Art and Photography
Art and Photography > architecture
 Pantheon, The
Although few records survive to describe the construction of the Pantheon i...
| Author: Dutemple, Lesley |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Secrets of the Sphinx
Beautiful illustrations and extensive supplementary material accompany this...
| Author: Giblin, James Cross |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Street Through Time, A
From the Stone Age to the Modern Age, the same location is depicted on doub...
| Author: Millard, Anne |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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There Goes the Neighborhood
Ten buildings that caused controversy when erected are the subjects of this...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Art and Photography > art
Alphabet City
Although we recommend alphabet books rarely and only with great cautions th...
| Author: Johnson, Steven T. |
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Artist in Overalls
Born into a poor farming family in Iowa, Grant Wood struggled to study art ...
| Author: Duggleby, John |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Book of Rhythms, The
The chapters are essays by Langston Hughes on different aspects of rhythm. ...
| Author: Hughes, Langston |
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Boy Named Giotto, A
This exquisitely illustrated biography portrays the early years of the Ren...
| Author: Guarnieri, Paolo |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Catching the Fire
Philip Simmons, the great-grandson of slaves, became a revered artist and ...
| Author: Lyons, Mary |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Cathedral
This fascinating nonfiction book describes the construction of an imaginary...
| Author: Macaulay, David |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Dreamer, The
A tale or allegorical story in which an artist creates the earth, sky, wate...
| Author: Rylant, Cynthia |
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E. E. Cummings
This extensive biography of the American poet and artist, E. E. Cummings, a...
| Author: Reef, Catherine |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow
Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, t...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Family Farm
Two children learn that their family is in danger of losing its farm. They ...
| Author: Locker, Thomas |
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Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
This book is a partnership between African American artist, Michele Woods, ...
| Author: Igus, Toyomi |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Gold Rush, The
This 118-page pictorial history of the California gold rush includes fascin...
| Author: Ketchum, Liza |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Harriet Powers's Bible Quilts
This oversized paperback includes 24 photos of Powers' Bible quilts, a diff...
| Author: Perry, Regina |
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Hero and the Minotaur, The
This retelling of the Greek hero Theseus' journey to the island of Crete to...
| Author: Byrd, Robert |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Hero Beowulf, The
This prose retelling of the first part of the earliest poem in English (Ang...
| Author: Kimmel, Eric A. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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I Live in Music
Each line of Shange's poem is placed with one of Romare Bearden's paintings...
| Author: Shange, Ntozake |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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I Never Saw Another Butterfly
This book consists of poems and drawings done by children living in the Ter...
| Author: Volavkova, Hana (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Indian Winter, An
In 1833, a German prince and his servant and a Swiss artist traveled up the...
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Jazz ABZ
Each letter of the alphabet introduces a famous jazz musician in a differen...
| Author: Marsalis, Wynton |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Life Doesn't Frighten Me
In this single poem, Angelou celebrates courage to face internal and extern...
| Author: Angelou, Maya |
GED Descriptors:
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Looking at Paintings: Self-Portraits
Self-portraits of many noted artists are included. The accompanying text id...
| Author: Roalf, Peggy |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Lugalbanda
This retelling of the oldest recorded story ever found from Sumer (now Iraq...
| Author: Henderson, Kathy |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Michelangelo
Diane Stanley has added to her work another stunningly visual biography fil...
| Author: Stanley, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Mind's Eye
This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the...
| Author: Fleischman, Paul |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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My Heroes, My People
Portraits of native American, Africans, and people of mixed race--both imag...
| Author: Monceaux, Morgan & Katcher, Ruth |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Mysterious Thelonious
Chris Raschka has blended musical notes with glorious color to make the rea...
| Author: Raschka, Chris |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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New Year Be Coming!
Through beautiful colored woodcuts and rhythmic gullah dialect, this book d...
| Author: Boling, Katharine |
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Now Sheba Sings the Song
This book consists of one long poem and dozens of sketches of African-Ameri...
| Author: Angelou, Maya |
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Re-Zoom
This entertaining wordless picture book has illustrations that zoom in and ...
| Author: Banyai, Istvan |
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Rushmore
This long, beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Mount Ru...
| Author: Curlee, Lynn |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Snow Toward Evening
In this book 13 poets and the landscape painter Thomas Locker combine to in...
| Author: Frank, Josette (Editor) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Stone Lamp, The
This book of poems and accounts gives a personal and historical perspective...
| Author: Hesse, Karen |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence
This biography of the African American painter Jacob Lawrence, known for hi...
| Author: Duggleby, John |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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There Goes the Neighborhood
Ten buildings that caused controversy when erected are the subjects of this...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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This Land is My Land
By telling his own story in words and in art, Littlefield describes what it...
| Author: Littlechild, George |
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Tibet Through the Red Box
The author-illustrator returns to his father's home as an adult to learn th...
| Author: Sis, Peter |
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Tin Forest, The
An old man living in a wasteland of scrap metal dreams of a green forest fu...
| Author: Ward, Helen |
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To Every Thing There Is a Season
The extraordinarily beautiful art from different cultural and historic peri...
| Author: Dillon, Leo and Dianne |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Whales, The
Part poem and part science lesson, this easy-to-read picture book "celebrat...
