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 por Syd Hoff
Danny and the Dinosaur: Big Reading Collection: 5 Books Featuring Danny and His Friend the Dinosaur! (I Can Read Level… (2017) 34 exemplares
Dinosaur discovery kit 13 exemplares
Danny and the Dinosaur: A Very Dino Christmas (Syd Hoff's Danny and the Dinosaur) (2017) 12 exemplares
The Danny and the Dinosaur Storybook Collection: 5 Beloved Stories (I Can Read Level 1) (2016) 8 exemplares
Mahatma 3 exemplares
Learning to cartoon 3 exemplares
It's Fun Learning Cartooning 2 exemplares
Danny and the Dinosaur Storybook Favorites: Includes 5 Stories Plus Stickers! (I Can Read Level 1) (2019) 2 exemplares
'Twixt the cup and the Lipton 2 exemplares
Okay--you can look now! 1 exemplar
Syd Hoff Readers 1 exemplar
The Syd Hoff I Can Read Collection Box Set: 12 books and 2 CDs Featuring Classic Stories (I Can Read Level 1) (2015) 1 exemplar
Upstream, downstream and out of my mind 1 exemplar
Herschel the hero 1 exemplar
From Bed to Nurse - or What a Way to Die 1 exemplar
SYD HOFF (Set of 3) I CAN READ. "An I Can Read Book" Series. Sammy the Seal, Thunderhoof, Danny the Dinosaur. (1959) 1 exemplar
Sælen Ole 1 exemplar
10 Syd Hoff Book Set (Albert the Albatross, Julius, Danny and the Dinosaur, Happy Birthday Danny and the Dinosaur,… (1959) 1 exemplar
Hunting, anyone? 1 exemplar
Shows you How to Draw Cartoons 1 exemplar
Muscles and Brains 1 exemplar
Eight little artists 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Now I am Six! A Collection of Stories All About Being Six for Beginning Readers (1999) — Contribuidor — 148 exemplares
Highlights of a Fighting History: 60 Years of the Communist Party, USA (1979) — Ilustrador — 22 exemplares
Thunder over the Bronx — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares
Parm me — Ilustrador — 2 exemplares
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
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 134
- Also by
- 26
- Membros
- 23,796
- Popularidade
- #881
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 162
- ISBN
- 537
- Línguas
- 3
- Marcado como favorito
- 2