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Brian Floca

Brian Floca

Brian Floca

Brian Floca has written and illustrated the picture books Five Trucks; the ALA Notable Children’s Book The Racecar Alphabet; and the ALA Notable Children’s Book and Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Lightship. His most recent book is Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, which Kirkus Reviews described as “Breathtaking, thrilling, and perfect.” Brian has illustrated The Hinky-Pink, by Megan McDonald, also an ALA Notable Children’s Book, and several books by Avi, including the graphic novel City of Light, City of Dark and Poppy, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. A native of Texas, Brian currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. You can... Read full bio

Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise will be released on March 27, 2012 in eBook
Jan 25, 2012
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Apr 27, 2011
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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
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Moonshot has won an award
Jul 30, 2010
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Moonshot has won an award
May 05, 2010
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Moonshot has won an award
Apr 08, 2010
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Moonshot has won an award
Mar 05, 2010
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Mar 02, 2010
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Moonshot has won an award
Feb 18, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The True Gift
Feb 05, 2010
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Feb 03, 2010
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Moonshot has won an award
Jan 21, 2010
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Moonshot has won an award
Jan 21, 2010
News:
Moonshot has won an award
Jan 21, 2010

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LadueFrontenacPatch, December 5, 2011
...Lunch. BALLET FOR MARTHA: Making Appalachian Spring W ritten by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan • Illustrated by Brian Floca Available at Amazon.com In Ballet for Martha, two-award winning authors team up with an award-winning illustrator to...
Charleston Gazette, October 28, 2011
...Another loose-ends post from last weekend’s West Virginia Book Festival: I failed to notice author/illustrator Brian Floca’s blog post about the festival. Floca said he was looking forward, as he journeyed to the festival, to flying into the airport...
Charleston Gazette, October 24, 2011
...authors include basketball legend and Kanawha County native Jerry West, Gerald Blaine, Dave Pelzer, Jaimy Gordon, Alex Finn, Brian Floca and Robert J. Blake. The festival also hosted a marketplace that had regional publishers, authors, booksellers and...
Charleston Gazette, October 22, 2011
...authors include basketball legend and Kanawha County native Jerry West, Gerald Blaine, Dave Pelzer, Jaimy Gordon, Alex Finn, Brian Floca and Robert J. Blake. The festival also hosted a marketplace that had regional publishers, authors, booksellers and...
Charleston Gazette, October 21, 2011
...West Virginia Book Festival: The Blog is an online journal about books and literary topics, especially those of interest to West Virginians and Appalachians. It is sponsored by The Charleston Gazette, one of the charter sponsors of the West Virginia Book...
School Library Journal, September 24, 2011
...not be aware of it, but in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn near the Gowanus Canal (described by Brian Floca as, “a fabled strip of water, infamous for the sludge and worse that industry has poured into it over the years”) you will find a studio...
SignOn San Diego, July 31, 2011
...a plucky little girl and the lesson is a worthy one. “Marty McGuire” by Kate Messner, illustrated by Brian Floca, ages 6-9. Scholastic Press; 160 pages; $16.99 hardcover/ $5.99 paperback. “Marty McGuire” by Kate Messner “That nice Mrs. Kramer...
A Fuse #8 Production, September 23, 2011
...not be aware of it, but in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn near the Gowanus Canal ( described by Brian Floca as, “a fabled strip of water, infamous for the sludge and worse that industry has poured into it over the years”) you will find a...
Austin SCBWI, September 11, 2011
...Gabel of Katherine Tegan Books, are also on the faculty for Connections & Craft 2011, along with author-illustrator Brian Floca and authors Doris Fisher and Molly Blaisdell. The early registration fee (postmarked by Sept. 19) is $115 for SCBWI members...
Chocolate on my Cranium, June 24, 2011
...space Curious George Gets a Medal by H.A. Rey (1-4) Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca (3-7) With secrets Twenty & Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop (5-adult) Pheobe the Spy by Judith Griffin (3-7) Toliver’s Secret by Esther Wood Brady...
Kate's Book Blog, May 17, 2011
...FIRST DAY before the visit had amazingly thoughtful questions about everything from my writing process to my reaction to Brian Floca’s illustrations.  (Question: Did the characters look the way you’d envisioned them?  My answer: Yes…but better....