Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud |
Publication Information
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Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
Illustrator: |
Title: Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud |
Date: 2007 |
Publisher: Chronicle Books |
City: San Francisco, CA |
ISBN, paperback: 978-0-8118-5168-8 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
literature and arts
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Summary: |
Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, especially cakes. Readers can learn a lot about art and how artists think in this small book. |
Teaching Ideas: |
To begin, teachers may want to ask students to comment on one Thiebaud painting, what they see, and what sense they make of it. The teacher may want to read aloud a few pages while the students listen and sketch. There will be plenty to discuss and to agree or disagree with here. As an exercise in descriptive writing, readers could choose a favorite painting and recreate it in words for classmates in turn ask them to recognize the painting from the description. Because Wayne Thiebaud continued to set goals for himself despite the lack of training, lack of an audience, and finally despite success, readers might discuss these goals and how he addressed them. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Agree? Disagree? Why?
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
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Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Sketch to Stretch
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
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