Brian Floca | Children's Books

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As Author and Illustrator:

Ages 3 to 7. A Richard Jackson Book | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2007.

The Racecar Alphabet

Ages 3 to 7. A Richard Jackson Book | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2003. An abecedarian survey of the history of motorsport, or an alphabet book about racecars? You decide!

Up in the Air: The Story of the Wright Brothers

Ages 8 and up. Breakfast Serials, 2003.

Dinosaurs at the Ends of the Earth: The Story of the Central Asiatic Expeditions

Ages 6 and up. A Richard Jackson Book | DK Ink, 2000. Based on the true story of Roy Chapman Andrews—often described as a real-life Indiana Jones—whose expeditions into Mongolia's Gobi Desert discovered Velociraptor, the first dinosaur eggs, and more.

Five Trucks

Ages 2 to 5. A Richard Jackson Book | DK Ink, 1999.

The Frightful Story of Harry Walfish

Ages 4 to 8. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1997.

As Illustrator:

The Hinky-Pink

An old tale retold by Megan McDonald. Ages 4-8. A Richard Jackson Book | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, New York. Coming September, 2008.

The Max & Mo Books

By Patricia Lakin. Ages 4 to 6. Aladdin | Simon & Schuster, 2007. Thrills! Danger! Arts and crafts! In these Level I Ready-To-Read books, hamsters Max and Mo slip early and often out of their cage to explore the elementary school art room in which they live. The results are simple and fun crafts projects that readers can make with their parents.

From Slave to Soldier

By Deborah Hopkinson. Ages 7 to 9. Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2005. A Ready to Read book based on the true Civil War story of John McCline, who ran away from slavery in Tennessee and joined up with the 13th Michigan Infantry Regiment.

Poppy's Return

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Poppy must manage family, friends (including Ereth the porcupine), friends of family (including Mephitis the skunk)—and a bulldozer's threat to her family's home.

Billy and the Rebel

By Deborah Hopkinson. Ages 7 to 9. Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2005. A Ready to Read book based on the true Civil War story of William Bayly, who, with his mother, took in a young Confederate deserter during the battle of Gettysburg.

Uncles and Antlers

By Lisa Wheeler. Ages 3 to 6. A Richard Jackson Book | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Simon & Schuster, 2004. A quick, comic Christmas read.

The Mayor of Central Park

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. In a turn-of-the-century New York where a squirrel can be a mayor and a mole can be a bartender and a goat can own the nicest house in the city -- and where everyone loves baseball -- a mob boss rat from Brooklyn runs amok, and it's up to Oscar Westerwit, squirrel, to set things right.

Tales From Dimwood Forest

The first four Poppy stories, by Avi. Boxed set. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.

Ereth's Birthday

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.

Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig

By Dick King-Smith. Ages 6 to 9. Hyperion, 1999.

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

Poppy and Rye

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.

By Avi. Ages 8 to 12. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1995.

Luck with Potatoes

By Helen Ketteman. Ages 5 to 8. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1995.

The Voyager's Stone

By Robert Kraske. Ages 9 to 11. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1995.

City of Light, City of Dark

By Avi. Ages 9 and up. A Richard Jackson Book | Orchard Books, 1993.

And there’s also:

Beatrice Black Bear

By John Grandits. Ages 3 to 7. Beatrice is a regular feature in Click Magazine.

Illustrations copyright © 2007, 2005, 2003, 1999, 1995 Brian Floca