Edgar Degas
An excellent introduction to these celebrated artists and their work. Full colour pictures of actual paintings are enhanced by Venezia's clever illustrations and story line. Young readers will obta…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0516271725
- Collation
- 31 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists
- Call Number
- 927 DEG
Duke Ellington
Traces the life of the internationally acclaimed musician and composer who helped popularize jazz music
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0516445405
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration : 24 cm
- Series Title
- Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers
- Call Number
- 927 ELL
Restless spirit : the life and work of Dorothea Lange
More than fifty of the photographer's own duotone pictures accompany this chronicle of Lange's life and passion for photography, which took her from New York City to the West Coast, where she put f…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439381967
- Collation
- 122 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- 927 LAN
Promises to keep : how Jackie Robinson changed America
A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique perspective of a unique insider: his only daughter. Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439678757
- Collation
- 64 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 927 ROB
Inspirations : stories about women artists : Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, A…
This intriguing introduction to contemporary women artists features details on the life and work of four artists: Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, and Faith Ringgold. Sensitively written,…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0807536490
- Collation
- 49 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- 927 SIL
Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman
This award-winning true story of Black Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio and eventually went on to win three gold medals, is illustrated by Caldecott medal–winning artist…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780439880015
- Collation
- 48 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 927 KRU
The world is not a rectangle : a portrait of architect Zaha Hadid
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2017 Parents’ Choice Recommended Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adv…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781481446693
- Collation
- 56 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- 927 WIN
The big golden book of cavemen and other prehistoric people
More than 100,000 years ago, the first Homo Sapiens walked the Earth, a planet much different from the one we know today. In this beautifully illustrated book, Robert Bell's dramatic story takes th…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 030715856X
- Collation
- 59 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 930 BEL
Walt Whitman : words for America
The pioneering team that brought you Caldecott Honor Book The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins lends their vision, flair, and unique style to Walt Whitman--poet, American icon, Civil War hero. Did …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439738911
- Collation
- 56 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 928 WHI
Langston's train ride
Robert Burleigh's inspiring text captures the magical moment when Langston Hughes came to believe in himself as a writer, as he first wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." Clackety clack clack cla…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439738733
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration : 27 cm
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- Call Number
- 928 BUR
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