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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 Dinothesaurus, which received starred reviews in four major publications, Comet, Stars, The Moon and Mars, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Horn Book Fanfare List... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Keep growing, keep learning.
Learn more about Douglas Florian
My life in 8 words: "I have a love of nature and art."
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UnBEElievables will be released on March 06, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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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
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Author Revealed Answer:
What is your motto or maxim?
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
News:
Dinothesaurus has won an award
Apr 08, 2010
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Dinothesaurus has won an award
Apr 08, 2010
Poetrees is now available in Hardcover
Mar 09, 2010
Poetrees will be released on March 09, 2010 in Hardcover
Mar 09, 2010
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Dinothesaurus has won an award
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Douglas Florian Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Keep growing, keep learning. Learn more about Douglas Florian

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School Library Journal, December 6, 2011
...the volumes in which they originally appeared along with their accompanying illustrations. These include "The Cheetah," from Douglas Florian's Bow Wow Meow Meow (2003); Nikki Grimes's "Caterpillar," illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, from A Pocketful of...
PublishersWeekly.com, October 20, 2011
...illustrated poems to the treasury. Selections include verses by such acclaimed poets as Nikki Grimes, Calef Brown, and Douglas Florian."I hope reading these poems will inspire parents and children to seek out more work by these poets and illustrators,"...
Examiner.com, September 14, 2011
...Leaf by Carl Emerson and Cori Doerrfeld (Picture Windo Books, September, 2008) Ages 7 and up Autumnblings by Douglas Florian (Greenwillow Books, August, 2003) Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Terry Allan Hicks (Benchmark Books, November, 2010) Autumn...
School Library Journal, May 12, 2011
...the tentatively titled Thunder Before Lightning: Poems for the Civil Righteous in 2012 (with a "showcase of artists.") Douglas Florian and I have combined our half wits to do a whole Poemobiles: Imaginary Car Poems with Jeremy Holmes's illustrations...
State Journal-Register, April 17, 2011
...a wonderful way to increase your kid?s bilingual capabilities. Her wordplay is marvelous: rhythmic and oh-so-cleverito. ?Insectlopedia? by Douglas Florian, published by Sandpiper, April 1, 2002 Ages 4-8 Price: $8 paperback Florian has written numerous...
Wicked Local Medford, April 1, 2011
...Caribbean,” collected by Walter Jekyll “Insect Soup: Bug Poems,” by Barry Louis Polisar “Laugh-eteria: Poems and Drawings,” by Douglas Florian “Marvelous Math,” selected by Lee Bennett Hokins “A Pizza the Size of the Sun,” by Jack...
Yahoo! Shine, March 21, 2011
...funny. Now if only it were so amusing to find real ants in your morning tea! Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian A seamless and delightful blend of science and whimsy, this is a book of poetry like no other on your shelf (unless you're already a Douglas...
    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...
Chicken Spaghetti, May 4, 2011
...Story , by Kelly Bennett, with art by Noah Z. Jones (Candlewick, 2005), and a poem or two from Douglas Florian's Handsprings (Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 2006). The second-grade class is not big on poetry. I don't know exactly why. Sometimes poets pack in...