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How to spot an artist : this might get messy
by Danielle Krysa
Danielle Krysa has helped a lot of people overcome the fear that they "aren't creative." Every page delivers an encouraging tidbit to the kid who thinks artists all live in cities, or that art has to look like something familiar, or that painting and drawing are the only way to make art. Krysa's whimsical paintings and collages joyfully proclaim that art is essential and that artists are everywhere.
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Brush of the gods
by Lenore Look
A tale inspired by the story of T'ang Dynasty artist Wu Daozi finds his childhood calligraphy lessons evolving into fantastical creations of dancing peonies, flying Buddhas and other beautiful artworks that adorn the city before coming to life in astonishing ways. By the author of the Alvin Ho series.
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Perkin's perfect purple : how a boy created color with chemistry
by Tami Lewis Brown
Describes how the color purple involved a challenging and expensive process that once limited the color to the wealthy, before a mid-19th-century chemist accidentally discovered a scientific process to create the color synthetically, enabling remarkable advances along the way.
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Mary Cassatt : extraordinary impressionist painter
by Barbara Herkert
A lyrical picture book biography of the groundbreaking Impressionist painter describes her resolve to become an artist in spite of mid-19th-century conventions, her rejection among Parisian Salon circles and her acceptance into a growing movement of art masters that included Edgar Degas.
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Beautiful shades of brown : the art of Laura Wheeler Waring
by Nancy Churnin
Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all races can admire the beautiful shades of brown she captured.
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It jes' happened : when Bill Traylor started to draw
by Don Tate
A biography of twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama.
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Through the window : views of Marc Chagall's life and art
by Barb Rosenstock
The creators of the Caldecott Honor-winning The Noisy Paint Box present a sumptuous picture book biography of the 20th-century Jewish modernist that lyrically traces the impact of war on his career, his use of powerful emotion and his masterpiece paintings and stained-glass windows.
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Diego Rivera : his world and ours
by Duncan Tonatiuh
The author of Dear Primo tells the story of Diego Rivera as a young, mischievous boy who demonstrated a clear passion for art and then went on to become one of the most famous painters of the 20th century.
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Shaped by her hands : potter Maria Martinez
by Anna Harber Freeman
A picture book biography of the renowned Native American potter describes how she learned the art form under the guiding hands of her aunt before discovering an aesthetic new firing technique that rendered her creations famous.
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Flying paintings : the Zhou brothers
by Amy Alznauer
A dual portrait of the Chinese artist siblings describes how they began creating art together against a backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution before they moved to America, where they were eventually commissioned by President Obama for a painting that was given to President Hu of China.
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Maya Lin : artist-architect of light and lines
by Jeanne Walker Harvey
An introduction to the life and achievements of the artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial describes the creative childhood explorations that inspired her career and how she learned to think artistically with her hands as well as her mind while performing unique experiments with light and lines.
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Carving a totem pole
by Vickie Jensen
Explaining how the Nisga'a culture of North America used totem poles as historical records for subsequent generations, a introduction to the construction process of totem poles notes their artistic and spiritual roles.
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Parker looks up : an extraordinary moment
by Parker Curry
In a story inspired by the young authors viral photo of her awestruck response to First Lady Michelle Obamas portrait, a young girl visits Washington, D.C.s National Portrait Gallery and finds her life transformed by the historical examples of its subjects.
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My painted house, my friendly chicken, and me
by Maya Angelou
The world of South Africa's Ndebele people and the extraordinary mural art produced by the Ndebele women come to life through the eyes of eight-year-old Thandi and her account of her family, best friend, a chicken, and Ndebele life.
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Art & Max
by David Wiesner
Draws on diverse influences from George Herriman’s Krazy Kat and the work of Salvador Dali to present a tale that follows themes of friendship and creativity, as a pair of lizards with different levels of painting expertise share an exciting journey through various artistic media.
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Drawn together
by Minh Lê
Struggling throughout a visit with his grandfather when they cannot speak each other's language, a young boy discovers their mutual love of art and storytelling during a shared session of drawing that helps them form a bond beyond words.
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Rainbow weaver
by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Ixchel, a young Mayan girl who is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, exercises her ingenuity and repurposes plastic bags to create colorful weavings.
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