| Author: Rylant, Cynthia |
GED Descriptors:
science | literature and arts
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Words with Wings
This riveting collection of paintings, prints, and sculpture by African-Ame...
| Author: Rochelle, Belinda ed. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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 All About Art
This site features famous artists, styles of art and great links to art onl...
| Author: Think Quest Competit... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Artcyclopedia
The best choices here are Art Links, the Top 30, and the Artist Search. Art...
| Author: Artcyclopedia, Inc.... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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National Gallery of Art - Online tours
The Collection Tours featured here are a great online resource. Visitors ca...
| Author: National Gallery of ... |
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Native American Indian Resources; Art, Culture, Education, History, Science
This site is rich with Native American content and includes myth and folk s...
| Author: Paula Giese, Minneap... |
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Paintings and Arts on Stamps
This site features stamps that have been made featuring classical artists. ...
| Author: Victor Manta, Swiss ... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists
After the War Was Over
In this charming book, Michael Foreman describes growing up in post-World W...
| Author: Foreman, Michael |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Artist in Overalls
Born into a poor farming family in Iowa, Grant Wood struggled to study art ...
| Author: Duggleby, John |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Chuck Close Up Close
This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiv...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Deep Blues
Bill Traylor, who worked as a farm laborer before and after the Civil War, ...
| Author: Lyons, Mary E. |
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Eyes of the Dragon
A Chinese magistrate commissions a famous painter of dragons to paint one o...
| Author: Leaf, Margaret |
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Georgia's Bones
A biography of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe's early years "celebrates her fa...
| Author: Bryant, Jen |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Harlem Stomp!
Subtitled "A cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance," this book has 10 ...
| Author: Hill, Laban Carrick |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
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Heart to Heart
Contemporary poets create poems in response to works of modern American art...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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I Have a Dream
The text of the "I Have a Dream" speech is accompanied by illustrations fro...
| Author: King, Dr. Martin Luter, Jr. |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Ingenious Mr. Peale, The
Charles Wilson Peale's life spanned the early years of the U.S. He was an ...
| Author: Wilson, Janet |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
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Looking at Paintings: Self-Portraits
Self-portraits of many noted artists are included. The accompanying text id...
| Author: Roalf, Peggy |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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My Name is Georgia
This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her ...
| Author: Winter, Jeanette |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Painting the Wind
This "is a beautiful story about holding on to perfect moments that only a ...
| Author: MacLachlan, Patricia & MacLachlan, Emily |
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Safari
Bateman, a famous nature artist, creates a pictorial safari of African wild...
| Author: Bateman, Robert |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Talking with Tebe
Editor Lyons collected these excerpts about Clementine Hunter, considered o...
| Author: Lyons, Mary E. (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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There Goes the Neighborhood
Ten buildings that caused controversy when erected are the subjects of this...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Tour America
The poet chooses to write about 26 favorite locations in the United States,...
| Author: Siebert, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
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Artcyclopedia
The best choices here are Art Links, the Top 30, and the Artist Search. Art...
| Author: Artcyclopedia, Inc.... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Breaking Racial Barriers - African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection
This site features original paintings from the Harmon collection titled, "P...
| Author: National Portrait Ga... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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National Gallery of Art - Online tours
The Collection Tours featured here are a great online resource. Visitors ca...
| Author: National Gallery of ... |
GED Descriptors:
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Paintings and Arts on Stamps
This site features stamps that have been made featuring classical artists. ...
| Author: Victor Manta, Swiss ... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Audubon, John James
Mill Grove
Nicely done site containing two major themes: John J. Audubon, His Life and...
| Author: Mill Gorve School an... |
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Basquiat, Jean Michel
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
In this single poem, Angelou celebrates courage to face internal and extern...
| Author: Angelou, Maya |
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Bearden, Romare
Block, The
This collection of Langston Hughes poems is complemented by the illustratio...
| Author: Hughes, Langston |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Drawing in the Sand, A
In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an art...
| Author: Butler, Jerry |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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I Live in Music
Each line of Shange's poem is placed with one of Romare Bearden's paintings...
| Author: Shange, Ntozake |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Romare Bearden
This biography of the multi-talented artist Romare Bearden is vibrantly ill...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Women of Hope
The author wrote essays on thirteen African American women to accompany pho...
| Author: Hansen, Joyce |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Bonnard, Pierre
Lives of the Artists
These are "unconventional biographies" of five artists: Rembrandt, Guardi, ...
| Author: Goffstein, M.B. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Callett, Elizabeth
Drawing in the Sand, A
In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an art...
| Author: Butler, Jerry |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Close, Chuck
Chuck Close Up Close
This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiv...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > da Vinci, Leonardo
Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world i...
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Genius of Leonard, The
Giacomo, a servant of Leonardo da Vinci, recounts the later life of the fam...
| Author: Visconti, Guido |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Leonardo Da Vinci
This biography of Da Vinci's life has beautiful illustrations in various Re...
| Author: Stanley, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
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Leonardo daVinci
This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific cu...
| Author: Krull, Kathleen |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Leonardo's Horse
Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but...
