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2) Art & Max
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English
Description
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.
3) Frida
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English
Description
Illustrations and simple text help chronicle the life of artist Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo, discussing how she learned to paint, how painting saved her life, and why her paintings are so unique.
4) Frida Kahlo
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Language
English
Description
A brief illustrated biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
5) Frida Kahlo
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Language
English
Description
Highlights the life, career, and legacy of artist Frida Kahlo. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and photographs.
6) Viva Frida
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Español
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Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Women's History Month
Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Women's History Month
Description
Via spare text, examines Kahlo's creative process.
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English
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Edward Hopper s monster lurks outside the nighthawks diner. James Whistler s monster rocks in her chair. Monsters invade masterpieces by Dorthea Tanning, Paul Cezanne, M.C. Escher, Jean Michel Basquiat, Giuseppe Archimboldo, Rene Magritte, Henri Rousseau, Franz Kline, Frida Kahlo, Bob Thompson, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Thomas Hart Benton, and Helen Frankenthaler.
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English
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As a boy, John James Audubon loved to watch birds. In 1804, at the age of eighteen, he moved from his home in France to Pennsylvania. There he took a particular interest in peewee flycatchers. While observing these birds, John James became determined to answer a pair of two-thousand-year-old questions: Where do small birds go in the winter, and do they return to the same nest in the spring?
11) Georges Seurat
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Language
English
Description
Through images and brief text, presents an overview of the life and work of French painter Georges Seurat.
13) The starry night
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Language
English
Description
Vincent Van Gogh befriends a young boy in New York City in this picture book fantasy about art and creativity.
16) Grandma Moses
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English
Description
A brief biography of Anna Mary Robertson, the artist who was known as Grandma Moses, describing the inspiration behind and development of her paintings.
17) Vincent van Gogh
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Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the troubled nineteenth-century artist and looks at his major works.
18) Paul Cezanne
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Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and work of Paul Cezanne, discussing his early years, life in Paris, and development as a painter.