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My Thumb
Karen Hesse · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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I love my thumb, I truly do,it tastes of pears and carrot stew.It's like a hug, an "I love you."My mom hoped in a year or twothere'd be some things that I outgrew,and some I have, but never you.Kids who suck their thumbs know there's nothing better. NOTHING! Here is a fun picture... |
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Leonardo and the Flying Boy
Laurence Anholt · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 32
Format: Book |
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Zoro is a little boy in 17th-century Italy, long before airplanes flew in the sky. But Zoro is also an apprentice to the artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci--and Leonardo is experimenting with a revolutionary flying machine! This is a title in Barron's Anholt's Artists Books for Children... |
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Matisse the King of Color (Anholt's Artists Books for Children Series)
Laurence Anholt · Barrons
Pages: 28
Format: Book |
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When Monique, a young visiting nurse, steps into the home of an elderly patient, she finds herself in rooms filled with the most vivid color she has ever seen. Her patient is the artist Henri Matisse, and as Matisse recovers from his illness, he and Monique become good friends. Later, Monique... |
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Degas and the Little Dancer
Laurence Anholt · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 32
Format: Book |
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Many years ago, Marie hoped to be a famous ballerina, but because her family had too little money for lessons she began modeling at the ballet school. The painter for whom she modeled was the artist, Edgar Degas. As Degas' figure of The Little Dancer took shape, Marie began to feel sympathy... |
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Papa Chagall, Tell Us a Story
Laurence Anholt · Barron's
Pages: 32
Format: Book |
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Barron's introduces another fine title to the highly-acclaimed Anholt's Artists Books for Children series. Here, award-winning author and illustrator Laurence Anholt reviews the life of Marc Chagall. Through the stories that he tells his beloved twin grandchildren, Chagall relates his extraordinary... |
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Rembrandt and the Boy Who Drew Dogs: A story about Rembrandt van Rijn
Molly Blaisdell · Barron's
Pages: 28
Format: Hardcover |
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Author Molly Blaisdell transports young readers to the city of Amsterdam in the 1650s. It is a time when world-renowned artist Rembrandt van Rijn is at the height of fame among his patrons -- and when his young son Titus longs to imitate his father and become a great painter. At first,... |
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Camille and the Sunflowers
Laurence Anholt · Barron's
Pages: 32
Format: Book |
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"Where Camille lived, the sunflowers grew so high they looked like real suns. . .One day a strange man arrived in Camille's town. He had a straw hat and a yellow beard." So begins this fascinating tale of Camille, a little boy who is the son of a small-town postman. Camille meets... |
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Katie Meets The Impressionists
James Mayhew · Scholastic
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback |
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Katie's trip to the museum to see Impressionist art leads to a magical journey through the actual paintings. In paperback for the first time."This British import pays joyful homage to the world of the Impressionists. When Katie and her grandmother visit an art museum to celebrate the elder's... |
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Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box
David McPhail · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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All her life, Beatrix Potter loved to paint. From a young age, she painted the bunnies, mice, and other pets who populated her family home. These characters later populated her stories, which are beloved the whole world over. With beautiful scenes rich in detail, David McPhail transports... |
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Tell Me a Picture: Adventures in looking at art
Quentin Blake · Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover |
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In 2001, Quentin Blake - the first Children's Laureate - chose twenty-six of his favorite paintings for an exhibition at the National Gallery. Very different artworks were chosen, some by fine artists and some by children's illustrators, but they all had one thing in common: a story to tell.... |
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More Than Meets The Eye: Seeing Art With All Five Senses
Bob Raczka · Millbrook
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback |
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This work provides images of paintings and new, sensory ways to experience them, such as tasting the milk in Vermeer's 'The Milkmaid', hearing the music in Tanner's 'The Banjo Lesson' or feeling the fur in da Vinci's 'Lady with an Ermine'. |
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Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
Amy Novesky · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Louise Bourgeois (1911 2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, "Maman, " stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise s own mother... |
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Suzette and the Puppy: A Story About Mary Cassatt
Joan Sweeney · Barron's
Pages: 28
Format: Book |
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Little Suzette and her nursemaid enjoy daily walks in the handsome park near their home. Often, they see a tall, elegant lady strolling in the park with her tiny puppy. Then, a comical incident transforms Suzette and the puppy into friends. The time and place of this gentle story is Paris... |
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Vincent's Colors
Vincent van Gogh · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pages: 48
Format: Book |
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Vincent van Gogh is one of the world's most famous artists. Throughout his life, he wrote to his younger brother, Theo, about his colorful, dynamic paintings. This book pairs the artist's paintings with his own words. Van Gogh's descriptions, arranged as a simple rhyme, introduce young... |
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Monet Paints a Day
Julie Danneberg · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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In November 1885, impressionist painter Claude Monet vacationed in Étretat, France, where he spent his days outside, painting scenes of the seaside village. One morning he rose early and carried all of his supplies and half-finished paintings out to the cliffs and rocky beach, finally... |
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No One Saw
Bob Raczka · Millbrook
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback |
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With a simple, rhyming text and beautifully reproduced paintings, NO ONE SAW explores modern art. Each painting highlights the way in which the artist looked at the world in his or her own way. One look at the oversized details of her calla lilies convinces us hat no one saw flowers like... |
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Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail
Laurence Anholt · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 32
Format: Book |
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Here is the fascinating story -- based on true fact -- of a world-famous artist and a little girl who became one of his models. Sylvette first met Picasso in 1954, when she was a girl in the southern French town of Vallauris. At that time, she was the shyest and dreamiest girl among her friends,... |
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