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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

By: Jen Bryant

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers: January 2013

Seller ID: 208514

ISBN: 0375967125

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used - VeryGood

A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award

An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book

Winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

As a child in the late 1800s, Horace Pippin loved to draw: He loved the feel of the charcoal as it slid across the floor. He loved looking at something in the room and making it come alive again in front of him. He drew pictures for his sisters, his classmates, his co-workers. Even during W.W.I, Horace filled his notebooks with drawings from the trenches ...
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Black Dance in America: A History Through Its People

By: James Haskins

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Ty Crowell Co: May 1990

Seller ID: 73915

ISBN: 069004657X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Calligraphy

By: Fiona Watt

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Children's Press: September 1999

Seller ID: 71752

ISBN: 0516241184

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

By: Amy Novesky

Price: $18.95

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers: May 2016

Seller ID: 112215

ISBN: 1419718819

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

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 was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career, and this biographical picture book shows how Bourgeois's childhood experiences weaving with her loving, nurturing mother provided the in...
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Da Vinci (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

By: Mike Venezia

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Childrens Pr: September 1989

Seller ID: 70993

ISBN: 0516422758

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Clever illustrations and story lines, together with full-color reproductions of actual paintings, give children a light yet realistic overview of each artist's life and style in these fun and educational books.
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Degas and the Little Dancer : A Story About Edgar Degas

By: ANHOLT, LAURENCE

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Barrons Juveniles: July 1996

Seller ID: 270115

ISBN: 0812065832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

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 for the bad-tempered artist. When the sculpture was finished, thousands of art lovers came to see the statue, making Marie the most famous dancer of all. Here is an exquisite introduction to the life of a great nineteenth-century French artist, with beautiful impressionistic illustrations and reproductions ...
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Edward Hopper Paints His World

By: Robert Burleigh

Price: $14.98

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR): August 2014

Seller ID: 60820

ISBN: 0805087524

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

As a boy, Edward Hopper knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: on the cover of his pencil box, he wrote the words EDWARD HOPPER, WOULD-BE ARTIST. He traveled to New York and to Paris to hone his craft. And even though no one wanted to buy his paintings for a long time, he never stopped believing in his dream to be an artist. He was fascinated with painting light and shadow and his works explore this challenge.

Edward Hopper's story is one of courage, resilience, and determination. In this striking picture book biography, Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor invite young reade...
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Enjoying Art with Children (Come Look With Me)

By: Gladys S. Blizzard

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Charlesbridge: March 1996

Seller ID: 236243

ISBN: 0934738769

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

COME LOOK WITH ME: ENJOYING ART WITH CHILDREN introduces students to twelve magnificent works of art. More importantly, they offer students and adults a whole new way of encountering any work of art, one that engages the imagination as much as the eye.

Well suited for both individual and classroom use, ENJOYING ART WITH CHILDREN pairs quality art reproductions with thought-provoking questions, encouraging students to learn through visual exploration and interaction. Thoughtful text introduces the world and work of the artist, making the most of a student's natural curiosity.
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Eyewitness Art - Gauguin

By: Michael Howard

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd: January 1992

Seller ID: 193241

ISBN: 0863189334

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Part of the Eyewitness Art series, this book explores in depth the personality behind the work of Paul Gauguin. Also covered will be the important events, the key influences and the people - patrons, enemies, friends and lovers - who shaped the artist's life and work. Specially taken photographs of the works of art, with many close-up details provide true-to-life reproduction.
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Frida Kahlo (Little Guides to Great Lives)

By: Isabel Thomas

Price: $11.99

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing: July 2018

Seller ID: 250027

ISBN: 1786273004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Frida Kahlo was a colorful Mexican artist who endured great pain and hardship, but used her bright, vivid brushstrokes to express her emotions and reveal her true personality. She created over 50 self-portraits, and is considered to be one of the most influential and inspirational artists of the 20th century.

Little Guides to Great Lives is a brand-new series of small-format guides introducing children to the most inspirational figures from history in a fun, accessible way. From Curie to Kahlo and Darwin to Da Vinci, Little Guides to Great Lives tells the stories of the most amazing people...
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Great Artists: The Lives of 50 Painters Explored Through Their Work

By: Cumming, Robert

Price: $9.95

Publisher: DK ADULT: May 1998

Seller ID: 270179

ISBN: 078942391x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

From Michelangelo to Matisse and Canaletto to Klee, Great Artists provides insight into the creative geniuses of famous artists.
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Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar

By: Keith Richards

Price: $12.98

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: September 2014

Seller ID: 245307

ISBN: 031632065X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Long before there was a band, there was a boy: a young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, Theodore Augustus Dupree, affectionately known as "Gus," who was in a jazz big band and is the namesake of Keith's daughter, Theodora Dupree Richards. Gus & Me offers a rare and intimate look into the childhood of the legendary Keith Richards through this poignant and inspiring story that is lovingly illustrated with Theodora Richards's exquisite pen-and-ink collages. This unique autobiographical picture book honors the special bond between a grandf...
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Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar

By: Keith Richards

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: September 2014

Seller ID: 255269

ISBN: 031632065X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Personalized inscription inside front cover in ink to previous owner otherwise pages unmarked, no DJ.
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Happy

By: Anonymus

Price: $8.95

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers: September 2015

Seller ID: 273565

ISBN: 0399176438

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

Grammy Award winner Pharrell Williams's super-hit song "Happy" is now a picture book

Nominated for an Academy Award in 2014, "Happy" hit number one on Billboard's Hot 100 list, and has topped the charts in more than seventy-five countries worldwide. Now Pharrell Williams brings his beloved song to the youngest of readers in photographs of children across cultures celebrating what it means to be happy. All the exuberance of the song pulses from these vibrant photographs of excited, happy kids. This is a picture book full of memorable, precious childhood moments that will move readers...
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Jazz: An American Saga

By: James Lincoln Collier

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR): November 1997

Seller ID: 201121

ISBN: 0805041214

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"One thing we can be sure of is that jazz was invented in America."
From the small sunlit barns that dotted the Louisiana countryside around the turn of the century to the booming nightspots in New York in the 1920s, America has always been the home of jazz. But how did jazz get started? Who were its first musicians? And what was it about America that made it the birthplace of this century's greatest music?
Newbery Honor-winner and jazz critic James Lincoln Collier tackles these questions and others, tracing the history and evolution of jazz in America. Beginning with the African triba...
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Linnea in Monet's Garden (Linnea Books)

By: Christina Bjork, Claude Monet

Price: $5.95

Publisher: R & S Books: August 1987

Seller ID: 188671

ISBN: 9129583144

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A little girl visits the home and garden of Claude Monet at Giverny, France, and learns about the artist's paintings and his life. The illustrations include photographs of the painter and his family as well as examples of his work."
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Listen: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing

By: Leda Schubert

Price: $12.98

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press: June 2017

Seller ID: 205038

ISBN: 1626722501

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Listen.
There was nobody like Pete Seeger.
Wherever he went, he got people singing.
With his head thrown back
and his Adam's apple bouncing,
picking his long-necked banjo
or strumming his twelve-string guitar,
Pete sang old songs,
new songs,
new words to old songs,
and songs he made up.

In this gorgeously written and illustrated tribute to legendary musician and activist Pete Seeger, author Leda Schubert highlights major musical events in Mr. Seeger's life as well important moments of his fight against social injustice. From singing sold-out concert...
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LOOK! Zoom in on Art

By: Gillian Wolfe

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press: September 2002

Seller ID: 202323

ISBN: 0195219112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Look is a dynamic, beautifully illustrated guide to teaching young people how to look at art. Acclaimed art educator Gillian Wolfe selected 18 paintings from around the world and across art history to help develop the art of "seeing" a painting from all perspectives--the most important skill in learning about art. Brilliant color reproductions and engaging instructions guide us to actively think about what we see when we look at art:
. Are we looking UP at flying trapeze artists or DOWN at clowns in the circus ring?
. What's happening THROUGH the archway in the background or BEHIND a ...
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Make Prints! (Art and Activities for Kids)

By: Kim Solga

Price: $2.00

Publisher: North Light Books: July 1991

Seller ID: 108338

ISBN: 0891343849

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

All books in this series feature 10 or more projects, complete with clear step-by-step instructions and big, beautiful photographs that show exactly what materials are needed.
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Many Faces of the Face

By: BRIGITTE BAUMBUSCH, GEORGE RODRIGUE

Price: $4.98

Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc: August 1999

Seller ID: 135975

ISBN: 1556709684

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

From carvings to cartoons, how artists have depicted the human expression.
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Mary Cassatt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

By: Mike Venezia

Price: $3.48

Publisher: Children's Press(CT): March 1991

Seller ID: 67893

ISBN: 0516422782

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Miro for Children

By: Helene LA Marche

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: June 1986

Seller ID: 70988

ISBN: 2891920791

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Mole Music

By: David McPhail

Price: $8.99

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR): October 2001

Seller ID: 178444

ISBN: 0805067663

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

A spiritual story about the far-reaching effects of private actions.

Mole has always led a simple life, but lately he feels something is missing. When he first hears someone playing a violin, Mole realizes that he longs to make beautiful music, too.

Through practice and patience, Mole learns to play. And even though he plays alone, in the privacy of his underground home, his music has an effect on others that is more magical than Mole will ever know.

Move Over, Picasso: A Young Painter's Primer

By: Ruth Aukerman

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Pat Depke Books: March 1994

Seller ID: 68108

ISBN: 1884555012

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

By: Mahin, Michael

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers: September 2017

Seller ID: 208454

ISBN: 1481443496

Condition: New

An Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winner
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
A Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner

A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll.

Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told. When Grandma Della said the blues wouldn't put food on the table, Muddy didn't listen. And when record producers told him no one wanted to listen to a country boy pl...
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Myths, Magic, and Legends of Sand Art

By: Suzanne Lord

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Scholastic: December 1995

Seller ID: 104152

ISBN: 0590265881

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Picasso (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

By: Mike Venezia

Price: $3.48

Publisher: Children's Press(CT): September 1988

Seller ID: 70986

ISBN: 0516422715

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Picture This!: Activities and Adventures in Impressionism (Art Explorers)

By: Joyce Raimondo

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Watson-Guptill: September 2004

Seller ID: 263222

ISBN: 0823025039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

This second book in the Art Explorers series introduces kids to the world of Impressionism, featuring the art of five famous Impressionist artists: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Edward Degas, August Renoir, and Mary Cassatt.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Art for Children)

By: Ernest Raboff

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Trophy Pr: September 1987

Seller ID: 54746

ISBN: 0064460681

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Ralph Masiello's Robot Drawing Book (Ralph Masiello's Drawing Books)

By: Ralph Masiello

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Charlesbridge: July 2011

Seller ID: 229482

ISBN: 1570915369

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

This easy-to-follow guide makes it simple for robot lovers and aspiring artists alike to learn how to draw robots. In step-by-step illustrations, beloved author/illustrator Ralph Masiello shows kids how to use circles, ovals, and other shapes build the body of a basic robot. Then it's off to the warehouse for spare parts where artists can use dials, switches, and antennae to make their design one of a kind. Bonus challenge steps show artists how to add claws, armor, and other fantastic features. The simple shapes and sequenced steps will encourage both confidence and creativity for artists at ...
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Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

By: Mike Venezia

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Childrens Pr: September 1988

Seller ID: 67905

ISBN: 0516422723

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

By: Mike Venezia

Price: $3.48

Publisher: Childrens Pr: September 1988

Seller ID: 70989

ISBN: 0516422723

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

T.V. ARTE MANET

By: Wright Patricia

Price: $6.95

Publisher: BLUME: January 1994

Seller ID: 248313

ISBN: 8480760311

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean

By: Dean Robbins

Price: $17.99

Publisher: Orchard Books: May 2019

Seller ID: 232331

ISBN: 1338259539

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Journey to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the lunar surface and the only artist to paint its beauty firsthand

As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon. He took dozens of pictures, but none compared to what he saw through his artistic eyes. When...
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The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections

By: Jan Mark

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Candlewick: September 2007

Seller ID: 230721

ISBN: 0763633704

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Why do people collect things? This ode to museums mighty and minuscule will draw curious viewers of all ages -- and is worthy of collection itself.

What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items (unicorn horns? mermaids?) some early museums placed on view. Jan Mark's humorous and conversational insights take readers through museums' multifaceted history, while Richard Holland's eye-catching mixed-media illustrations lend their own quirky fl...
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The Music Pack

By: Ron Van Der Meer

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Knopf: November 1994

Seller ID: 201187

ISBN: 0679430989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The School of Art (US Edition)

By: Daniel Frost, Teal Triggs

Price: $14.98

Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions: August 2015

Seller ID: 89022

ISBN: 1847807003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Welcome to the School of Art

Here you will learn how to make great art with this fully-illustrated collection of fun and informative lessons. Follow the five professors as they work togetherto deliver 40 demonstrations - each one accompanied by a guided activity for you to try at home - to help you to understand the basics of art and design, including composition, color, line, shape, and perspective.

The Story of the Incredible Orchestra: An Introduction to Musical Instruments and the Symphony Orchestra

By: Koscielniak, Bruce

Price: $5.00

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers: April 2000

Seller ID: 269872

ISBN: 0395960525

Condition: Used - Very Good

Have you ever seen an orchestra perform? What are all those different instruments and how do they all play just the right note at just the right time? In this fact-filled and entertaining picture book, Bruce Koscielniak gives us a lively look at the history of the orchestra and all the instruments that make up this wonderful gathering of sound. From the "tooter, strings and beaters" of the 1600s to the keyboard synthesizers of today, this playful exploration follows the developments and trends of music and instruments over the past four hundred years.
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The Usborne Story of Painting: Cave Painting to Modern Art (Fine Art Series)

By: Anthea Peppin

Price: $2.98

Publisher: E.D.C. Publishing: July 1980

Seller ID: 104672

ISBN: 0860204413

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

-- Colorful introduction to the world of painting and music

-- Discusses ways of life of the old masters and great composers
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Vermeer's Secret World: Adventures in Art (Adventures in Art (Prestel))

By: Etienne, Vincent

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Prestel Pub: May 2008

Seller ID: 270566

ISBN: 3791339877

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Scenes of domestic life and luminous color make Vermeer's art both accessible and irresistible. Designed and written to appeal to young readers, this engaging introduction to the Dutch master encourages children to experience the charm and mystery of Vermeer's work. Large, vibrant reproductions allow for a close study of the fascinating details that make Vermeer's paintings so compelling and allow the colors for which he was so famous to leap off the page. While recent books and movies have brought Vermeer into the forefront of popular culture, this lively and informative book introduces the a...
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