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Florian, Douglas 1950-
Personal
Born March 18, 1950, in New York, NY; son of Harold (an artist) and Edith Florian; married November 3, 1985; wife's name Marie; children: five. Education: Queens College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1973; attended School of Visual Arts, 1976.
Addresses
Home—New York, NY. Office—500 W. 52nd St., New York, NY 10019. E-mail—[email protected].
Career
Author and illustrator, 1971—. Lecturer at elementary schools. Exhibitions: Work exhibited at Society of Illustrators show, 1993.
Awards, Honors
Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children designation, National Science Teachers Association/Children's Book Council, 1987, for A Winter Day, and 1992, for Vegetable Garden; Parents' Choice Award for story book, 1991, for An Auto Mechanic; Gold Medal for poetry, National Parenting Publications Awards, 1994, Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for poetry, 1995, and American Library Association Notable Book citation, all for Beast Feast; Reading Magic Award, Parenting, 1994, for Bing Bang Boing; International Board on Books for Young People honor list inclusion, for Discovering Seashells; Gryphon Award, Center for Children's Books, 2004, for Bow Wow Meow Meow; Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 2001, for Mammalabilia; named Children's Book Council Young People's Poetry Poet, 2006.
Writings
FOR CHILDREN; SELF-ILLUSTRATED
A Bird Can Fly, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1980.
The City, Crowell (New York, NY), 1982.
People Working, Crowell (New York, NY), 1983.
Airplane Ride, Crowell (New York, NY), 1984.
Discovering Butterflies, Scribner (New York, NY), 1986.
Discovering Trees, Scribner (New York, NY), 1986.
Discovering Frogs, Scribner (New York, NY), 1986.
Discovering Seashells, Scribner (New York, NY), 1986.
A Winter Day, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1987.
A Summer Day, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1988.
Nature Walk, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1989.
Turtle Day, Crowell (New York, NY), 1989.
A Year in the Country, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1989.
A Beach Day, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1990.
City Street, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1990.
Vegetable Garden, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1991.
At the Zoo, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1992.
Monster Motel: Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1993.
Bing Bang Boing: Poems and Drawings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1994.
Beast Feast, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1994.
On the Wing: Bird Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1996.
In the Swim: Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1997.
Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1998.
Laugh-eteria: Poems and Drawings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1999.
Winter Eyes: Poems and Paintings, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1999.
Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs: Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2000.
Mammalabilia: Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2000.
A Pig Is Big, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2000.
Summersaults: Poems and Paintings, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2002.
Autumnblings: Poems and Paintings, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2003.
Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs: Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2003.
Omnibeasts: Animal Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2004.
Zoo's Who: Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2005.
Handsprings: Poems and Paintings, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2006.
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2007.
"HOW WE WORK" SERIES
An Auto Mechanic, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1991.
A Carpenter, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1991.
A Potter, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1991.
A Chef, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1992.
A Painter, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1993.
A Fisher, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.