John Rocco, Author . Hyperion $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4231-0012-6
Ably illustrated and imaginatively reconceived, this version of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" stars not the boy, but the wolf. No bloodthirsty brigand, this wolf is an arthritic has-been who's reduced to raising vegetables in a weed-choked...
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John Rocco, Author, John Rocco, Illustrator . Disney-Hyperion $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4231-0965-5
Fu, a rebellious Chinese farm boy, accidentally provokes the warrior Chang, who challenges him to a duel. With one night to prepare, Fu seeks tutelage from a silver-bearded Master, but the training take a surreal turn when the Master instructs Fu...
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John Rocco. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4231-2189-3
“Write what you know,” goes the saying, and an author photo of a young Rocco with a big, unruly ’fro proves he knows from epic hair. The boy in this story, an enthusiastically comedic departure from Rocco’s Caldecott Honor–winning Blackout, is sure...
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John Rocco. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4231-7865-1
Caldecott Honoree Rocco (Blackout) recalls a journey he took as a boy during the blizzard of 1978, when he lived in a small Rhode Island town. His deft compositions use expanses of white page to convey snowdrifts and winter sky. The snow is so deep...
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John Rocco and Jay Primiano. Candlewick, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6905-8
Rocco (Blackout) and Primiano deliver a predictable but entertaining coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the New England fishing industry. In order to save his family's diner, 14-year-old Jake Cole needs to finish raising $10,000 by the...
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John Rocco. Crown, $29.99 (264p) ISBN 978-0-525-64741-6
This expansive illustrated history of the Apollo space program delves ambitiously into the collective efforts and engineering feats required to send the first astronauts to the moon. In David Macaulay-esque style, pages brim with labeled diagrams,...
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John Rocco. Little, Brown, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7595-5493-1
The light-skinned child who narrates this follow-up to Blizzard and Blackout lives near a river and likes to fish off a rickety dock. When a hurricane is forecast, “today feels different. The air is still, and the sound of hammering echoes down the...
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