Theme: artist

Drawing from Memory

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist DRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say’s own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn’t understand his son’s artistic [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Biography, Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Paris in the Spring with Picasso

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

This book describes how some of Paris’s famous artists and writers, such as Pablo Picasso, Max Jacob, and Guillaume Appollinaire, spend their day before preparing to attend a party at Gertrude Stein’s apartment.

Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

This picture book is about two huge supporters of modern art and literature, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
Gertrude is Gertrudeis Gertrudeis Gertrude.And Alice is Alice.And Gertrude and Alice are Gertrude and Alice.And you are welcome to join them for tea. But beware, for there you will find a bear in a chair, just barely scary. And [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Master Swordsman & the Magic Doorway: Two Legends from Ancient China

By Book Importer | Published: February 17, 2011

In two original stories set in ancient China, Little Chiu masters the sword and Mu Chi escapes death through his marvelous painting.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Short Stories » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

A Gift from Childhood:Memories of an African Boyhood

By Book Importer | Published: February 2, 2011

Baba Wagué is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tradition. He is most unhappy about this at first, but under his grandmother’s patient and wise tutelage he comes to love his close-knit village community. He [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Awards, Biography, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mali, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » 2 Comments

Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single-span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But Leonardo da Vinci thought of all these ideas more than five hundred years ago! At once an artist, inventor, engineer, [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Italy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

As a child, Josef Albers loved to watch his handyman father paint houses.When Josef grew up and became an artist, he reduced each image to its simplest shapes, breaking it down into blocks of color. He made an incredible discovery: he could alter the entire mood of a painting just by changing the way he [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Running Man

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

For a long time, fourteen-year-old Joseph has wondered about old Tom Leyton, his reclusive next-door neighbor. Gossip and rumors suggest that something terrible happened to Tom in the past. Then Joseph is asked to draw Tom for a school art project, and that means Joseph has the opportunity to uncover the truth about [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Gugu’s House

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Kukamba loves to visit her grandmother, Gugu. Though the village where Gugu lives is dry and dusty, her house is big and sprawling and unlike any other. The courtyard and walls are decorated with beautiful paintings and clay animals, all made by Gugu herself. Best of all, when Kukamba visits, she gets to help shape [...]

Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Zimbabwe » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Carpe Diem

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

16-year-old overachiever Vassar Spore, daughter of overachiever parents, who in true overachiever fashion named her after an elite women’s college. Vassar expects her sophomore summer to include AP and AAP (Advanced Advanced Placement) classes. Enter a world-traveling relative who sends her plans into a tailspin when she blackmails Vassar’s parents into forcing their only child [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment