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YIKES!!!

Escape!* (cover art)
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

YIKES!!! (Title Page)*
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 12"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Boa!
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator! (The original painting was accidentally destroyed by the publisher)

Gorilla!*
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Komodo!
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator! (The original painting was accidentally destroyed by the publisher)

Scorpion!*
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Spider!*
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Tarantula!*
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Tiger!*
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Crocodile!
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator! (The original painting was accidentally destroyed by the publisher)

Escape!* (cover art)
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

YIKES!!! (Title Page)*
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 12"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Boa!
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator! (The original painting was accidentally destroyed by the publisher)

Gorilla!*
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Komodo!
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator! (The original painting was accidentally destroyed by the publisher)

Scorpion!*
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Spider!*
2000
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Tarantula!*
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Tiger!*
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator!

Crocodile!
2001
Dimension: 
13.5" x 24"
Medium: 
Watercolor, body color, and pencil on paper

Description: The artist's son, Lukas, posed for the young safari boy, and would wear the outfit to his book signings, often being more recognized than the author/ illustrator! (The original painting was accidentally destroyed by the publisher)

Original art is available for purchase and is marked with an asterisk (*). Please inquire through the contact page.

Scholastic/Blue Sky Press, 2002

 

 

Publishers Weekly
September 8, 2003

"In his first work as both author and illustrator, Florczak aims for the younger set....Dispensing with the painterly style of his work in The Rainbow Bridge, Florczak inflates scale and employs heightened, sometimes psychedelic color to play up another forte: startling photo-realism....Kids who like their animals ferocious will be wild for this one."

 

 

School Library Journal
November 2003

"...in hyperrealistic, Technicolor-style paintings, a boy dressed in safari clothes romps his way through numerous wild landscapes.... In the absence of a story, the real point of interest here is the illustrations, which are bright and arresting, and use unusual perspectives to create a sense of danger. Children who enjoy paintings that look like photographs will "oooh" and "aaah" their way through this one."

 

Booklist
November 2003

"......extra large double-page spreads in bright neon colors show her (sic) close-up encounters with fierce animals.... The thrilling adventure will appeal to preschoolers, and the conservation message will grab them, too."

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