… by Brian Floca

Independent Reading Level: Grades 3-5
Awards: ALA Notable, IRA Children's Choice, ALA Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for youth, Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

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connortodd | 48 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |

Keeping the City Going by Brian Floca

Illustrations are what we expect from Floca, beautiful & detailed. The pictures are more interesting then the text, which is boring and a bit redundant. Great pictures of trucks would interest the small truck loving kids, but the text would probably not be something to read over ad over to those little buddies.

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mslibrarynerd | 6 other reviews | Jan 13, 2024 |

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