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Mona Lisa, The
Archival prints, photographs, reproductions, and illustrations introduce th...
| Author: Kalz, Jill |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Second Mrs. Gioconda
In this fictionalized story of real people, Salai, servant of Leonardo da V...
| Author: Konigsburg, E. L. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Stolen Smile, The
This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vi...
| Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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They Saw the Future
The author selects people throughout history who predicted the future. A b...
| Author: Krull, Kathleen |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Learning About Leonardo
This is a wonderful site featuring Leonardo da Vinci, his life and art. The...
| Author: Created for a Think ... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Giotto
Boy Named Giotto, A
This exquisitely illustrated biography portrays the early years of the Ren...
| Author: Guarnieri, Paolo |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Guardi, Gianantonio
Lives of the Artists
These are "unconventional biographies" of five artists: Rembrandt, Guardi, ...
| Author: Goffstein, M.B. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Kahlo, Frida
Art and Photography > art > artists > Lawrence, Jacob
Drawing in the Sand, A
In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an art...
| Author: Butler, Jerry |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Great Migration, The
This book consists of reprints of a series of sixty paintings, by Jacob Law...
| Author: Lawrence, Jacob |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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John Brown: One Man Against Slavery
This book tells the story of John Brown, White abolitionist and dissident, ...
| Author: Everett, Gwen |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence
This biography of the African American painter Jacob Lawrence, known for hi...
| Author: Duggleby, John |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Michaelangelo
Michelangelo
Diane Stanley has added to her work another stunningly visual biography fil...
| Author: Stanley, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Nevelson, Louise
Lives of the Artists
These are "unconventional biographies" of five artists: Rembrandt, Guardi, ...
| Author: Goffstein, M.B. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > O'Keefe, Georgia
Georgia's Bones
A biography of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe's early years "celebrates her fa...
| Author: Bryant, Jen |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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My Name is Georgia
This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her ...
| Author: Winter, Jeanette |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Sweet Smell of Roses, A
The book jacket says it all: "There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as tw...
| Author: Johnson, Angela |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Picasso, Pablo
Art and Photography > art > artists > Pippin, Horace
Drawing in the Sand, A
In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an art...
| Author: Butler, Jerry |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Starting Home
The full title of this book is Starting Home: The Story of Horace Pippi...
| Author: Lyons, Mary |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Pollock, Jackson
Action Jackson
Watercolors and text invite the reader to accompany Jackson Pollock as he c...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Ringgold, Faith
Drawing in the Sand, A
In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an art...
| Author: Butler, Jerry |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Van Gogh, Vincent
Lives of the Artists
These are "unconventional biographies" of five artists: Rembrandt, Guardi, ...
| Author: Goffstein, M.B. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Yellow House, The
During a brief few months of their productive artistic years, the painters ...
| Author: Rubin, Susan |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Vincent van Gogh Gallery
This site features links to van Gogh's paintings, drawing, water colors, le...
| Author: David Brooks... |
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Art and Photography > art > artists > van Rijn, Rembrandt
Lives of the Artists
These are "unconventional biographies" of five artists: Rembrandt, Guardi, ...
| Author: Goffstein, M.B. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Wood, Grant
Artist in Overalls
Born into a poor farming family in Iowa, Grant Wood struggled to study art ...
| Author: Duggleby, John |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Wyeth, Jamie
Year on Monhegan Island, A
Photojournalist Julia Dean chronicles a year in the life of residents of Mo...
| Author: Dean, Julia |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Art and Photography > art > artists > Wyeth, N.S.
N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims
The author researched the first years of the Pilgrims at Plymouth to create...
| Author: San Souci, Robert |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > basket weaving
Circle Unbroken
A young girl learns the tradition of making sweet grass baskets....
| Author: Raven, Margot |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > cartoons
Clan Apis
This is a graphic novel (a.k.a.comic book) about bees. Students will learn ...
| Author: Hosler, Jay |
GED Descriptors:
science
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In the Shadow of No Towers
Part personal reaction to 9/11 and part history of newspaper comics, this b...
| Author: Spiegelman, Art |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
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Interesting Athletes: Black American Sports Heroes
This is a collection of annotated newspaper cartoons about African American...
| Author: Lee, George |
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Art and Photography > art > collage
Actual Size
Accompanied by an easy-reading text, bright collages of insects, fish, and ...
| Author: Jenkins, Steve |
GED Descriptors:
science | math
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Animals in Flight
This is an excellent science picture book on flight of winged creatures wit...
| Author: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Black Cat
A black cat explores an urban neighborhood. The stunning illustrations are...
| Author: Myers, Christopher |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Block, The
This collection of Langston Hughes poems is complemented by the illustratio...
| Author: Hughes, Langston |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Coyote Makes Man
In this Native American creation myth, when coyote calls all the animals to...
| Author: Sage, James |
GED Descriptors:
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Drawing in the Sand, A
In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an art...
| Author: Butler, Jerry |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Duck's Breath and Mouse Pie: A Collection of Animal Superstitions
This is a collection of 17 superstitions about animals. Collage illustrati...
| Author: Jenkins, Steve |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Golem
Illustrated with beautiful cut-paper collages, the author/illustrator retel...
| Author: Wisniewski, David |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall
Part creation myth, part father/son initiation story, the book beautifully ...
