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41) Ready to dream
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Rudy is a curious mouse who wonders, "What is art?" Claude, his feathered friend, tries to teach him. Rudy works on a self-portrait, a still life, a landscape, found art, a sculpture-- all with disastrous results! Then he tries to create an artistic masterpiece, but ... SPLAT! Has Rudy finally become an artist? Dynamic duo Rudy and Claude bring big personalities to this basic introduction to art."--Amazon website.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler's debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity.
44) The frame-up
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Sargent Singer discovers that the paintings in his father's gallery are alive, he is pulled into a captivating world behind the frame that he never knew existed.
Filled with shady characters, devious plots, and a grand art heist, this inventive mystery-adventure celebrates art and artists and is perfect for fans of Night at the Museum and Blue Balliett's Chasing Vermeer. There's one important rule at the Beaverbrook Gallery-don't let anyone...
Author
Language
English
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SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist -- and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving Ollie to roam the streets of New York with her best friends Richard and Alex, drawing everything that catches her eye. Then everything falls apart. Ollie's dad disappears in the middle of the night, leaving...
47) Drawn together
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
48) Rebel genius
Author
Series
Rebel genius volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In twelve-year-old Giacomo's Renaissance-inspired world, art is powerful, dangerous, and outlawed. Every artist possesses a Genius, a birdlike creature that is the living embodiment of an artist's creative spirit. Those caught with one face severe punishment, so when Giacomo discovers he has a Genius, he knows he's in big trouble"--
49) Love by Sophia
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Encouraged by her teacher to approach her art assignment from new points of view, Sophia produces a piece she is proud of, but can she persuade her hard-to-impress family to take a chance on a different perspective?
51) The dot
Author
Series
Creatrilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can't draw - she's no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti's journey of...
53) The art thieves
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Language
English
Description
I did not kill my brother. I did quite the opposite, really. It’s the year 2052. Stevie Henry is a Cherokee girl working at a museum in Texas, trying to save up enough money to go to college. The world around her is in a cycle of drought and superstorms, ice and fire … but people get by. But it’s about to get a whole lot worse. When a mysterious boy shows up at Stevie’s museum saying that he’s from the future -- and telling her what is to...
55) Izzy paints
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Izzy loves the big city -- especially the art museum. Izzy is so inspired by the art all around -- now it's time to make their own! This joyful celebration of creativity will spark the imagination of every young reader.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a "buddy bench monitor" for the fourth graders' recess. Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn't just making random circles. When you look at his designs from above, a story emerges... Joey's "bird's eye" drawings...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Language
English
Description
For kids who love to draw and create, this captivating picture book fosters an appreciation for nature and features craft ideas to inspire young artists. Kids will be inspired to create: Fingerprint bumblebees Sculptures made of sand Rainbow colored jars And more! Nature is an Artistexplores different art forms that kids can find in the natural world. In the book, a group of children follow Nature-the most inspiring of teachers-as they discover the...
Author
Series
Hollow Earth volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Language
English
59) Hum and swish
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jamie wants to quietly work on an art project near her friend, the sea, but people keep disturbing her by asking questions.
60) Art-rageous
Author
Series
Finley Flowers volume 4
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Language
English
Description
After a class field trip to the art museum, fourth-graders Finley, Henry, and Olivia are assigned a project that is supposed to define art, which is difficult, because they all liked very different paintings--but for their group project they come up with a presentation that captures their combined vision.
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