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Syd Hoff (1912–2004)

Autor(a) de Danny and the Dinosaur

134+ Works 23,796 Membros 162 Críticas 2 Favorited

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 por Syd Hoff

Danny and the Dinosaur (1958) 5,748 exemplares
Sammy the Seal (I Can Read Level 1) (1959) 3,437 exemplares
Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp (1996) 1,547 exemplares
Oliver (I Can Read Level 1) (1960) 1,180 exemplares
The Horse in Harry's Room (1970) 932 exemplares
Chester (I Can Read Level 1) (1961) 764 exemplares
Julius (An I Can Read Book) (1959) 755 exemplares
Mrs. Brice's Mice (1988) 739 exemplares
Grizzwold (1963) 700 exemplares
Captain Cat (1993) 637 exemplares
Albert the Albatross (1961) 520 exemplares
Stanley (I Can Read Level 1) (1962) 457 exemplares
Walpole (1977) 384 exemplares
The Littlest Leaguer (1976) 375 exemplares
Barney's Horse (1987) 343 exemplares
Barkley (An Early I Can Read book) (1975) 293 exemplares
How to Draw Cartoons (1889) 224 exemplares
Santa's Moose (1979) 173 exemplares
Arturo's Baton (1995) 170 exemplares
Duncan the Dancing Duck (1994) 166 exemplares
Little Chief (1961) 121 exemplares
Drawing With Letters and Numbers (1994) 71 exemplares
Where's Prancer? (1960) 47 exemplares
Adventures with Syd Hoff (2006) 36 exemplares
Bernard on His Own (1993) 36 exemplares
SOFT SKULL SAM (1981) 30 exemplares
Henrietta, Circus Star (1978) 28 exemplares
Mighty Babe Ruth (1980) 27 exemplares
A Syd Hoff Treasury (1987) 24 exemplares
Lengthy (1964) 21 exemplares
Irving and Me (1967) 21 exemplares
When Will It Snow? (1971) 18 exemplares
Syd Hoff's Animal jokes (1985) 17 exemplares
Siegfried, Dog of the Alps (1970) 17 exemplares
Slugger Sal's Slump (1979) 15 exemplares
Dinosaur discovery kit 13 exemplares
Roberto and the Bull (1969) 12 exemplares
Baseball Mouse (1969) 12 exemplares
Feeling No Pain (1944) 11 exemplares
Syd Hoff's Nutty Noodles (1980) 11 exemplares
Dinosaur do's & don'ts (1975) 11 exemplares
Mrs. Switch (1966) 11 exemplares
Ida, the Bareback Rider (1972) 9 exemplares
Oops! Wrong Party! (1951) 9 exemplares
Palace bug; (1970) 9 exemplares
My Aunt Rosie (1972) 8 exemplares
Mom, I'm Home! (1945) 8 exemplares
Henrietta Lays Some Eggs (1977) 8 exemplares
Wilfred the Lion (1970) 7 exemplares
The Litter Knight (1970) 7 exemplares
Happy birthday, Henrietta! (1983) 7 exemplares
The Art of Cartooning (1973) 7 exemplares
Pedro and the Bananas, (1972) 6 exemplares
Henrietta the Early Bird (1978) 6 exemplares
Patty's pet (1955) 6 exemplares
A walk past Ellen's house, (1973) 6 exemplares
Kip Van Wrinkle (1974) 5 exemplares
Oops! Wrong stateroom! (1953) 5 exemplares
The better Hoff (1961) 4 exemplares
Syd Hoff's Joke Book (1972) 4 exemplares
Syd Hoff's Best Jokes Ever (1978) 4 exemplares
Mahatma 3 exemplares
Learning to cartoon 3 exemplares
Slithers (1968) 3 exemplares
Out of gas! (1954) 2 exemplares
jeffrey at camp (1968) 2 exemplares
giants and other plays for kids (1973) 2 exemplares
Wanda's Wand (1968) 2 exemplares
Ogluk the Eskimo (1960) 2 exemplares
Syd Hoff Readers 1 exemplar
Herschel the hero 1 exemplar
Sælen Ole 1 exemplar
The mule who struck it rich (1971) 1 exemplar
Hunting, anyone? 1 exemplar
Muscles and Brains 1 exemplar
How to Make Up Jokes (1977) 1 exemplar
Mahatma, (1969) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Morris Goes to School (1970) — Ilustrador — 2,209 exemplares
A Book About Christopher Columbus (1974) — Ilustrador — 283 exemplares
Morris and Boris at the Circus (1988) — Ilustrador — 268 exemplares
I Saw You in the Bathtub: And Other Folk Rhymes (1989) — Ilustrador — 204 exemplares
Don't Be My Valentine: A Classroom Mystery (I Can Read Book 2) (1985) — Ilustrador — 152 exemplares
The Homework Caper (I Can Read Mystery) (1900) — Ilustrador — 77 exemplares
The Boy Who Could Find Anything (1978) — Ilustrador — 74 exemplares
Hard Day at the Scaffold (1967) 69 exemplares
Donald and the Fish that Walked (1974) — Ilustrador — 51 exemplares
The Rooftop Mystery (1968) — Ilustrador — 47 exemplares
Mean Max Chickens Out (republished as: Mean Max) (1970) — Ilustrador — 39 exemplares
Alfred Hitchcock's Death-Mate (1973) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Letters from Camp (1961) — Ilustrador — 23 exemplares
Still More Letters from Camp (1968) — Ilustrador — 20 exemplares
More Letters from Camp (1967) — Ilustrador — 20 exemplares
The Girls from Esquire (1952) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Bigfoot Makes a Movie (1979) — Ilustrador — 15 exemplares
I Should Have Stayed in Bed (1963) — Ilustrador — 14 exemplares
A Super Fullback for the Super Bowl (1977) — Ilustrador, algumas edições14 exemplares
My dear Bella (1941) — Ilustrador — 10 exemplares
Thunder over the Bronx — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares
Parm me — Ilustrador — 2 exemplares
Play ball with Roger the Dodger (1980) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Travl dag på skafottet (1975) — Autor, algumas edições1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
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)
Ocupações
cartoonist
illustrator
Relações
Hoff, Dora (wife)
Organizações
The New Yorker
Esquire
Saturday Evening Post

Membros

Críticas

Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 6 outras críticas | Mar 16, 2024 |
 
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BooksInMirror | 51 outras críticas | Feb 19, 2024 |
An interesting collection of cartoons by the famed New Yorker cartoonist and author of childrens' books, done under a pseudonym (A. Redfield) for the CPUSA's Daily Worker. The style is unmistakably Hoff, and it's something of a wonder no one really tumbled on to the connection at the time. The cartoons are, naturally, from a hard-left perspective, or at least most of them are. A significant number could quite easily have been slotted into The New Yorker, then and now, while others toe the party line pretty faithfully. Some cartoons are so eye-rollingly heavy-handed that they fall flat, and collected together, you can see the same joke repeated over and over. A few cartoons are gems, though. There's some valuable context provided by a modern set of notes.… (mais)
 
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EricCostello | Jan 28, 2024 |
Sammy the seal is bored with life at the zoo, so he leaves to go to the city. There, he finds a school full of kids and new things to do! Sammy sings with the students, becomes the star of the volleyball team, and even learns to read. He can't wait to tell his friends back at the zoo how much fun he's having!
 
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PlumfieldCH | 21 outras críticas | Dec 30, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
134
Also by
26
Membros
23,796
Popularidade
#881
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
162
ISBN
537
Línguas
3
Marcado como favorito
2

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