Get On Board The Locomotive at the Gold Medallion Event!
Friday, March 28, 2025 | Downtown Graham, Texas
Walk the red carpet into the world of picture books with a nationally-acclaimed,
author and illustrator! Brian Floca will share behind-the-scenes stories of
bookmaking and publishing with humor, energy and vivid detail!
Schedule of Events
2 pm | Heart of the Book Interactive Exhibit* | The Old Post
3 pm | Train Rides For The Family*
6 pm | An Evening with Brian Floca** | National Theatre
7 pm | Book Signing* | Pratt’s Books
* free events | ** tickets required
Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Keeping the City Going, Locomotive, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, Lightship, The Racecar Alphabet, and other acclaimed picture books. He is the illustrator of Avi’s Poppy Stories series; Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan’s Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring; Laura Amy Schlitz’s Princess Cora and the Crocodile; and Hawk Rising, by Maria Gianferrari and, most recently, With Dad, by Richard Jackson. He is the author of the forthcoming Island Storm, illustrated by Sydney Smith.
Brian’s books have received the Caldecott Medal, four Robert F. Sibert Honor awards for distinguished informational books, an Orbis Pictus Award and Orbis Pictus Honor, a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, have been selected three times for the annual New York Times Best Illustrated Books list and most recently — one of The 20 Best Children’s Books of the Past 20 Years by The Wall Street Journal (March, 2025).
Brian Floca was born and raised in Temple, Texas, graduated from Brown University, received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
502 Oak Street, Graham, TX 76450 | 940.549.5341