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Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tired of painting the same old Easter eggs, Henri the rabbit decides that as an artist he needs to create something different and takes his inspiration from various periods of art history.
82) Me, Frida
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Artist Frida Kahlo finds her own voice and style when her famous husband, Diego Rivera, is commissioned to paint a mural in San Francisco, California, in the 1930s and she finds herself exploring the city on her own.
84) The lake
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The tale of a young woman who moves to Tokyo after the death of her mother, hoping to get over her grief and start a career as a graphic artist.
85) Bitter
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus but her friends aren't willing to settle for a world that's so far away from what...
Author
Series
Westcott novel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Camille Westcott, who has been declared illegitimate and without a title, moves to Bath to teach at an orphanage, where she meets artist Joel Cunningham, for whom she feels a mutual contempt until things take a passionate turn.
87) The apprentice
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Working as an artist's apprentice in Renaissance Florence, thirteen-year-old Arduino makes a discovery which may cost him the chance to become a painter.
88) Louie!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Louie the pig loves to draw but it gets him thrown out of every school he attends, so he goes to live with his aunt and uncle who help him realize he has a wonderful talent. Loosely based on the life of Ludwig Bemelmans.
89) Art & Max
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Though she lives in the shadow of her legendary landscape photographer father, and is the mother of a painter whose career is about to take off, Claire has carved out a practical existence as a commercial photographer. Her pictures may not be the stuff of genius, but they've paid for a good life. But when her father dies, Claire loses faith in the work she has devoted her life to--and worse, begins to feel jealous of her daughter's success. Then,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
When his ex-wife has a car accident, architect Jack McGill leaves his job and latest girlfriend to fly to her bedside in Carmel, California. Finding her in a prolonged coma, he moves into her home to look after two resentful daughters.
93) The Wish House
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
An invitation to an art exhibit sets off memories in a now grown-up Richard of the pivotal summer of 1976 when, as a lonely and naive fifteen-year-old vacationing in South Wales, he comes under the enthralling influence of the artistic, uninhibited, sometimes cruel, and ultimately tragic Dalton family.
95) Gugu's house
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kukamba loves helping her grandmother decorate her mud home in a dusty Zimbabwe village, but when the annual rains partially destroy all her art work, Kukamba learns to see the goodness of the rains.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While living in France in 1892, Charlotte, a young American girl, writes a journal of her experiences including those among the impressionist painters at the artist colony of Giverny. Includes profiles of artists who appear in the journal and a glossary of French words.
98) The masterpiece
Author
Language
English
Description
Struggling to make a home for herself and her five-month-old son Samuel, Grace Moore accepts a position as a personal assistant to Roman Velasco, a temperamental but successful artist.
"A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want--money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman's past seem to echo through the halls of...
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