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1) Still life
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As an artist demonstrates the strict rules for creating a still life painting, the painting disregards each one as it comes alive and tells its own story.
3) The artist
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Jo wants to paint all the wonderful things she loves. With a palette of red, yellow, and blue, Jo knows she can mix any colors together to create new ones. Her imagination takes flight as she explores painting with primary and by mixing her own secondary colors, each picture as beautiful as the last. But through her exploration of the colors of the rainbow, Jo finds that her favorite is a combination of them all: brown.
Author
Series
Restorationists volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After an experience he'd rather forget, Vincent is determined to be done with art. So when he and his little sister, Lili, spend spring break with their art conservator great-uncle, Vincent's plan is to stay glued to his phone. That is, until Lili disappears into one of the world's most famous paintings and Vincent learns his parents have been hiding something from him: Their family is the last of The Restorationists, a secret society with the power...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Penny Purple taught us how to be a purple person. A person who finds common ground with others while celebrating what makes them unique! Now Penny and her pals will put their purple skills into action in their very favorite place--their classroom! How do you make a purple school? It will take curiosity, sharing, hard work, and lots of laughs"--
Author
Series
Jellybeans books (Laura Numeroff) volume 4
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The JellyBeans--four friends who like to do such different things as paint, play soccer, read, and dance--paint a mural on an outside wall of Mrs. Petunia Dinkley-Sneezer's candy shop that depicts them each doing what they love best.
Author
Series
Restorationists volume 2
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Georgia must overcome self-doubt and jealousy as she, her cousin Vincent, and Gramps set out rescue her parents from the Distortionists.
13) Mehndi boy
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"If Tehzeeb wants to be the best mehndi artist in town, he needs to practice. Luckily, his friends and family can't get enough of the dazzling daisies and pretty peacocks he draws on their hands. Tehzeeb can't wait to show off his henna skills at his cousin Rahima's wedding...until his favorite uncle tells him mehndi isn't for boys. Rahim needs Tehzeeb's help--and his talents. Can he find the courage to be his true creative self?"--
14) It wasn't me!
Author
Series
Publisher
nubeOCHO
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When a budding artist paints on a wall, each child is quick to claim the credit until they think they will get the blame as well. This colorful story points the finger at taking responsibility for your actions in a lighthearted, yet nonetheless clear way that is sure to resonate with young children and their caregivers alike.
15) The orange wall
Author
Series
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With her puppy Coco's help, Zoya gives her room a glittery makeover.
16) Paint with Ploof
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Have you met Ploof? The friendly cloud full of feelings returns in an all new interactive picture book for fans of Hervé Tullet's Mix It Up! Ploof is a puffy cloud who's ready for their big moment -- their first rainbow! But how? With your help, of course! Can you help Ploof gather enough colors to make their rainbow? How about keeping them steady while they paint? Cheer Ploof on through the ups and downs of trying something new, follow along with...
17) The gold bowl
Author
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Zoya wants to give her dog Coco a birthday present, and with her mother's helps finally settles on painting his bowl gold, with lots of glitter.
18) Oh, Olive!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she wants to, what she feels--until she reaches her parents'...
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