Brian Floca

Poppy

Asterel races against time to locate a token which will prevent the Kurbs from freezing the city.

A Comic Book Novel

City of Light, City of Dark

Moonshot

Caldecott Award winner Brian Floca gives a heartfelt thank you to the essential workers who keep their cities going during COVID-19 quarantine in this tenderly illustrated picture book. We are here at home now, watching the world through our windows. Outside we see the city we know, but not as we’ve seen it before. The once hustling and bustling streets are empty. Well, almost empty. Around the city there are still people, some, out and about. These are the people keeping us safe. Keeping us healthy. Keeping our mail and our food delivered. Keeping our grocery stores stocked. Keeping the whole city going. Brian Floca speaks for us all in this stirring homage to all the essential workers who keep the essentials operating so the rest of us can do our part by sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keeping the City Going

Five different trucks do five different jobs to get an airplane ready for takeoff.

Five Trucks

Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.

The Flight of Apollo 11

"A wolf and bird must fight the Starving Time and find food, while a human boy learns to hunt"--

Old Wolf

The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads, from the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot. It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with descriptive details of the journey: the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come sit inside the caboose, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails, come cross the young country!

with audio recording

Locomotive

An exciting day at the races highlights the letters of the alphabet as a variety of automobiles burn fuel speeding through the curves of the track.

Racecar Alphabet

You may never have heard of a lightship. Once, lightships anchored on waters across America, on the oceans and in the Great Lakes, floating where lighthouses could not be built. Smaller than most ships, but more steadfast, too, they held their spots, through calm and storm, to guide sailors toward safe waters. In these pages one lightship and her crew (and cat) again hold their place. The crew goes again from bow to stern, from keel to mast, to run their engines, shine their lights, and sound their horns. They run the small ship that guides the large ships. They are the crew (and cat) that work to make the ocean safe, that hold their place, so other ships can sail. Come aboard!

Lightship

Patricia Lakin

Award-winning author Patricia Lakin is back with a Level 1 Ready-to-Read starring the adorable hamsters, Max and Mo. Join them as they celebrate the 100th day of school! It’s the 100th day of school, and Max and Mo can’t wait to celebrate. The hamsters have so much fun making festive crowns and practicing their counting skills by making necklaces with 100 beads! Follow along with Max and Mo using simple instructions at the back of the book for kids to make a fun activity and play a game celebrating the 100th day of school!

Max & Mo's 100th Day of School!

From award-winning author Patricia Lakin and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Brian Floca comes a collectible boxed set with six Level 1 Ready-to-Reads starring the adorable hamsters, Max and Mo. Follow along as they go on their exciting classroom adventures! From their first day of school to making Halloween masks to celebrating the 100th day of school, join the fun-loving classroom hamsters Max and Mo as they make crafts, build a snowman, and more! This sweet boxed set includes: Max & Mo’s First Day of School Max & Mo Go Apple Picking Max & Mo Make a Snowman Max and Mo’s Halloween Surprise Max & Mo’s Science Fair Surprise Max & Mo’s 100th Day of School

Max & Mo's First Day at School; Max & Mo Go Apple Picking; Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise; Max & Mo Make a Snowman; Max & Mo's Science Fair Surprise; Max & Mo's 100th Day of School

Max & Mo Collector's Set

Ready-to-Read Level 1

Deborah Hopkinson

A boy who hates being a slave joins the Union Army to fight for freedom, and proves himself brave and capable of handling a mule team when the need arises.

Based on a True Civil War Story

From Slave to Soldier

During the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a mother and son shelter a young Confederate deserter. Includes a historical note on the incident.

Billy and the Rebel

Marilyn Singer

Solomon's powerful sneezes causes worldwide chaos, in this fun-filled tale with an easy-to-read rhyming text. 25,000 first printing.

Solomon Sneezes

Meet artist and author Brian Floca and follow along as he takes you through how he creates the drawings for one of his books, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. You'll see the drawings at every stage, from sketch to drawing to finished illustration!

Meet Brian Floca

Describes the expeditions led by Roy Chapman Andrews for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to uncover dinosaur fossils.

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