Photograph courtesy of Lisa Greenstein, 2005.

Russell Hoban (1925–2011)

Autore di Bread and Jam for Frances

Comprende i nomi: Russel Hoban, Russel Hoban, Russell Hoban, Russell Hobain, Russedll Hoban

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Russell Hoban was born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1925. He attended art school in Philadelphia and during World War II, he served in the Army and earned a Bronze Star. He taught art in New York and Connecticut, and also worked as an advertising copywriter and a freelance illustrator before beginning his career as a writer. He began publishing children's books in the late 1950s, including What Does It Do and How Does It Work?, Bedtime for Frances and the six other books featuring Frances, The Story of Hester Mouse Who Became a Writer, What Happened When Jack and Daisy Tried to Fool the Tooth Fairies, and The Mouse and His Child, which was adapted as an animated film in 1977. In 1973, he published his first adult novel, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. His other books for adults include Turtle Diary, Pilgermann, and Ridley Walker. He received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award for Ridley Walker. He died on December 13 at the age of 86. In 2015 he made the Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist for his title Jim's Lion wth illlustrator Alexis Deacon. (Bowker Author Biography) — biografia da Bread and Jam for Frances … (altro)

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Bread and Jam for Frances 3,189 copie, 70 recensioni

A Bargain for Frances 2,927 copie, 26 recensioni

Bedtime for Frances 2,714 copie, 33 recensioni

Best Friends for Frances 1,717 copie, 23 recensioni

A Baby Sister for Frances 1,483 copie, 15 recensioni

A Birthday for Frances 1,285 copie, 18 recensioni

Riddley Walker: Expanded Edition (Autore) 1,247 copie, 50 recensioni

Riddley Walker (Autore) 1,231 copie, 22 recensioni

Il topo e suo figlio 960 copie, 28 recensioni

Diario della tartaruga 559 copie, 17 recensioni

Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (Autore) 332 copie, 5 recensioni

Il pellegrino 321 copie, 1 recensione

The Medusa Frequency 314 copie, 3 recensioni

The Mole Family's Christmas 307 copie, 5 recensioni

Kleinzeit 289 copie, 6 recensioni

La ricerca del leone 283 copie, 6 recensioni

How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen 172 copie, 5 recensioni

Amaryllis Night and Day 167 copie, 6 recensioni

The Little Brute Family 162 copie, 6 recensioni

Harvey's Hideout 155 copie, 4 recensioni

The Bat Tattoo 143 copie, 5 recensioni

Linger Awhile 132 copie, 3 recensioni

Il sito di Angelica 130 copie, 3 recensioni

Fremder 129 copie, 3 recensioni

Egg Thoughts and Other Frances Songs 123 copie, 1 recensione

Charlie the Tramp 115 copie, 11 recensioni

Si chiamava Lola 111 copie, 1 recensione

Mostri 106 copie, 2 recensioni

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas [1977 TV movie] (Original story) 90 copie, 1 recensione

Mr. Rinyo-Clacton's Offer 80 copie

The Sorely Trying Day 79 copie, 1 recensione

Dinner at Alberta's 79 copie

Soonchild 74 copie, 2 recensioni

Come Dance With Me 70 copie, 3 recensioni

Jim's Lion (Autore) 69 copie, 5 recensioni

The Sea-Thing Child 68 copie, 4 recensioni

The Marzipan Pig 66 copie

Rosie's Magic Horse 66 copie, 5 recensioni

A Near Thing for Captain Najork 63 copie

Nothing to Do 60 copie

The Frances Treasury: Four Books in One 56 copie, 2 recensioni

Angelica Lost and Found 53 copie, 3 recensioni

The Moment Under the Moment 53 copie

La via di Truccasia 52 copie

My Tango with Barbara Strozzi 52 copie, 5 recensioni

Il ristorante "Ai venti elefanti" 51 copie, 1 recensione

Grosso guaio a Monte Tuono 49 copie, 3 recensioni

Tom and the Two Handles 47 copie

A Russell Hoban Omnibus 42 copie

Ace Dragon Ltd 40 copie, 1 recensione

The Frances Collection 34 copie

La Corona and the Tin Frog 34 copie, 2 recensioni

Riddley Walker / The Medusa Frequency 33 copie

Arthur's New Power 28 copie

The Rain Door 28 copie, 2 recensioni

The Stone Doll of Sister Brute (A Dell Young Yearling Book) 23 copie, 1 recensione

What Happened When Jack and Daisy Tried to Fool the Tooth Fairies 22 copie

The Pedalling Man 20 copie

Gimmi e la torre solitaria 20 copie

Jim Frog 16 copie, 1 recensione

Gimmi e il rivoltante Blob 15 copie, 2 recensioni

The Great Gumdrop Robbery 15 copie

Ten What? 13 copie, 2 recensioni

M.O.L.E. 13 copie

The Flight of Bembel Rudzuk 12 copie

Big John Turkle (Ponders Series) 12 copie

The Dancing Tigers 12 copie

How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen/ A Near Thing for… 12 copie

Herman the Loser 12 copie

Charlie Meadows (Ponders Series) 11 copie

Lavinia Bat 10 copie

Letitia Rabbit's String Song 10 copie

A Bargain for Frances / MouseTales 9 copie

Crocodile and Pierrot: A See-The-Story Book 9 copie, 2 recensioni

They Came from Aargh! 8 copie, 1 recensione

Ponders 8 copie

The roar of the crowd; conversations with an ex-big-leaguer (Illustratore) 8 copie, 1 recensione

The Serpent Tower 7 copie

Frances 50th Anniversary Collection (I Can Read Book 2) 6 copie

The Case of the Hungry Stranger (ican read activity book) 6 copie

The Story of Hester Mouse Who Became a Writer 6 copie

The Battle of Zormla (The Hungry Three) 6 copie

Flat Cat 6 copie

Save my place, 5 copie

Ugly Bird 5 copie

The Last of the Wallendas: And Other Poems 5 copie

The Song in My Drum 4 copie

I Can Read! Adventures of Frances 4 copie

Court of Winged Serpent 4 copie

The Atomic Submarine: A Practice Combat Patrol Under the Sea 3 copie

What does it do and how does it work?: Power shovel, dump truck, and other… 3 copie

Some snow said hello 3 copie

Henry and the Monstrous Din 3 copie

Goodnight 3 copie

Ciak, si gira! 2 copie

The Second Mrs Kong 2 copie

London men and English men, 2 copie

Il maialino di marzapane (Italian Edition) 1 copia

The Sea-Thing Child 1 copia

A bargain for Frances and other stories 1 copia

A Bargain for Frances ; Best Friends for Frances ; Egg Thoughts & other… 1 copia

Frances 1 copia

Dark Oliver 1 copia

Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1 copia

FANCY THAT! 1 copia

Leon boaz-jachin 1 copia

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