Pub Date: September 1, 2005
Dewey: 974.5
LCCN: 2005005886
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 08
Physical Info: 0.43" H x 11.38" L x 9.30" W ( 1.12 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Places | United States | History | United States State and Local | Concepts | Alphabet
Series: Discover America State by State
Description: Our alphabet journey takes us next to the charming stateof Rhode Island in < I>R is for Rhode Island Red: A Rhode IslandAlphabet. < /I>It may be our smallest state but its presence isunmistakable -- rich in history, breathtaking beauty, andfamous for its neighborhoods filled with character.< P>With every turned page readers will be treated to RhodeIsland's incredible scenery and have their many questionsanswered about our thirteenth state. Rhode Island has howmany miles of coastline? The breathtaki beauty of BlockIsland is one of the state's how many islands? Readers willalso learn how Rhode Island native Samuel Slater started theAmerican Industrial Revolution, and what the quahog is.< P>< I>Rhode Island Red< /I> is Mark R. Allio's first children's book.He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island.< P>Award winning illustrator Mary Jane Begin has illustratedmany children's books. She lives in Barrington, Rhode Islandwith her husband Mark Allio.
Brief description:
Mary Jane Begin's illustrating career began as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she now teaches illustration.
Her award-winning children's picture book portfolio includes the recent re-release of Kenneth Grahame's classic tale The Wind in the Willows, A Mouse Told His Mother, Little Mouse's Painting, Before I Go To Sleep, The Porcupine Mouse and Jeremy's First Haircut.
She has exhibited at the RISD Biennial (RI), Society of Illustrators (NY), the DeCordova Museum (MA), Books of Wonder Gallery (NY & CA), and other fine galleries nationwide. Her work has been featured in Communication Arts magazine and the Society of Illustrators Annual of American Illustration. She is the recipient of many awards, including The Steven Donahos Award and multiple Certificates of Merit from the Society of Illustrators, multiple Awards of Excellence from Communication Arts, the Critici Erba Prize at the Bologna Book Fair, Italy and First Place, Juvenile Trade, at the New York Book Show, New York.
She has been a panelist and participant in numerous conferences and workshops, including the Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors, the National Family Literacy Conference, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference, and the NEA Teacher's Conference. She has lectured at local elementary schools throughout Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.
Mary Jane and her author husband, Mark Allio, live in Providence, RI