Hoban, Russell

Overview

Works:	527 works in 2,334 publications in 9 languages and 70,427 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Picture books High interest-low vocabulary books Readers (Publications) Novels Christmas fiction Science fiction Christmas stories Poetry
Roles:	Author, Librettist, Illustrator, Interviewee, Dedicatee, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Other, Commentator for written text, Conceptor, Author of screenplay, Creator, Narrator
Classifications:	PZ7.H637, E

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Russell Hoban

Russell Hoban/forty years : essays on his writings for children( Book )
Through the narrow gate : the mythological consciousness of Russell Hoban by Christine Wilkie-Stibbs( Book )
Children's literature review. excerpts from reviews, criticism, and commentary on books for children and young people by Thomas LaBorie Burns( )
Ideas, obsessions, intertexts : a nonlinear approach to Russell Hoban's fiction by Yvonne Studer( Book )
Das Muster in Bewegung : die Romane Russell Hobans by Barbara Herkommer-Körfgen( Book )

Russell Hoban( Visual )
The genre for our times : the Menippean satires of Russell Hoban and Murakami Haruki by Susan Fisher( Book )
Russell Hoban, childrens writer( Visual )
Russell Hoban 80 : some poasyum, 11-13 February 2005 : a celebration( Book )
Russell Hoban : (1925-)( )
Russell Hoban/forty years : essays on his writings for children( Book )
"Freelance mystic" : individuation, mythopoeia and metafiction in the early fiction of Russell Hoban by Matthew Ivan Rumbold( )
A muppet family Christmas ; Emmet Otter's jug-band Christmas( Visual )
Turtle diary by Russell Hoban by Brian Elkner( Book )
Kleinzeit by Russell Hoban by Brian Elkner( Book )
Russell Hoban with Dee Palmer by Russell Hoban( Visual )
Russell Hoban : (1925- )( )
Claiming mastery over the word : transformations of language in six twentieth-century dystopias by David Warner Sisk( )
Lillian Hoban papers by Lillian Hoban( Visual )
Emmet Otter's jug-band Christmas by Jim Henson( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Russell Hoban

Bread and jam for Frances by Russell Hoban( Book )

92 editions published between 1964 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 5,365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frances decides she likes to eat only bread and jam at every meal--until to her surprise--her parents grant her wish

Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban( Book )

87 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 4,646 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frances has trouble going to sleep because of frightening sounds and objects that may be going to get her

A bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban( Book )

66 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 4,471 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thelma usually outsmarts Frances until Frances decides to teach her a lesson about friendship

A baby sister for Frances by Russell Hoban( Book )

61 editions published between 1946 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 4,018 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When things change around the house after her baby sister is born, Frances decides to run away--but not too far

Best friends for Frances by Russell Hoban( Book )

50 editions published between 1969 and 2016 in English and held by 3,635 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Albert and his buddies have a "no girls" baseball game, Frances and her sister organize a "Best Friends Outing -- No Boys."

Riddley Walker : a novel by Russell Hoban( Book )

79 editions published between 1980 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,308 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set in a remote future in a post-nuclear holocaust England (Inland), Hoban has imagined a humanity regressed to an iron-age, semi-literate state--and invented a language to represent it. Riddley is at once the Huck Finn and the Stephen Dedalus of his culture--rebel, change agent, and artist. Read again or for the first time this masterpiece of 20th-century literature with new material by the author.--From publisher description

A birthday for Frances by Russell Hoban( Book )

46 editions published between 1968 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 3,074 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frances is jealous of her sister's birthday, but birthday spirit moves her to reluctantly give her coveted gift

The mouse and his child by Russell Hoban( Book )

81 editions published between 1967 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 2,368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two discarded toy mice survive perilous adventures in a hostile world before finding security and happiness with old friends and new

Emmet Otter's jug-band Christmas by Russell Hoban( Book )

14 editions published between 1971 and 2017 in English and Japanese and held by 1,554 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Both Ma Otter and her son, Emmet, hope to win the $50 talent show prize and surprise each other with a special Christmas present

The little Brute family by Russell Hoban( Book )

24 editions published between 1966 and 2011 in English and Japanese and held by 1,291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The little Brute family live an unhappy life until Baby Brute finds a lost good feeling in the forest, and the Brute family changes forever

Dinner at Alberta's by Russell Hoban( Book )

24 editions published between 1975 and 1992 in English and held by 1,288 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Arthur Crocodile cannot seem to learn table manners until his sister brings her new girlfriend to visit

The mole family's Christmas by Russell Hoban( Book )

24 editions published between 1969 and 1994 in English and French and held by 1,240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the Mole family finds out about Christmas and the fat man in the red suit, they ask for a telescope to help them see the stars

Jim's lion by Russell Hoban( Book )

18 editions published between 2001 and 2015 in English and held by 1,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A young boy who is afraid of the operation that can help him get well learns to overcome his fear with the help of a caring nurse

Rosie's magic horse by Russell Hoban( Book )

12 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,051 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Rosie's popsicle sticks turn into a horse named Stickerino, they have a lot of adventures

Egg thoughts, and other Frances songs by Russell Hoban( Book )

10 editions published between 1964 and 1994 in English and held by 999 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty-two poems reflect Frances' observations on the events in her life

How Tom beat Captain Najork and his hired sportsmen by Russell Hoban( Book )

41 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Because Tom's aunt disapproves of his constant fooling around she calls in Captain Najork to teach him a lesson. Tom, however, has a splendid idea

Turtle diary by Russell Hoban( Book )

53 editions published between 1975 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 966 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The sea turtles at the London Zoo become the mutual obsession of two lonely strangers who dream of setting free the turtles and themselves

Monsters by Russell Hoban( Book )

15 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John's obsession with drawing monsters takes him to a doctor, where a startling discovery is made about the degree of reality of John's drawings

Ace Dragon Ltd. by Russell Hoban( Book )

16 editions published between 1980 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 823 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John goes for a ride in the sky on Ace Dragon's back and finds him not so limited after all

Pilgermann by Russell Hoban( Book )

34 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 776 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From critically-acclaimed writer Russell Hoban, his novel Pilgermann, published by Bloomsbury for the first time, as part of a Russell Hoban series

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