Brian Floca
1) Locomotive
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Description
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
4) Five trucks
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Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
Five different trucks do five different jobs to get an airplane ready for takeoff.
5) Locomotive
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Description
It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and families are traveling together, riding America's brand new transcontinental railroad. The pages come alive with the details of the trip and 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 hear the hiss of the steam, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails,...
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Description
It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and families are traveling together, riding America's brand new transcontinental railroad. The pages come alive with the details of the trip and 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 hear the hiss of the steam, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails,...
7) Lightship
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Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
[38] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Lightships once served where lighthouses could not be built. They helped to guide sailors safely through the fog.
9) Old wolf
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Description
"A wolf and bird must fight the starving time and find food, while a human boy learns to hunt"--
10) Poppy
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Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
11) Ragweed & Poppy
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"The first new book about Poppy in more than ten years, from Newbery Medal-winning author Avi with illustrations throughout by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca. How did Ragweed and Poppy meet and become friends? This book tells their hilarious story! Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. On his journey he meets Lotar, a young, annoying, and lost raccoon who's desperate to reunite with his...
12) Ragweed
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Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.
13) Poppy and Rye
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When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
When it starts snowing one school day, Max and Mo, the art room hamsters, watch the "Big Ones" outside making snowmen, and they decide to make one too. Includes instructions for making a paper snowflake and snowman.
15) Hawk rising
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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Early morning and a ruffle of feathers, a shadow gliding through the backyard. High above your house Father Hawk circles, sharp eyes searching for prey. Swoosh! He dives after chipmunks, crows, sparrows, squirrels. Screech! The sun hangs low in the sky as three hungry chicks wait. Will they eat today?
16) With Dad
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"A boy remembers a special camping trip he shared with his father, who is now away at war."--
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Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
World-renowned swimmer and author Lynne Cox and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Brian Floca team up to bring us this inspiring story of an elephant seal who knew exactly where she belonged. Here is the incredible story of Elizabeth, a real-life elephant seal who made her home in the Avon River in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. When Elizabeth decides to stretch out across a two-lane road, the citizens worry she might get hurt or cause...
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Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Once a year, every year, the seven uncles gather. Shaggy coats/ scarves of red/ Two tall antlers/ on each head. Is it their niece they've come to see? Surely, yes. Is it their job they've come to do? Most definitely. And is she eager to join in the fun? Absolutely!