Rosenstock, Barb

An expressive picture-book biography of Marc Chagall, one of the world's most renowned artists.

A picture book biography of artist and painter Marc Chagall.

"Documents the story of how artist Nek Chand, in the aftermath of the partition of India in 1947, created the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, using stockpiled castoff construction materials and debris, as a tribute to the village of his youth"--OCLC.

A picture book biography of painter Vincent van Gogh.

A biographical account of engineer Otis Barton and naturalist Will Beebe's record-setting descent into the deep ocean in their Bathysphere craft, making the men the first humans to witness deep sea creatures in their natural habitat.

Describes how Van Gogh's insomnia, possibly a symptom of mental or phyical illness, allowed him to view the night sky while everyone else was asleep and influenced how he saw the world around him.

Describes how Wassily Kandinsky's creative life was profoundly shaped by a neurological condition called synesthesia which caused him to experienced colors as sounds and sounds as colors.

A freethinker from a young age, eleven-year-old Benjamin Franklin created his first invention--swim fins--at a time when swimming was rare and considered unhealthy. Includes a time line of Benjamin Franklin's life.

Presents a picture book biography of Russian painter Vasily Kandinsky and how his first paint box ever given to him got him started on his prolific art career.

Describes how Dorothea Lange knew she wanted to become a photographer at an early age and pursued her dream as she focused her lens on the previously unseen victims of the Great Depression.