| Author: Yerxa, Leo |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Rabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf, The
The three creatures of the title confront each other in this wordless book ...
| Author: Sara |
GED Descriptors:
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Rescued Images
The author contributes a moving and strikingly illustrated memoir of her ex...
| Author: Jacobsen, Ruth |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Romare Bearden
This biography of the multi-talented artist Romare Bearden is vibrantly ill...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Stone-Cutter, The
A man gets what he wishes for, but then oversteps his bounds because of his...
| Author: McDermott, Gerald |
GED Descriptors:
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This Is the Dream
Accessible poetry and vivid illustrations portray the dreams and accomplish...
| Author: Shore, Diane & Alexander, Jessica |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Top of the World, The
The author-illustrator employs paper collage to depict the many aspects of ...
| Author: Jenkins, Steve |
GED Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Uptown
Colorful collage and an easy-reading text belie a very sophisticated tour o...
| Author: Collier, Bryan |
GED Descriptors:
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Voices of the Heart
The author-illustrator creates stunning collages of Chinese characters and ...
| Author: Young, Ed |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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We The People
American history from Colonial times to the present is presented through 65...
| Author: Katz, Bobbi |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Where Once There Was a Wood
With beautiful paper pulp illustrations and rich, alliterative text, the au...
| Author: Fleming, Denise |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > creativity
Dreamer, The
A tale or allegorical story in which an artist creates the earth, sky, wate...
| Author: Rylant, Cynthia |
GED Descriptors:
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Hanimations
A continuation of Hanimals, this wordless book is a collection of ...
| Author: Mariotti, Mario |
GED Descriptors:
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Heart to Heart
Contemporary poets create poems in response to works of modern American art...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Humages
Like his previous book (Hanimals, also reviewed by the OLRC), thi...
| Author: Mariotti, M. |
GED Descriptors:
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Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life
This well-researched and tastefully honest biography recounts the long, pro...
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Mind's Eye
This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the...
| Author: Fleischman, Paul |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Mysterious Thelonious
Chris Raschka has blended musical notes with glorious color to make the rea...
| Author: Raschka, Chris |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytail
The cubist artist Picasso met his model Sylvette when he was in his 70's. ...
| Author: Anholt, Laurence |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Unlikely Pairs
Contrasting works of art are juxtaposed on facing pages to stimulate though...
| Author: Raczka, Bob |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Wonderful Towers of Watts, The
Throughout his life, Old Sam collects bits and pieces of glass, tiles, and ...
| Author: Zelver, Patricia |
GED Descriptors:
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Zoom
The pictures tell the story in this clever book. Perspective changes as ea...
| Author: Banyai, Istvan |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > cubism
Art and Photography > art > cut paper
Sundiata
With roots in the 13th Century history of Mali in West Central Africa, the ...
| Author: Wisniewski, David |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > dance
Day Before Christmas, The
Four years after the death of her mother, seven-year-old Allie goes with he...
| Author: Bunting, Eve |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Happy Feet
This very easy, lyrical text with gorgeous illustrations tells the story of...
| Author: Richard Michelson |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life
This well-researched and tastefully honest biography recounts the long, pro...
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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My Mama Had a Dancing Heart
In simple poetic language, a ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother w...
| Author: Gray, Libba Moore |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > drawing
Raft, The
A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother...
| Author: LaMarche, Jim |
GED Descriptors:
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Wall, The: Growing up behind the iron curtain
Author-illustrator Peter Sis documents his growing up in Czechoslovakia beh...
| Author: Sis, Peter |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts | writing
|
White Wave
Retold from ancient sources, this Chinese tale of a lonely peasant's discov...
| Author: Wolkstein, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Art and Photography > art > fashion design
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wo...
| Author: Beckerman, Ilene |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > folk art
Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde, The
The Anasazi, "the ancient ones" in Navajo, had a unique and well developed ...
| Author: Arnold, Caroline |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Catching the Fire
Philip Simmons, the great-grandson of slaves, became a revered artist and ...
| Author: Lyons, Mary |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Celebrate America in Poetry and Art
This is a collection of poetry (from more than 100 U.S. poets) and painting...
| Author: Panzer, Nora (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles
20 places or events in Los Angeles are briefly described. Each is accompani...
| Author: Jaskol, Julie & Lewis, Brian |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Deep Blues
Bill Traylor, who worked as a farm laborer before and after the Civil War, ...
| Author: Lyons, Mary E. |
GED Descriptors:
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Martin Luther King
Folk art paintings accompany this biography of Dr. King. A timeline of impo...
| Author: Bray, Rosemary |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Musicians of the Sun
This beautifully illustrated book of an Aztec myth of the beginning of the ...
| Author: McDermott, Gerald |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The
Margaret Rose Kane, 12 years old, escapes oppressive summer camp with the h...
| Author: Konigsburg, E. L. |
GED Descriptors:
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Talking with Tebe
Editor Lyons collected these excerpts about Clementine Hunter, considered o...
| Author: Lyons, Mary E. (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Wake Up Our Souls
Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approxim...
| Author: Bolden, Tonya |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Walking the Log
The author paints scenes and reminisces about her childhood in the turn of ...
