Hurricane

Hurricane
John Rocco
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NZ$ 29.99
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NZ$ 23.99
Hardback
h284 x 240mm - 48pg
14 Oct 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780759554931
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That night the wind roars and rumbles, like the sound of a thousand wavespounding the shoreline. A young boy' s favorite place in the world is the old, splintery neighborhood dock. He calls it "my dock. " At this dock the boy can swim, fish, or watch minnows dart between the rocks. But a hurricane is coming. . . and its violent winds and rain carry with it anything that can float, including his dock. As the boy tries to rebuild alone, eventually the town' s people all pitch in, and it becomes "our dock. "Caldecott Honoree John Rocco shows the power of community and the beauty of rebuilding after adversity in this dramatically-illustrated companion book to Blizzard and Blackout.
"Rocco' s dramatic, naturalistic digitally colored watercolor illustrations, a mix of panels, single pages, and spreads, show the impending storm approaching and the community' s preparations of boarding up houses and taping windows. . . . As in the author' s Blizzard, it is the human response to a weather event that informs this strikingly illustrated, straightforwardly told book' s theme. " --Horn Book "Mixed-media and digital artwork in saturated color intensifies both the building storm and the comity of the community. "--Booklist "Naturalistic spreads in Rocco' s signature style capture the peace of the child' s world and the drama of the hurricane' s arrival and aftermath. "--Publisher Weekly "This is exactly told, down-to-earth story about folks coming together in troubled times will evoke readers' empathy. The excellent, realistic illustrations, rendered in pencil and watercolors, enhance the already accessible, satisfying reading experience. "--Kirkus
John Rocco is a New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Wolf! Wolf!, winner of the Borders Original Voices Award for best picture book; Moonpowder; Blizzard; and Blackout, a winner of the Caldecott Honor. Rocco also illustrated Whoopi Goldberg' s Alice and the covers for Rick Riordan' s internationally bestselling series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, The Heroes of Olympus and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. He also was the illustrator for both #1 New York Times Bestsellers Percy Jackson' s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson' s Greek Heroes. Most recently, Rocco' s first book of nonfiction, How We Got To The Moon, was longlisted for the National Book Award.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780759554931
Published: 14 Oct 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardback
Height: 284mm
Width: 240mm
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 48

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