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"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--
4) Inkling
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"When an inkblot, who can write, listen, learn, and draw, jumps out of Mr. Rylance's sketchbook, Ethan believes he may be the answer to their problems and names him Inkling"--OCLC.
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"Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eighth grade at a new school--and her very first diary packed with hilarious stories and art. . . Nikki confesses all in her first diary ever: her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone, meeting her new soon-to-be BFFs Chloe and Zoey, falling for adorably sweet crush Brandon, dealing with her zany little sister Brianna's antics--and the immediate clashes with mean girl MacKenzie, who becomes Nikki's rival in a schoolwide...
7) Art dog
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When the Mona Woofa is stolen from the Dogopolis Museum of Art, a mysterious character who calls himself Art Dog tracks down and captures the thieves.
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Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.
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Seventh-graders Jin, Alexandra, and Elvin come from very different backgrounds and circumstances, but they all live in Harlem, and when Elvin's grandfather is attacked they band together to find out who is responsible--and the search leads them to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune, and into conflict with an ambitious politician who wants to turn Harlem into an historic amusement park.
12) Sky Color
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Features an audio read-along! The sky's no limit as the author-illustrator of The Dot and Ish winds up his Creatrilogy with a whimsical tale about seeing the world a new way. Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But how can Marisol make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her
...13) Violets are blue
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Twelve-year-old Wren, who is learning special effects makeup, is thrilled to be makeup artist for her new school's production of Wicked, but her parents' divorce is seriously affecting her mother.--
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The dragon lady Miss Drake is shocked when her new human pet, precocious Winnie, seems to believe that she--the dragon--is her pet. Miss Drake sets about showing Winnie that things are really the other way around--but then Winnie's sketches of San Francisco's fantastic, mysterious creatures come to life and escape into the city's streets.
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Querida Senorita Sabelotodo, Mi peor enemiga esta propagando chismes sobre mi... Socorro! Oh, no! El nombre de tu peor enemiga empieza por --Mac y termina en --Kenzie Entonces eres TU la que ME tiene que aconsejar! Tu amiga, SENORITA SABELOTODO (Tambien conocida como Nikki Maxwell, experta en ligues y otros asuntos de vital importancia para mis mejores amigas).
17) New kid
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
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Aqui esta tu entrada para ver a Nikki en directo. No te pierdas el tercer volumen de la serie --Diario de Nikki», el diario en el que Nikki le da vueltas a todo... El camino de Nikki hacia el estrellato: - Enfrentamiento con la diva de turno. - Bronca con sus mejores amigas. - Y... un grupo de apoyo para ayudar a la futura estrella. Justo cuando Nikki estaba empezando a acostumbrarse a la vida en su nuevo cole, la competicion de talento podria cambiarlo...
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Nikki Maxwell no se sorprende cuando descubre que el chico de sus suenos, Brandon, trabaja como voluntario en un refugio para animales del vecindario. El es un chico tan dulce, que por supuesto, no duda en ayudar a esos perritos adorables! Cuando Brandon le comenta que el refugio esta en peligro y que pueden cerrarlo, Nikki va a hacer todo lo posible para que eso no suceda. Asi que, junto a sus amigas, Chloe y Zoey, se apuntaran a la competicion de...
20) Masterpiece
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After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.