| Author: Nickens, Bessie |
GED Descriptors:
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Wonderful Towers of Watts, The
Throughout his life, Old Sam collects bits and pieces of glass, tiles, and ...
| Author: Zelver, Patricia |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > folk art > Kente cloth
Kente Colors
A simple text and vibrant illustrations, which are organized by color, depi...
| Author: Chocolate, Debbi |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > folk art > quilts
Log Cabin Quilt, The
Elvirey, her brother, grandmother, and father move to a log cabin in the Mi...
| Author: Howard, Ellen |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Show Way
Simple text and stunning illustrations tell the intergenerational story of ...
| Author: Woodson, Jacqueline |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Stand for Children
Marian Wright Edelman delivered this speech at the Stand for Children demon...
| Author: Edelman, Marian Wright |
GED Descriptors:
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Based on a true incident, this story tells of a young slave girl's brainsto...
| Author: Hopkinson, Deborah |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Our Quilting History
This site features information on quilting history in America and includes ...
| Author: ... |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > graphic design
Ballpark
The book describes the work that goes on in a ballpark before and during a ...
| Author: Cooper, Elisha |
GED Descriptors:
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Big Talk
Three poems are presented graphically with four color-coded bars to represe...
| Author: Fleischman, Paul |
GED Descriptors:
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Black Potatoes
The causes and consequences of the Irish potato famine are examined, using ...
| Author: Bartoletti, Susan |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Give Me A Sign
This colorfully illustrated book explores the universality of the language ...
| Author: Samoyault, Tiphaine |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Art and Photography > art > graphic display
9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One
Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the Wor...
| Author: No author cited |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
In the guise of a tale about a jar, the father-son authors illustrate the a...
| Author: Anno, Mitsumasa and Anno, Masaichiro |
GED Descriptors:
math
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Book
This very simple and stunningly illustrated poem compares a book to a house...
| Author: Lyon, George Ella |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Art and Photography > art > landscape
Celebrate America in Poetry and Art
This is a collection of poetry (from more than 100 U.S. poets) and painting...
| Author: Panzer, Nora (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow
Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, t...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
I Dream of Trains
This is the story of an African-American boy who lives in the South before ...
| Author: Johnson, Angela |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Water Dance
Told in a first-person poetic narrative with illustrations that elicit emot...
| Author: Locker, Thomas |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Art and Photography > art > mixed media
Wake Up Our Souls
Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approxim...
| Author: Bolden, Tonya |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Art and Photography > art > modern art
Heart to Heart
Contemporary poets create poems in response to works of modern American art...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
My Name is Georgia
This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her ...
| Author: Winter, Jeanette |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Art and Photography > art > mosaics
Saint Valentine
This biography of Saint Valentine describes the life of the physician and s...
| Author: Sabuda, Robert |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Art and Photography > art > museums
Stolen Smile, The
This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vi...
| Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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There Goes the Neighborhood
Ten buildings that caused controversy when erected are the subjects of this...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
You Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum
While a girl and her grandmother view works of art at the Metropolitan Muse...
| Author: Weitzman, Jacqueline |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Art and Photography > art > painting
Action Jackson
Watercolors and text invite the reader to accompany Jackson Pollock as he c...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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All I See
Shy Charlie admires the painter Gregory's work from afar. The child and ad...
| Author: Rylant, Cynthia |
GED Descriptors:
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Black Cat
A black cat explores an urban neighborhood. The stunning illustrations are...
| Author: Myers, Christopher |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Blues Singers, The
The author tells his granddaughter about the origin of blues in America thr...
| Author: Lester, Julius |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Celebrate America in Poetry and Art
This is a collection of poetry (from more than 100 U.S. poets) and painting...
| Author: Panzer, Nora (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Chuck Close Up Close
This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiv...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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City by Numbers
This is a wordless book containing photographs of numerals in the context o...
| Author: Johnson, Stephen T. |
GED Descriptors:
math
|
Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow
Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, t...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
First Impressions: Andrew Wyeth
This biography of Andrew Wyeth is the result of a friendship between the ar...
| Author: Meryman, Richard |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Georgia's Bones
A biography of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe's early years "celebrates her fa...
| Author: Bryant, Jen |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Ghost Train
Choon-yi is a painter. Her father leaves China for North America to find wo...
| Author: Yee, Paul |
GED Descriptors:
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Heart to Heart
Contemporary poets create poems in response to works of modern American art...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Ingenious Mr. Peale, The
Charles Wilson Peale's life spanned the early years of the U.S. He was an ...
| Author: Wilson, Janet |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
|
Kamishibai Man
The award-winning author/illustrator introduces the reader to the street st...
| Author: Say, Allen |
GED Descriptors:
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Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The
This book is a wonderfully retold version of the classic story by Washingto...
| Author: Irving, Washington |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
|
Michelangelo
Diane Stanley has added to her work another stunningly visual biography fil...
| Author: Stanley, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
|
Mona Lisa, The
Archival prints, photographs, reproductions, and illustrations introduce th...
| Author: Kalz, Jill |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The
This lively, clear, prose retelling of
Shakespeare's play Romeo and J...
| Author: Early, Margaret |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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My Dream of Martin Luther King
The author tells the story of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a drea...
| Author: Ringgold, Faith |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
|
My Name is Georgia
This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her ...
