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 After the War Was Over
In this charming book, Michael Foreman describes growing up in post-World W...
| Author: Foreman, Michael |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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science
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Talking with Tebe
Editor Lyons collected these excerpts about Clementine Hunter, considered o...
| Author: Lyons, Mary E. (Ed.) |
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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 |
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social studies
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Tour America
The poet chooses to write about 26 favorite locations in the United States,...
| Author: Siebert, Diane |
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 Artcyclopedia
The best choices here are Art Links, the Top 30, and the Artist Search. Art...
| Author: Artcyclopedia, Inc.... |
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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... |
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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 ... |
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Paintings and Arts on Stamps
This site features stamps that have been made featuring classical artists. ...
| Author: Victor Manta, Swiss ... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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literature and arts
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Romare Bearden
This biography of the multi-talented artist Romare Bearden is vibrantly ill...
| Author: Greenberg, Jan |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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social studies | literature and arts
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Leonardo daVinci
This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific cu...
| Author: Krull, Kathleen |
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science
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Leonardo's Horse
Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but...
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
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literature and arts
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Mona Lisa, The
Archival prints, photographs, reproductions, and illustrations introduce th...
| Author: Kalz, Jill |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 ... |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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social studies | literature and arts
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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 |
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literature and arts
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Clara Schumann
This biography chronicles the life of Clara Schumann, child prodigy and wif...
| Author: Reich, Susan |
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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 |
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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 |
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literature and arts
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