Theme: artist

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 this man [...]

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

Fartiste

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Across the world there are many an artist – But none so outrageous as Joe, the Fartiste.The Fartiste doesn’t sing, he doesn’t dance, and he doesn’t act. But that doesn’t stop him from taking the stage at Paris’s famed Moulin Rouge, where he performs his much-loved act for celebrities and royalty with the funniest talent [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Early Years (ages 2-6), France, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Last Snow of Winter

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

The great sculptor Gaston Pompicard creates a snow sculpture for his friends the children, and then later he receives a similar gift from them during the last snow of winter.

Descriptors: Europe, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Comments closed