Locomotive Contributor(s): Floca, Brian (Author), Floca, Brian (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1416994157 ISBN-13: 9781416994152 Publisher: Atheneum Books
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Railroads & Trains - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Machinery & Tools - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 385.097 |
LCCN: 2012042295 |
Age Level: 6-9 |
Grade Level: 1-4 |
Lexile Measure: 640(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 11.2" W x 11.8" L (1.30 lbs) 64 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Awards: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor Book, Children's Book, 2014 Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee, Elementary, 2015 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Seven to Ten, 2014 William Allen White Childens Book Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2016 Orbis Pictus Award, Honor Book, Children's Nonfiction, 2014 Caldecott Medal, Winner, Picture Book, 2014 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up), Gold Medal Winner, Picture Book, 2013 Cybils, Finalist, Nonfiction, 2013 |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001 Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2013 pg. 44 Publishers Weekly 07/01/2013 School Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 108 Booklist 07/01/2013 pg. 78 Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2013 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2013 pg. 89 - Book Of Special Distinction Shelf Awareness 09/06/2013 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2013 pg. 121 New York Times Book Review 11/10/2013 pg. 23 PW Best Children's Books 11/11/2013 pg. 29 Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2013 pg. 50 Shelf Awareness 12/13/2013 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2013 pg. 33 People Weekly 12/23/2013 pg. 61 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2014 pg. 13 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 165 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 160657 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 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, come cross the young country! |
Contributor Bio(s): Floca, Brian: - Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Locomotive, winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Lightship, also a Sibert Honor Book; and Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Children's Book. He has illustrated Avi's Poppy Stories, Kate Messner's Marty McGuire novels, and Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, a Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Orbis Pictus Award. You can visit him online at BrianFloca.com. |
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