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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...
5) 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
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
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
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.
11) The shadows
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.
Author
Series
Critter Club volume 27
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Liz is determined to create the perfect painting for an upcoming art show, but the ferret she's pet-sitting has other plans!"--
13) Oh, Olive!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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'...
15) 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.
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This is the sweet story of a painter (Bob Ross) who helps his squirrel friend, Peapod, find the perfect home to live in. Bob paints an actual Ross painting, "Meadow Lake," in this charming tale about helping friends and embracing the serenity of life. Bob, along with Peapod, go through the various steps and processes to painting, including praising those "happy little accidents" that happen along the way."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's another busy day with Stanley and friends! Stanley brings his paint box to paint a colorful castle with Little Woo, Sophie, and Benjamin. There's red paint and blue paint and yellow paint and white paint. But what about the other colors? An early introduction to painting tools and art media, this board book is great for teaching primary and secondary colors.
18) The gray day
Author
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.
Author
Series
Publisher
Citation Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When he is unable to play baseball with other children because their loud noises hurt his head, a young autistic boy uses his love of painting and colors to find another way to make friends. Includes suggested activities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"--
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