Syd Hoff (1912–2004)
Autor(a) de Danny and the Dinosaur
About the Author
Sydney Hoff, a well-known cartoonist, author, and illustrator of books for children and young adults, was born in 1912 New York City and raised in the Bronx. His young adult novel, Irving and Me, was named one of the 10 best books for children by the New York Times. Hoff first became interested in mostrar mais drawing as a child. Although he dropped out of public school, he later attended the National Academy of Design in New York City, where he studied to become a serious painter. However, at the age of 18 he sold his first cartoon to The New Yorker; this launched his career as a cartoonist. Hoff has also drawn cartoon advertisements for CBS and has written short mysteries for popular mystery magazines. One of his earliest and most enduringly popular works is Danny and the Dinosaur, published in 1958. He wrote this book to entertain one of his daughters who was sick. Hoff's audience is, for the most part, the young child who likes clear illustrations, friendly animals, and a limited text. Hoff died of pneumonia on May 12, 2004 in Miami, Florida. He and his wife, Dora, had two children. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de Syd Hoff
Danny and the Dinosaur: Big Reading Collection: 5 Books Featuring Danny and His Friend the Dinosaur! (I Can Read Level… (2017) 34 cópias
The Danny and the Dinosaur Storybook Collection: 5 Beloved Stories (I Can Read Level 1) (2016) 8 cópias
Learning to cartoon 3 cópias
Mahatma 3 cópias
It's Fun Learning Cartooning 2 cópias
The Syd Hoff I Can Read Collection Box Set: 12 books and 2 CDs Featuring Classic Stories (I Can Read Level 1) (2015) 2 cópias
Danny and the Dinosaur Storybook Favorites: Includes 5 Stories Plus Stickers! (I Can Read Level 1) (2019) 2 cópias
'Twixt the cup and the Lipton 2 cópias
Syd Hoff Readers 1 exemplar(es)
Okay--you can look now! 1 exemplar(es)
Herschel the hero 1 exemplar(es)
Upstream, downstream and out of my mind 1 exemplar(es)
(I Can Read Series) Chester / Danny and the Dinosaur / There is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales / Harry and… 1 exemplar(es)
10 Syd Hoff Book Set (Albert the Albatross, Julius, Danny and the Dinosaur, Happy Birthday Danny and the Dinosaur,… (1959) 1 exemplar(es)
I Can Read, Beginning Reading, Level 1, 5-Book Pak: Splat The Cat Sings Flat; Splat The Cat and the Duck with No Quack;… 1 exemplar(es)
Shows you How to Draw Cartoons 1 exemplar(es)
Muscles and Brains 1 exemplar(es)
From Bed to Nurse - or What a Way to Die 1 exemplar(es)
Sælen Ole 1 exemplar(es)
Eight little artists 1 exemplar(es)
Hunting, anyone? 1 exemplar(es)
SYD HOFF (Set of 3) I CAN READ. "An I Can Read Book" Series. Sammy the Seal, Thunderhoof, Danny the Dinosaur. (1959) 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Now I am Six! A Collection of Stories All About Being Six for Beginning Readers (1999) — Contribuinte — 147 cópias
Highlights of a Fighting History: 60 Years of the Communist Party, USA (1979) — Ilustrador — 22 cópias
Thunder over the Bronx — Ilustrador — 3 cópias
Parm me — Ilustrador — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Hoff, Sydney
- Outros nomes
- Redfield, A.
- Data de nascimento
- 1912-09-04
- Data de falecimento
- 2004-05-12
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Causa da morte
- pneumonia
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Miami Beach, Florida, USA - Educação
- National Academy of Design (New York)
- Ocupação
- cartoonist
illustrator - Relacionamentos
- Hoff, Dora (wife)
- Organizações
- The New Yorker
Esquire
Saturday Evening Post
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 134
- Also by
- 26
- Membros
- 24,068
- Popularidade
- #871
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 169
- ISBNs
- 537
- Idiomas
- 3
- Favorito
- 2