Frank Fiorello
Born: in Rockford, Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Fiorello was born and raised in Rockford and lived in Calendonia for many years. Biography: Frank Fiorello's is an author and illustrator. He was a cartoonist/newsroom illustrator for the Rockford Register Star. Fiorello had polio as a child and has been in a wheelchair ever since. He traveled to South America, Europe and the Middle East as a member of the United States Olympic Wheelchair Team. He and his wife ran Fiorello's Pumpkin Patch, for many years. They now live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Frank Fiorello on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=frank+fiorello
Selected Titles
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Frankie big head becomes an artist / ISBN: 0970840020 OCLC: 51643671 Pumpkin Patch Pub., [Las Vegas, Nev.] : ©2002. Story about how the author used his curiosity and the five senses to develop his artistic abilities." |
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Harvest song / ISBN: 0964630095 OCLC: 45150488 [Pumpkin Patch Books], [Caledonia, Ill.] : ©2000. Two children and their cat discover the changing patterns of nature. |
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Mom, when will it be Halloween? / ISBN: 0964630052 OCLC: 42459953 F. Fiorello, Caledonia, IL : ©1999. Young children learn what activities lead to Halloween, from signs of autumn to visiting the pumpkin patch. |
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Oh, how I wished I could read! / ISBN: 0910941106 OCLC: 31952795 John Gile Communications, Rockford, IL : ©1995. A little boy has a nightmare that he can't read and is relieved when he wakes up and finds that it isn't true. |
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Pumpkin patch cats / ISBN: 096463001X OCLC: 38742886 F. Fiorello, Caledonia, IL : ©1996. Every Halloween, as moonlight casts shadows over the old harvest barn and pumpkins glow brightly in the night, the pumpkin patch cats come out to play. |
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Pumpkin patch scarecrows / ISBN: 0964630036 OCLC: 40777926 F. Fiorello, Caledonia, IL : ©1998. Explores the life and duties of a scarecrow in a pumpkin patch. |
| Pumpkinville ISBN: 0970840004 OCLC: 48159471 F. Fiorello, Caledonia, IL : ©2001. Peter and his animal friends join forces to grow the biggest pumpkin in PUMPKINVILLE! |
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Searching for the perfect pumpkin / ISBN: 0964630001 OCLC: 36675722 F. Fiorello, Caledonia, IL : ©1995. Searching for the perfect pumpkin follow two children and a hilarious black cat on a fun romp through the Pumpkin Patch. |
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Spanky, the cat who loved Christmas / ISBN: 0965949508 OCLC: 38500542 [Pointed Ear Press], [Rockford, Ill.] : ©1997. Stanley has trouble deciding what to give his mother for Mother's Day. |
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The story of Pumpkin / ISBN: 0964630028 OCLC: 40198023 F. Fiorello, Caledonia, IL : ©1997. In the Pumpkin Patch, a little pumpkin is not chosen to be a jack-o-lantern, but one of its seeds gives rise to another pumpkin the following year, and that one does become a jack-o-lantern. |
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When I read / ISBN: 0964630060 OCLC: 45230284 F. Fiorello, Caledonia, IL : ©2000. "A story about how your imagination can take you on exciting adventures when you discover the power of reading." |