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Action Jackson |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra | Illustrator: Parker, Robert Andrew |
| Title: Action Jackson | Date: 2002 |
| Publisher: Roaring Book Press | City: Brookfield, CT |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-7613-1682-5 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction | |
GED Descriptor(s): literature and arts |
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Summary: |
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| Watercolors and text invite the reader to accompany Jackson Pollock as he creates his famous 1950 action painting, "Lavender Mist." A biography and bibliography expand information about the artist. | |
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| Learners may want to look at the steps of the creative process. What are the steps? What is the sequence? Teachers may want to use the book in a text set of books about artists that should include Artist in Overalls, Deep Blues, Andrew Wyeth, Starting Home, Walking the Log, and Chuck Close Up Close. How did they become artists? What barriers did they overcome? How do they come up with their ideas? What do they like to create? What inspires them? How is Pollock's work different from "traditional art?" Learners who are especially interested in Pollock's art can learn more from researching on the Internet. | |
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