| Author: Winter, Jeanette |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Second Mrs. Gioconda
In this fictionalized story of real people, Salai, servant of Leonardo da V...
| Author: Konigsburg, E. L. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Skytree
The 14 paintings of a tree in various seasons and weather are accompanied b...
| Author: Locker, Thomas |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Starting Home
The full title of this book is Starting Home: The Story of Horace Pippi...
| Author: Lyons, Mary |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence
This biography of the African American painter Jacob Lawrence, known for hi...
| Author: Duggleby, John |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Toussaint L'Ouverture
The author wrote the biography of Haiti's hero, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who ...
| Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Tree Is Older Than You Are, The
In the introduction to this bilingual anthology of Mexican poems, stories, ...
| Author: Nye, Naomi (comp.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Unlikely Pairs
Contrasting works of art are juxtaposed on facing pages to stimulate though...
| Author: Raczka, Bob |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Wake Up Our Souls
Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approxim...
| Author: Bolden, Tonya |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Walking the Log
The author paints scenes and reminisces about her childhood in the turn of ...
| Author: Nickens, Bessie |
GED Descriptors:
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Water Dance
Told in a first-person poetic narrative with illustrations that elicit emot...
| Author: Locker, Thomas |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Women of the Bible
Each of these seventeen stories of courageous women from both the Old and N...
| Author: Armstrong, Carole |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Yellow House, The
During a brief few months of their productive artistic years, the painters ...
| Author: Rubin, Susan |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
All About Art
This site features famous artists, styles of art and great links to art onl...
| Author: Think Quest Competit... |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Art and Photography > art > painting > trompe l'oeil
Artistic Trickery
An engaging and thorough explanation of trompe l'oeil art and how it works....
| Author: Capek, Michael |
GED Descriptors:
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Art and Photography > art > perspective
Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The
The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk bet...
| Author: Gerstein, Mordicai |
GED Descriptors:
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Metropolis
This book provides a detailed look at 10 cities, from 11th century Jerusale...
| Author: Lorenz, Albert |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Art and Photography > art > prehistoric
Art and Photography > art > print making
Swan Song
The poet and artist collaborated to create poetic, humorous post-mortems fo...
| Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Art and Photography > art > sculpture
Leonardo's Horse
Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but...
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Michelangelo
Diane Stanley has added to her work another stunningly visual biography fil...
| Author: Stanley, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
|
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The
Margaret Rose Kane, 12 years old, escapes oppressive summer camp with the h...
| Author: Konigsburg, E. L. |
GED Descriptors:
|
Rushmore
This long, beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Mount Ru...
| Author: Curlee, Lynn |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Second Mrs. Gioconda
In this fictionalized story of real people, Salai, servant of Leonardo da V...
| Author: Konigsburg, E. L. |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Secrets of the Sphinx
Beautiful illustrations and extensive supplementary material accompany this...
| Author: Giblin, James Cross |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Wonderful Towers of Watts, The
Throughout his life, Old Sam collects bits and pieces of glass, tiles, and ...
| Author: Zelver, Patricia |
GED Descriptors:
|
Art and Photography > art > symbolism
Blues Journey
Father and son team up to celebrate the blues in beautiful illustrations an...
| Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
GED Descriptors:
|
Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts
"Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal acc...
| Author: Colman, Penny |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Flag Maker, The
This is the story of the flag that prompted Francis Scott Key to write The ...
| Author: Bartoletti, Susan |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
This book is a partnership between African American artist, Michele Woods, ...
| Author: Igus, Toyomi |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
|
Home of the Brave
In a dream-like story and illustrations, Allen Say captures the infamy, dis...
| Author: Say, Allen |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Mysterious Thelonious
Chris Raschka has blended musical notes with glorious color to make the rea...
| Author: Raschka, Chris |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Rabbits, The
A myth/allegory about rabbits who take over a country and destroy the envir...
| Author: Marsden, John |
GED Descriptors:
|
There Goes the Neighborhood
Ten buildings that caused controversy when erected are the subjects of this...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Art and Photography > movies
 Is That Movie OK?
General format
Students will use comprehension reading strategies to interpret text and ch...
| Author: Tawna A. Eubanks |
GED Descriptors:
Language Arts Reading
|
Art and Photography > photography
Across America on an Emigrant Train
This nonfiction account of Robert Louis Stevenson's train trip from New Yor...
| Author: Murphy, Jim |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
All Around Town
Columbia, South Carolina of the 1920's and 1930's is chronicled by photogra...
| Author: Johnson, Dinah |
GED Descriptors:
|
American Safari, An
Award-winning wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg shows and tells the sto...
| Author: Brandenburg, Jim |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary
This nonfiction reference book is filled with photographs and details about...
| Author: Verhoeven, Rian & van der Rol, Ruud |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Beneath Blue Waters
The authors guide readers on a tour of the mysterious creatures who live in...
| Author: Kovacs, Deborah and Madin, Kate |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Berenice Abbott, Photographer
The biography's subtitle "An Independent Vision" suggests the creativity, i...
| Author: Sullivan, George |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Brain, The
Utilizing computerized color photography, the author describes and illustra...
| Author: Simon, Seymour |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Bread, Bread, Bread
The photos and very easy text show/tell of people eating bread all over the...
