Ferri, Giuliano 1965-

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Ferri, Giuliano 1965-

Personal

Born 1965, in Pesaro, Italy; married Francesca Bosca. Education: Instituto d'Arte di Urbino (Italy), degree (animation).

Addresses

Home—Pesaro, Italy.

Career

Illustrator and fine artist. Exhibitions: Works exhibited at galleries and museums, including Pompidou Center, Paris, France; and Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

Writings

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

Paul Quappe, Minedition (Bargteheide, Germany), 2007, translation adapted by Charise Myngheer as Little Tad Grows Up, Minedition (New York, NY), 2007.

ILLUSTRATOR

Francesca Bosca, Cammina, Cammina, Edizioni Aan Paolo, 1991, translated by Philip Hawthorn as Caspar and the Star, Lion Publishing (Oxford, England), 1991.

Martha Whitmore Hickman, And God Created Squash: How the World Began, Albert Whitman (Morton Grove, IL), 1993.

Martha Whitmore Hickman, A Baby Born in Bethlehem, Albert Whitman (Morton Grove, IL), 1999.

Michael McCarthy, reteller, The Story of Noah and the Ark, Barefoot Books (New York, NY), 2001.

Francesca Bosca, The Apple King, translated by J. Alison James, North-South Books (New York, NY), 2001.

Francesca Bosca, Christmas Cakes, translated by J. Alison James, North-South Books (New York, NY), 2003.

K.T. Hao, One Pizza, One Penny, translated by Roxanne Hsu Feldman, Cricket Books (Chicago, IL), 2003.

Michael McCarthy, reteller, The Story of Daniel in the Lions' Den, Barefoot Books (New York, NY), 2003.

Anne Marie Sullivan, Albert Einstein, Mason Crest (Philadelphia, PA), 2003.

K.T. Hao, Little Stone Buddha, Purple Bear Books (New York, NY), 2005.

K.T. Hao and Byung-Gyu Kim, The 100th Customer, Purple Bear Books (New York, NY), 2005.

Francesca Bosca, The Three Grasshoppers, Purple Bear Books (New York, NY), 2006.

Rachel W.N. Brown, Small Camel Follows the Star, Albert Whitman (Morton Grove, IL), 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, March 15, 1993, Julie Corsaro, review of And God Created Squash: How the World Began, p. 1359; September 1, 1999, Susan Dove Lempke, review of A Baby Born in Bethlehem, p. 148; April 1, 2001, John Peters, review of The Apple King, p. 1476; October 1, 2001, Ellen Mandel, review of The Story of Noah and the Ark, p. 338; June 1, 2003, Ilene Cooper, review of The Story of Daniel in the Lions' Den, p. 1782; October 15, 2005, Gillian Engberg, review of Little Stone Buddha, p. 57; May 15, 2006, Gillian Engberg, review of The Three Grasshoppers, p. 48.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, December, 1991, review of Caspar and the Star, p. 85; November, 1999, review of A Baby Born in Bethlehem, p. 95.

Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2001, review of The Story of Noah and the Ark, p. 1128.

Publishers Weekly, March 15, 1993, review of And God Created Squash, p. 85; September 27, 1999, review of A Baby Born in Bethlehem, p. 62; March 19, 2001, re- view of The Apple King, p. 98; November 24, 2003, review of One Pizza, One Penny, p. 63; October 22, 2007, review of Small Camel Follows the Star, p. 54.

School Library Journal, May, 1993, Patricia Dooley, review of And God Created Squash, p. 85; July, 2001, Sheryl L. Shipley, review of The Apple King, p. 73; November, 2001, Kathy Piehl, review of The Story of Noah and the Ark, p. 147; May, 2003, Linda Beck, review of The Story of Daniel in the Lions' Den, p. 138; March, 2006, Coop Renner, review of Little Stone Buddha, p. 190; August, 2006, Elaine Lesh Morgan, review of The Three Grasshoppers, p. 74; September 15, 2007, Gillian Engberg, review of Small Camel Follows the Star, p. 69.