Locomotive
What's Locomotive About
All aboard! From the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot, a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads. 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!
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This book is beautiful... but it's just SO long, and there's not much story to it, just a very detailed account of how a train ride would be from one end of the line to the other.
There are a lot of words in this book, and that's usually a big turn-off for me (my kids are pretty little and have correspondingly little attention spans), but it's not a problem with this book. The artwork is incredible, and even if I need to skim through the words, it's still a great read.
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The Creative Behind the Book
Brian Floca was born and raised in Temple, Texas. He attended college at Brown University, where he double majored in art and history, cartooned for the school newspaper, and took classes down College Hill at the Rhode Island School of Design. One of his instructors at RISD was author and illustrator David Macaulay, who introduced him to author Avi. That led to a collaboration with Avi and editor Richard Jackson on the graphic novel City of Light, City of Dark. From there, he went on to illustrate additional stories by Avi and other authors, to continue studying art (including an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York), and to write and illustrate books of his own.Brian’s books include Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, Avi’s Poppy and Ereth, Patricia MacLachlan’s The True Gift, and, Ballet For Martha, a picture book by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. He’s working now on his next book as author and illustrator. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781416994152
- Publication Date
- September 3, 2013
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Text Details
- The text for this book is set in Scotch Roman MT.
- Illustration Details
- The illustrations for this book are rendered in watercolor, ink, acrylic, and gouache.
- Page Count
- 64
- Words Per Page
- 40
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 10 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2012042295
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 1003709282
- Lexile® Level
- 640L
- Scholastic Level
- O
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~P
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.7
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 160657
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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