Talking with John Rocco

The award-winning author-illustrator discusses his passion for the Apollo missions and his latest work’s rigorous presentation of the engineering behind the famous space program.

Terrell A. Young, Barbara A. Ward

BOOKS AND AUTHORS Grades 5 to 8 Talking with John Rocco The award-winning author-illustrator discusses his passion for the Apollo missions and his latest work’s rigorous presentation of the engineering behind the famous space program. By Terrell A. Young and Barbara A. Ward Hayley Rocco “I wanted to really spell out the problems and solutions throughout the book. I think it shows readers that if you can break down a bigger problem into several smaller problems and just focus on them one a time, eventually you will solve that daunting big problem.” After encountering his book-jacket illustrations for the Percy Jackson series, we immediately became John Rocco fans, and while Rocco continues to illustrate Rick Riordan’s covers, he also writes and illustrates wonderful picture books. Because of Rocco’s longtime fascination…

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