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A young painter

the life and paintings of Wang Yani-- China's extraordinary young artist
  • Cheng, Chen-Sun
1991
Examines the life and works of the young Chinese girl who started painting animals at the age of three and in her teens became the youngest artist to have a one-person show at the Smithsonian Institution.

Michelangelo's world

  • Ventura, Piero
1988
Recounts the life of the famous sculptor, painter, poet, and architect who flourished during the Italian Renaissance.

Talking with artists

conversations with Victoria Chess, Pat Cummings, Leo and Diane Dillon, Richard Egielski, Lois Ehlert, Lisa Campbell Ernst, Tom Feelings, Steven Kellogg, Jerry Pinkney, Amy Schwartz, Lane Smith, Chris Van Allsburg, and David Wiesner
  • Cummings, Pat
1992
Fourteen distinguished picture book artists talk about their early art experiences, answer questions most frequently asked by children, and offer encouragement to those who would like to become artists.

Mousterpiece

  • Zalben, Jane Breskin
2012
Janson the mouse, who lives in a museum, becomes an acclaimed artist by copying the styles of paintings she sees there. Includes notes about the artists and works featured.

Georgia in Hawaii

when Georgia O'Keeffe painted what she pleased
  • Novesky, Amy
2012
In 1939, artist Georgia O'Keeffe creates nearly twenty paintings as she tours the Hawaiian islands, but refuses to paint pictures of pineapples the way her sponsors tell her to.

A carousel tale

  • Kleven, Elisa
2009
Given the responsibility of taking care of his favorite carousel dog's tail during the winter, Ernst, the young blue crocodile, finds, as time goes by, that he cannot resist his own artistic urges.

Drawing from memory

  • Say, Allen
2011
Caldecott medalist Allen Say chronicles his experiences as an artist during World War II, and describes his relationship with his mentor Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist.

City dog, country dog

adapted from an Aesop Fable
  • Crummel, Susan Stevens
2010
Two French dogs, Henri and Vincent, meet at art school and become good friends despite their differences.

The last best days of summer

  • Hobbs, Valerie
2010
During a summer visit, twelve-year-old Lucy must come to terms with both her grandmother's failing memory and how her mentally-challenged neighbor will impact her popularity when both enter the same middle school in the fall.

Bridget's beret

  • Lichtenheld, Tom
2010
When Bridget loses the beret that provides her with artistic inspiration like other great artists, she thinks she will never be able to draw again.

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