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"Once again, Hervé Tullet brilliantly and successfully coaxes children to recognize and celebrate their innate artistic talent. He convinces each reader that their hand is magic and capable of transforming a few simple lines, squiggles, dots, and shapes into . . . well, pretty much anything they can imagine! A new Hervé picture book is always a cause for celebration. This is his first in seven years and a companion to Press Here, Mix It Up!, and...
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"Kayla and Mateo enjoy passing drawings of dinosaurs to each other across the clothesline that runs between their apartment windows, but when the clothesline is taken down, the two children must find a new way to keep their story--and friendship--going"-- Provided by publisher.
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While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.
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"Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In [this book kids will] make a computer key out of a banana and use popular software programs to code ... music, game characters, and more! Step-by-step photos bring each project to life."--Back cover.
9) Sam & Eva
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Sam does not want Eva to add to his drawing, but when the scene comes to life and gets out of control, she helps him escape.
10) Draw the line
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In this story without words, after two boys drawing their own lines realize they can connect them, a misstep creates a rift between them.
11) A squiggly story
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"A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter," his sister explains patiently. "Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy...
12) Return
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The lonely protagonist returns to her fantastical world for friendship and adventure, where only the most powerful motivations persuade her to return home.
14) Drawing animals
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"Easy to follow step-by-step instructions enable very young artists to create their own fantastic drawings. Controlling a crayon and making marks on paper help lay the foundations for practicing writing, building skills that make creativity fun" -- page 4 of cover.
15) Boats for Papa
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Buckley and his mother cope with the loss of their father/husband by sending small wooden boats, built by Buckley, off into the ocean.
17) My pen
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An artist celebrates the many things he can do with a simple pen, and encourages the reader to do the same.
19) Draw!
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In this wordless picture book, a boy who is confined to his room fills his sketch pad with lions and elephants, then imagines himself on a safari.
20) Louise loves art
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After drawing a picture of her cat, a young girl searches for the perfect place to hang her masterpiece.