| Author: Morris, Ann |
GED Descriptors:
|
Brown Angels: An Album of Picture and Verse
This book is a collection of very short poems and photographs of African-Am...
| Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Catching the Fire
Philip Simmons, the great-grandson of slaves, became a revered artist and ...
| Author: Lyons, Mary |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Celebrate America in Poetry and Art
This is a collection of poetry (from more than 100 U.S. poets) and painting...
| Author: Panzer, Nora (Ed.) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Children of the Dust Bowl
The book recounts the migration of the "Okies" during the Great Depression ...
| Author: Stanley, Jerry |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Children We Remember, The
Archive photographs and a simple text tell the story of the Nazis' attempt ...
| Author: Abells, Chana |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Christmas Tree Farm
Photos accompany this simple text about the activities that take place thro...
| Author: Jordan, Sandra |
GED Descriptors:
|
Civil War
Illustrations include photographs, posters, and paintings from the archives...
| Author: Sandler, Martin |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Coast to Coast with Alice
A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed ...
| Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Counting on the Woods
Using a counting book format, the author combines rhymes with lovely color ...
| Author: Lyon, George Ella |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Dots, Spots, Speckles, and Stripes
Bright color photographs reveal dots, spots, speckles, and stripes on faces...
| Author: Hoban, Tara |
GED Descriptors:
|
Drop of Water, A
Beautiful magnified photographs and clear, direct text describe different s...
| Author: Wick, Walter |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Earth, The Elements
The author illustrates different elements and places on earth with clear si...
| Author: Robbins, Ken |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost-Was Found
Author Robert Ballard led the expedition to find and explore the Titanic. ...
| Author: Ballard, Robert |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | math
|
Eye of the Storm
A storm chaser discusses the techniques, dangers, and difficulties of photo...
| Author: Kramer, Stephan |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Fire in Their Eyes
Color photographs and lively text follow a group of special wildfire firefi...
| Author: Biel, Karen |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Flotsam
This wordless picture book tells the story of a young boy who finds a very ...
| Author: Weisner, David |
GED Descriptors:
|
Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 granted a company in California the right ...
| Author: Blumberg, Rhoda |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Garden
The cycle of gardens and the role of the gardener are presented by color ph...
| Author: Maass, Robert |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Ghost Towns
Color photographs and colorful text describe many ghost towns in the Americ...
| Author: Bial, Raymond |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Hanimations
A continuation of Hanimals, this wordless book is a collection of ...
| Author: Mariotti, Mario |
GED Descriptors:
|
Harvest Year
This book offers a month-by-month presentation of the regional harvesting o...
| Author: Peterson, Cris |
GED Descriptors:
|
House, House
In the late 1800's, the How brothers took photographs of houses in Hatfield...
| Author: Yolen, Jane |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Houses and Homes
A fascinating photographic collection of houses in different world cultures...
| Author: Morris, Ann |
GED Descriptors:
|
Humages
Like his previous book (Hanimals, also reviewed by the OLRC), thi...
| Author: Mariotti, M. |
GED Descriptors:
|
Inventors
This book shows the evolution of various inventions, using photographs and ...
| Author: Sandler, Martin W. |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | science
|
Journey
Journey, an eleven-year-old boy whose Mom has left him and his sister to li...
| Author: MacLachlan, Patricia |
GED Descriptors:
|
Journey of the Red Wolf
The author-photographer traces the red wolf from near extinction in 1971 to...
| Author: Smith, Roland |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Journey, The
The text tells the history of the Japanese in America. The photographs dep...
| Author: Hamanaka, Sheila |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Kids At Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
This book tells the story of Lewis Hine, a teacher and photographer who bec...
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Light Shining through the Mist
Lush color photographs and text tell the story of how Dian Fossey studied t...
| Author: Matthews, Tom |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Mist over the Mountains
Memorable photographs and well-written text depict the history and present ...
| Author: Bial, Raymond |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
My Secret Camera
As a young man in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, Mendel Grossman, secretly took...
| Author: Smith, Frank Dabba |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Now Is Your Time! the African-American Stuggle for Freedom
The subtitle of this book is The African-American Struggle for Freedom. The...
| Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
On the Go
A simple text and photographs from around the world tell how people move an...
| Author: Morris, Ann |
GED Descriptors:
|
Once Upon Ice
The author and 16 other poets respond in a variety of poetic forms to beaut...
| Author: Yolen, Jane |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Our House
Based on her research and interviews, the author tells fictional stories o...
| Author: Conrad, Pam |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Out of the Dump: Writings and Photogrpahs by Children from Guatemala
Approximately 1500 people, most children, live in a dump at the center of G...
| Author: Franklin, Kristine, & McGirr, Nancy (Eds.) |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Over the Top of the World
The main text is a diary of explorer Will Steger's expedition (1994) from R...
| Author: Steger, Will |
GED Descriptors:
science | social studies
|
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo
Subtitled "An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea," this is the st...
| Author: Montgomery, Sy |
GED Descriptors:
science | social studies
|
Safari Beneath the Sea
Chapters entitled "Far Out Fish" and "Mind-Boggling Mammals" etc. are illus...
| Author: Swanson, Diane |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
The photographs and very simple text document the types and function of sho...
