Avi

Old Wolf Avi

Marc Notes: A Richard Jackson book.; A wolf and bird must fight the starving time and find food, while a human boy learns to hunt--; Provided by publisher. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015 (EAN 9781442499218, Hardcover) School Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 97 (EAN 9781442499218, Hardcover) Booklist 06/01/2015 pg. 106 (EAN 9781442499218, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 07/13/2015 (EAN 9781442499218, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Avi Some pretty amazing things have happened to Avi. It all began in 1970, with "Things That Sometimes Happen, " his first book. His novels include two Newbery Honor Books, "Nothing but the Truth" and "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, " also the winner of the "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Award. Avi's fifty books tell mysterious, fantastical, and historical tales, and even an animal tale or two, like "Poppy" (also a "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Award recipient) and "The Christmas Rat." He lives with his family in Denver, Colorado. Contributor Bio:  Floca, Brian Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of 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; The Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Children's Book, and Locomotive, which explores America's first transcontinental railroad. 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.