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Gianna Marino

Author of Meet Me at the Moon

14 Works 2,181 Members 89 Reviews

About the Author

Image credit: photo by Lisa Kristine

Works by Gianna Marino

Meet Me at the Moon (2012) 608 copies
Night Animals (2015) 547 copies
Following Papa's Song (2014) 322 copies
Too Tall Houses (2012) 213 copies
Just Like My Brother (2019) 207 copies
Zoopa: An Animal Alphabet (2005) 46 copies
If I Had a Horse (2018) 42 copies
I Am the Mountain Mouse (2016) 22 copies
Splotch (2017) 19 copies
Waiting for Mama (2022) 18 copies
A Boy, a Ball, and a Dog (2016) 14 copies

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Africa (17) alphabet (10) animals (125) AR 2-6 (16) children (17) children's (27) children's books (9) competition (16) cooperation (12) counting (28) elephants (34) family (45) farm (12) fear (12) fiction (39) friends (9) friendship (24) funny (10) horses (10) humor (14) love (25) migration (9) mothers (10) nature (10) neighbors (10) night (17) nocturnal (22) nocturnal animals (17) numbers (10) ocean (9) owls (15) picture book (136) preschool (10) rabbits (19) separation (10) skunks (9) storytime (9) teamwork (9) to-read (10) whales (19)

Common Knowledge

Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Places of residence
California, USA
Colorado, USA
Short biography
[excerpt from author's website]
Gianna Marino was born in San Francisco and spent her early years galloping horses through Golden Gate Park. Her explorations expanded after graduating from high school and in order to afford her many journeys, Gianna had several jobs at once: apprenticing a muralist, a jewelry designer, a product designer and driving horse carriages through the park. She explored many corners of the world, from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, to the South Pacific, Mongolia, and as crew on sailboats in the high seas.

Gianna finally landed a full-time freelance gig designing toys for children, but after several years in a corporate box with no windows, she left for good and began painting, illustrating and writing books for children.

Though she still wanders the world, Gianna now lives in Southern Colorado on an elk reserve and works full-time writing and illustrating.

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Gorgeous illustrations add depth to a simple story about a mother elephant who must leave her baby for a short time. The writing is just on the wrong side of precious for my taste, but I have to admit it's a beautiful book.
 
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LibrarianDest | 13 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |
the artwork is lovely the story is eh
 
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hellokirsti | 8 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |
This was a really cute, somewhat funny, book that my 4- and 6-year-old nieces enjoyed. It's about two friends (Owl and Rabbit) who learn that working together is better than competing with one another. The illustrations are lovely and detailed.
 
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RachelRachelRachel | 15 other reviews | Nov 21, 2023 |
Genre
Picture books for children
Tone
Funny
Theme
Overcoming fear
Subject
Animals
Fear
Night
Nocturnal animals
Opossums
 
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kmgerbig | 17 other reviews | Apr 28, 2023 |

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Works
14
Members
2,181
Popularity
#11,746
Rating
3.8
Reviews
89
ISBNs
55
Languages
3

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