| Author: Morris, Ann |
GED Descriptors:
|
Snowflake Bentley
This is a biography of Wilson Bentley, a scientist who photographed thousan...
| Author: Martin, Jacqueline Briggs |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Snowflakes in Photographs
Nearly all of this book consists of pictures of snowflakes and frost, taken...
| Author: Bentley, W.A. |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Something Permanent
Walker Evans' photographs of southern United States during the Depression y...
| Author: Rylant, Cynthia |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
|
Sorrow's Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of ZN Hurston
Part of the Great Achievers series, this book chronicles the life and writi...
| Author: Lyons, Mary E. |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
|
Star Walk
Simon explains in the introduction that the excerpts of famous poems select...
| Author: Simon, Seymour |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Steam, Steel, and Stars
In 1955, the photographer O.W. Link captured the last steam railroad on it...
| Author: Link, O. W. and Hensley, F. |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
|
Summer of Fire: Yellowstone 1988
This book chronicles the 1988 fire at Yellowstone National Park and the fir...
| Author: Lauber, Patricia |
GED Descriptors:
science
|
Surtsey
This lovely book describes the formation of a new volcanic island. Each ch...
| Author: Lasky, Kathryn |
GED Descriptors:
science | literature and arts
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Team Moon
This fact-filled book commemorates the achievement of 400,00 people of "tea...
| Author: Thimmesh, Catherine |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Toning the Sweep
Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola ...
| Author: Johnson, Angela |
GED Descriptors:
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Wake Up Our Souls
Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approxim...
| Author: Bolden, Tonya |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Weather Sky, The
The author uses labeled photographs, charts of weather fronts and graphs to...
| Author: McMillan, Bruce |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | math
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Weddings
The book explores weddings around the world through photographs and simple ...
| Author: Morris, Ann |
GED Descriptors:
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Welcome to the World
This poetry book also includes stunning photos from all over the world, fro...
| Author: Siegen-Smith, Nikki (compiled by) |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Wildfires
Interesting text and stunning photographs tell what happens with wildfires ...
| Author: Simon, Seymour |
GED Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Winter Across America
Part of a series on the seasons, Winter Across America is loosely ...
| Author: Simon, Seymour |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Women of Hope
The author wrote essays on thirteen African American women to accompany pho...
| Author: Hansen, Joyce |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, The
Original photographs by the Wright brothers complement their story. This i...
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Year on Monhegan Island, A
Photojournalist Julia Dean chronicles a year in the life of residents of Mo...
| Author: Dean, Julia |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Art and Photography > photography > photographs
Black Cat
A black cat explores an urban neighborhood. The stunning illustrations are...
| Author: Myers, Christopher |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Cool Drink of Water, A
Colorful photographs and simple text present people around the world obtain...
| Author: Kerley, Barbara |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Flotsam
This wordless picture book tells the story of a young boy who finds a very ...
| Author: Weisner, David |
GED Descriptors:
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One More River to Cross
This is a photographic chronicle of African American life. The text is very...
| Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Pledge of Allegiance, The
This book illustrates the phrases in the Pledge of Allegiance with photogra...
| Author: No author cited |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Stone Bench in an Empty Park
This is a concise introduction to classic and modern haiku poetry with love...
| Author: Paul B. Janeczko |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts | writing
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Voice That Challenged a Nation, The
A detailed biography of Marian Anderson, an exceedingly talented woman who ...
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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War Game
Based on true events, this book tells about a group of boys who go to fight...
| Author: Foreman, Michael |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Where the Action Was
These somewhat uneven memoirs chronicle the experiences of women journalist...
| Author: Colman, Penny |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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World According to Dog, The
This is a charming collection of the author's poems and short essays about ...
| Author: Sidman, Joyce |
GED Descriptors:
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Wright Sister, The,
Often portrayed through letters, this biography, of Katherine Wright, the ...
| Author: Maurer, Richard |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Picture This
General format
Students will create a descriptive paragraph using a personal photograph as...
| Author: Jackie Hamlett |
GED Descriptors:
Language Arts Writing
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Art and Photography > visionary
Art and Photography > visionary > Black Elk
They Saw the Future
The author selects people throughout history who predicted the future. A b...
| Author: Krull, Kathleen |
GED Descriptors:
social studies
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Social Science
Social Science > sociology
Social Science > sociology > women
Social Science > sociology > women > artists
Berenice Abbott, Photographer
The biography's subtitle "An Independent Vision" suggests the creativity, i...
| Author: Sullivan, George |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Clara Schumann
This biography chronicles the life of Clara Schumann, child prodigy and wif...
| Author: Reich, Susan |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life
This well-researched and tastefully honest biography recounts the long, pro...
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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My Name is Georgia
This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her ...
| Author: Winter, Jeanette |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Work
Work > type
Work > type > artist
Circle Unbroken
A young girl learns the tradition of making sweet grass baskets....
| Author: Raven, Margot |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow
Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, t...
| Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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Leonardo daVinci
This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific cu...
| Author: Krull, Kathleen |
GED Descriptors:
science
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Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence
This biography of the African American painter Jacob Lawrence, known for hi...
| Author: Duggleby, John |
GED Descriptors:
literature and arts
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