Photograph courtesy of Lisa Greenstein, 2005.

Russell Hoban (1925–2011)

Autor de Pan y Mermelada Para Francisca

Incluye los nombres: 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) — biografía de Pan y Mermelada Para Francisca … (más)

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Obras de Russell Hoban

Pan y Mermelada Para Francisca 3,031 copias, 69 reseñas

A Bargain for Frances 2,790 copias, 26 reseñas

La hora de acostarse de Francisca 2,591 copias, 32 reseñas

Best Friends for Frances 1,637 copias, 22 reseñas

A Baby Sister for Frances 1,433 copias, 15 reseñas

A Birthday for Frances 1,241 copias, 18 reseñas

Riddley Walker: Expanded Edition (Autor) 1,233 copias, 49 reseñas

Riddley Walker (Autor) 1,207 copias, 22 reseñas

The Mouse and His Child 947 copias, 28 reseñas

Turtle Diary 543 copias, 16 reseñas

Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (Autor) 316 copias, 5 reseñas

Pilgermann 313 copias, 1 reseña

The Medusa Frequency 308 copias, 2 reseñas

The Mole Family's Christmas 294 copias, 5 reseñas

Kleinzeit 288 copias, 6 reseñas

The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz 281 copias, 6 reseñas

How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen 170 copias, 5 reseñas

Amaryllis Night and Day 164 copias, 6 reseñas

The Little Brute Family 161 copias, 6 reseñas

Harvey's Hideout 152 copias, 3 reseñas

The Bat Tattoo 143 copias, 5 reseñas

Linger Awhile 131 copias, 3 reseñas

Fremder 129 copias, 3 reseñas

Angelica's Grotto 126 copias, 3 reseñas

Egg Thoughts and Other Frances Songs 116 copias, 1 reseña

Charlie the Tramp 114 copias, 11 reseñas

Her Name Was Lola 110 copias, 1 reseña

Monsters 103 copias, 2 reseñas

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas [1977 TV movie] (Original story) 87 copias, 1 reseña

Mr. Rinyo-Clacton's Offer 80 copias

Dinner at Alberta's 78 copias

The Sorely Trying Day 75 copias, 1 reseña

Soonchild 73 copias, 2 reseñas

Come Dance With Me 70 copias, 3 reseñas

The Sea-Thing Child 67 copias, 4 reseñas

Jim's Lion (Autor) 66 copias, 5 reseñas

Rosie's Magic Horse 65 copias, 5 reseñas

The Marzipan Pig 64 copias

El capitan Baladron ataca de nuevo 62 copias

Nothing to Do 58 copias

The Frances Treasury: Four Books in One 54 copias, 2 reseñas

The Moment Under the Moment 53 copias

My Tango with Barbara Strozzi 52 copias, 5 reseñas

Angelica Lost and Found 51 copias, 3 reseñas

The Twenty-Elephant Restaurant 51 copias, 1 reseña

The Trokeville Way 50 copias

Trouble on Thunder Mountain 48 copias, 3 reseñas

Tom and the Two Handles 44 copias

A Russell Hoban Omnibus 41 copias

Dragon Y CIA 39 copias, 1 reseña

La Corona and the Tin Frog 33 copias, 2 reseñas

Riddley Walker / The Medusa Frequency 33 copias

The Frances Collection 32 copias

The Rain Door 29 copias, 2 reseñas

Arthur's New Power 28 copias

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

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

The Pedalling Man 20 copias

Jim Hedgehog and the Lonesome Tower 20 copias

Jim Frog 16 copias, 1 reseña

Jim Hedgehog's Supernatural Christmas 15 copias, 2 reseñas

The Great Gumdrop Robbery 14 copias

Ten What? 13 copias, 2 reseñas

M.O.L.E. 13 copias

Big John Turkle (Ponders Series) 12 copias

The Dancing Tigers 12 copias

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

Charlie Meadows (Ponders Series) 11 copias

Herman the Loser 11 copias

The Flight of Bembel Rudzuk 11 copias

Letitia Rabbit's String Song 10 copias

Lavinia Bat 10 copias

Crocodile and Pierrot: A See-The-Story Book 9 copias, 2 reseñas

A Bargain for Frances / MouseTales 9 copias

Ponders 8 copias

The Serpent Tower 7 copias

The roar of the crowd; conversations with an ex-big-leaguer (Ilustrador) 7 copias, 1 reseña

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

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

Flat Cat 6 copias

The Story of Hester Mouse Who Became a Writer 6 copias

They Came from Aargh! 6 copias, 1 reseña

The Battle of Zormla (The Hungry Three) 6 copias

Ugly Bird 5 copias

The Last of the Wallendas: And Other Poems 5 copias

Court of Winged Serpent 4 copias

The Song in My Drum 4 copias

Save my place, 4 copias

Henry and the Monstrous Din 3 copias

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

I Can Read! Adventures of Frances 3 copias

Some snow said hello 3 copias

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

Good-night 2 copias

London men and English men, 2 copias

The Second Mrs Kong 2 copias

Dark Oliver 1 copia

Frances 1 copia

FANCY THAT! 1 copia

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

Goodnight 1 copia

Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1 copia

A bargain for Frances and other stories 1 copia

Monster Film 1 copia

Leon boaz-jachin 1 copia

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The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to… (Autor) 1,382 copias, 14 reseñas

Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm (Introducción, algunas ediciones) 708 copias, 25 reseñas

The Family Read-Aloud Christmas Treasury (Contribuidor) 213 copias

The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of… (Contribuidor) 205 copias, 2 reseñas

Granta 28: Birthday: The Anniversary Issue (Contribuidor) 136 copias, 1 reseña

Granta 42: Krauts! (Contribuidor) 120 copias

Granta 10: Travel Writing (Contribuidor) 82 copias

Granta 8: Dirty Realism (Contribuidor) 64 copias

Granta 13: After the Revolution (Contribuidor) 47 copias

21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (Contribuidor) 47 copias

Granta 9: John Berger, Boris (Contribuidor) 38 copias, 1 reseña

Granta 3: The End of the English Novel (Contribuidor) 38 copias

Granta 5: The Modern Common Wind (Contribuidor, algunas ediciones) 37 copias

Scary! 2: More Stories That Will Make You Scream (Contribuidor) 29 copias

The Wizard's Den: Spellbinding Stories of Magic & Magicians (Contribuidor) 22 copias

Puffin Annual: No. 1 (Puffin Books) (Contribuidor) 19 copias, 2 reseñas

The Thorny Paradise: Writers on Writing for Children (Contribuidor) 15 copias

Murmurations: An Anthology of Uncanny Stories about Birds (Contribuidor) 6 copias

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, April 1975 (Contribuidor) 3 copias

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 11, July 1976 (Contribuidor) 3 copias

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8, April 1976 (Contribuidor) 3 copias

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 (Contribuidor) 2 copias

Road Stories: New Writing Inspired by Exhibition Road (Contribuidor) 1 copia

The Marizipan Pig [1990 TV episode] (Original book) 1 copia

Turtle Diary [1985 film] (Original story) 1 copia

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