Books by Brian Biggs and Complete Book Reviews
Brian Biggs. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $14.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-06-195809-0
Illustrator Biggs's first solo outing launches a transportation-based series with a cartooned survey of vehicles that populate the roads and rails. Using the framing device of Henry and his father driving to pick up Henry's mother at the train...
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Brian Biggs. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $7.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-195814-4
Biggs expands on his vehicular Everything Goes series with a focused and fun story that traces the journey of a red balloon after a girl loses it while entering a yellow taxi. The text simply names the vehicles the balloon floats past, including a...
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Brian Biggs. Abrams Appleseed, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4197-2133-5
Biggs kicks off the Tinyville Town series, focusing on hard-working, civic-minded folks, from the police officer to the trash collectors, who share their expertise to make a city work. This first entry introduces the setting and cast through a...
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Brian Biggs. Abrams Appleseed, $7.95 (22p) ISBN 978-1-4197-2323-0
Biggs follows I’m a Firefighter with another career-themed trip to the diverse municipality of Tinyville Town, following a female officer through a busy day that includes rescuing a tree-stuck cat, helping a schoolgirl cross the street, and figuring
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Brian Biggs, Author, Brian Biggs, Illustrator Top Shelf Productions $12.95 (112p) ISBN 978-1-891830-12-9
No matter what, Boyd Soloman needs to fly. But before he finally takes the leap from his eighth-floor window, he writes a letter to his ex-girlfriend Julia trying to explain why. This missive takes readers into what's hiding in the recesses of Boyd's
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Brian Biggs. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $7.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-195813-7
Biggs offers a logical extension of his Everything Goes series with a vehicular-themed board book about opposites. Unlike the bustling scenes in Everything Goes on Land and Everything Goes in the Air, the action is more focused on each spread,...
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Brian Biggs. Dial, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-525-55337-3
A selfie is worth a thousand words in this tribute to the exhilaration of getting outside and making new friends by Biggs (What Kind of Car Does a T. Rex Drive?). It’s boring as all get-out in the space ship, but not-so-vaguely parental Ground...
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Brian Biggs. Dial, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-525-55338-0
Biggs flips the script on classic father-daughter tales with this standout book, which casts “gallant girl of greatness” Abigail, aka Awesome Girl, as a hero who comes to her dad’s aid. The high-octane adventure opens with the pink-skinned, freckled
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