shadow pictures

Provides instructions for making a variety of hand shadows and includes related verses.

Inspired by hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, an African-American artist explores the politics of race, slavery, and gender through a series of images from the South, with examples of her work justaposed with historical artworks.

Jamie's lonely life with his aunt and uncle in rural West Virginia changes when Grandpa comes to visit and teaches him to make shadow pictures.

The clever Holly Go Lolly, now orphaned, lures the evil parent-eating ogre Ooboo into the make-believe forest she has created with hand shadows.

While visiting the county fair, a brother and sister are enthralled by a shadow puppet show presentation of "Beauty and the Beast" in which all the shadows are made by one man.

Photographs of shadow images of swans, camels, Napoleon, witches, and other figures together with photographs showing how the images are formed using hands and fingers.

The fun of making shadowgraphs is reprinted from the original edition, first published in 1927.

Explains what shadows are and how they are formed, and tells how to make a sundial and a shadow show.