Maass, Robert

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Maass, Robert

Personal

Male. Hobbies and other interests: Fishing.

Addresses

Home—Brooklyn, NY.

Career

Still photographer, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Freelance editorial photographer for clients, including Newsweek magazine and New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Films include Gotham Fish Tales.

Awards, Honors

Fort Meyers Beach Film Festival Award for Best Documentary, for Gotham Fish Tales.

Writings

AND PHOTOGRAPHER

Fire Fighters, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1989.

When Autumn Comes, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1990.

When Summer Comes, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1993.

When Winter Comes, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1993.

When Spring Comes, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1994.

UN Ambassador: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Madeleine Albright's World, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1995.

Tugboats, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1997.

Garden, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1998.

Garbage, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2000.

Little Trucks with Big Jobs, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2007.

PHOTOGRAPHER

Maxine B. Rosenberg, Mommy's in the Hospital Having a Baby, Clarion (New York, NY), 1997.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, June 1, 1994, Deborah Abbott, review of When Spring Comes, p. 1827; November 15, 1995, Julie Corsaro, review of UN Ambassador: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Madeleine Albright's World, p. 556; April 1, 1997, Stephanie Zvirin, review of Mommy's in the Hospital Having a Baby, p. 1336; June 1, 1998, Susan Dove Lempke, review of Garden, p. 1772; May 1, 2000, Carolyn Phelan, review of Garbage, p. 1674; August, 2007, Ilene Cooper, review of Little Trucks with Big Jobs, p. 78.

Horn Book, July-August, 1998, Ellen Fader, review of Garden, p. 515.

Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2007, review of Little Trucks with Big Jobs.

Publishers Weekly, October 26, 1990, review of When Autumn Comes, p. 68.

School Library Journal, May, 2000, Kathy Piehl, review of Garbage, p. 163; August, 2007, Linda Ludke, review of Little Trucks with Big Jobs, p. 102.