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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents' dream that he become a national hero when he doesn't even have his own room? He's not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive...
2266) Augustine
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although Augustine is nervous about moving from the South Pole to her new home at the North Pole, her drawings, which imitate famous paintings, help her break the ice at school.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
PICTURE BOOKS. A beautiful new cover to celebrate 25 years of making art an adventure! The stars in Vincent van Gogh's painting are so beautiful that Katie can't resist reaching in and taking one. But what will she do when all the other stars come tumbling out of the painting, too? Will Katie be able to catch the stars before the gallery guard notices they've floated away? The story has five favourite Van Gogh paintings: The Starry Night Noon Vincent's...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Whether you're a musician, photographer, painter, writer, dancer, singer, or any other creative with aspirations of making a living from your art, this is the perfect time to turn your creative ideas into a sustainable business. With gatekeepers no longer controlling the market, anyone with a laptop and a dream can make a thriving living from their creativity.
"No matter what kind of creative artist you are -whether you're a musician, photographer,...
2271) Bedtime with art
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the wonders of fine art with this enchanting read-aloud bedtime book featuring some of the world's iconic paintings! Nurture your child's creativity as they get ready for bed by reading gentle rhymes accompanied by delightfully curated artworks illustrating the night sky, sleeping animals, and more in this perfect book to end the day. In this collection, your child will journey from sunset to moonrise through artworks by Mary Cassatt, Gustav...
2272) Hokusai
Author
Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Over a century and a half after his death, Katsushika Hokusai is still one of Japan's most popular and influential artists. This handy volume presents the wide range of Hokusai's aristic production in terms of one of his most remarkable characteristics: his intellectual ingenuity. It attempts to show how he combined figures and landscape, represented three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, and used the techniques of illusionism or...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging from such topics as mindfulness, decluttering, David Cronenberg, and consent. In her debut essay collection, "brilliant and stylish" (The Washington Post) critic Becca Rothfeld takes on one of the most sacred cows of our time: the demand that we apply the virtues of equality and democracy to culture and aesthetics. The result is a...
Publisher
Eaglemoss Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From the S.S. Botany Bay to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B, here is everything you need to know about the ships of Starfleet. Each ship is profiled with technical information, its operational history and plan view CG renders-- whenever possible using the original VFX models that were created for the TV shows and movies--Adapted from jacket and perusal of book.
2278) Double take: a memoir
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants
“Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [Double Take] makes for an empowering read.”
...Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Corita Kent (1918-1986) was a visual artist, art teacher, and Catholic nun whose work was revolutionary and is widely revered. In her classroom, she encouraged her students to see the ordinary as extraordinary and make art from the so-called commonplace around them. She embodied this in her own work-making screen prints and collage that celebrated the values and themes of hope, love, justice, and peace. This picture book biography approaches Corita's...
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