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Art's Supplies
The imagination is a powerful thing - and messy! In this delightful tale, Art's supplies - pastels, pencils, and paints - come to life, creating mayhem and magic--and art!
search Novelist® PlusVinnie and Abraham
J730.92 REA.V
Vinnie Ream was a small girl with a giant gift for sculpture. This story chronicles Vinnie's life from her arrival in Washington, D.C., at the start of the Civil War through her apprenticeship with a famous sculptor and friendship with Abraham Lincoln.
search Novelist® PlusI Love to Finger Paint
J751.49 LIP.J
The colorful array of creative activities will have budding painters amazed at all the different ways they can use their fingers, hands, and even their feet to make both realistic and abstract pictures.
search Novelist® PlusSilent Music: A Story of Baghdad
As bombs and missiles fall on Baghdad in 2003, a young boy uses the art of calligraphy to distance himself from the horror of war.
search Novelist® PlusMasterpiece
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
search Novelist® PlusM is for Masterpiece: An Art Alphabet
J700 DOM.D
Learn more about famous artists, tools, mediums, and techniques with this A-Z pictorial. Simply poetry covers color, Easter Island, impressionism, Frida Kahlo, and landscape - and every other letter of the alphabet!
search Novelist® PlusMonet's Impressions
J759.4 MON.C
Presents paintings of Claude Monet, accompanied by phrases in the painter's own words, edited to form a simple rhyme that runs through the text.
search Novelist® PlusCatch Picasso's Rooster
Reproductions of famous works of art include textured sections for children to feel. Descriptions of the works and information about the artists are included at the end of the book.
search Novelist® PlusBettina Valentino and the Picasso Club
A controversial new teacher at Bayside Preparatory School introduces the exciting world of art to aspiring artist Bettina Valentino and her fifth-grade classmates, encouraging them to see everyday life in a different way.
search Novelist® PlusStained Glass Windows
J748.5 SPI.R
Stained glass dates back to ancient times! Readers learn how artists form colored pieces of glass into breathtaking decorative windows.
search Novelist® PlusLincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Ordinary Life
J973.7092 SAN.M
Part history of early photography, part Lincoln biography, and part history of the period, this slim book speaks volumes in both words and pictures.
search Novelist® PlusArt for Kids: Drawing in Color
J741.2 TEM.K
This book teaches children indispensable tricks and techniques for adding a rainbow of color to their work. It's an entertaining combination of practical information and hands-on exercises.
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