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Brian Floca


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Brian Floca is the author-illustrator of the Caldecott Medal winner Locomotive, the Robert F. Sibert Honor books Moonshot and Lightship, and other picture books, and is the illustrator of many more books for young readers. Brian Floca lives and works in Brooklyn.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 39,283 ratings · 5,753 reviews · 71 distinct works • Similar authors
Locomotive
4.13 avg rating — 6,178 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions
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Moonshot: The Flight of Apo...
4.27 avg rating — 2,580 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions
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Keeping the City Going
3.82 avg rating — 1,119 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions
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Lightship
4.02 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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Five Trucks
3.73 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions
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Island Storm
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4.20 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions
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The Racecar Alphabet
3.91 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
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Dinosaurs at the Ends of th...
4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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The Frightful Story of Harr...
3.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Up in the Air: The Story of...
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Now that we have a winner, Journey, lets choose an honor award. Which book should receive our first honor award?

 
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