I taught my Horse to bend but he taught me how to fall
by Marry Jones
A pioneer girl sees pieces of her life sewn into the quilts she, her sister, and her mother make.
Be inspired by the beauty and magnetism of van Gogh’s paintings. A boy finds his way out of van Gogh’s Sunflowers and is fascinated by light. He discovers how warm she is and how much joy she brings. He wants that too. He goes Chasing the Sun in a mesmerizing journey that will take him through the artist’s most famous works. An ode to the light and an introduction to Vincent van Gogh's paintings for young and old art lovers ages 5 years and up.
Doodle Dog, a talented artist, comes to the rescue of his less artistic friends.
Meg is a brilliant and creative boxitect. She loves impressing her teacher and classmates with what she makes out of boxes. But there’s a new kid at Maker School: Simone. Simone is good at everything, and worst of all, she’s a boxitect too. When the annual Maker Match is held, Meg and Simone are paired as a team but can’t seem to stop arguing. When their extraordinary project turns into a huge disaster, they must find a way to join creative forces, lift each other up, and work together.
A buzzy fly and a mischievous kitten make a mess on the farm in this contemporary twist on a classic rhyme. This is the fly that buzzed on by over the house that Zack built . . . Readers in the know may recognize Zack and his trusty dog, Rufus, from Alison Murray’s Hickory Dickory Dog. Now Zack is enjoying a day on the farm, building an amazing house with his blocks. But nearby, a wandering fly has attracted the attention of an inquisitive and determined feline. Stalking and chasing through...
Georgia is a creative girl from a family of artists who wants to be a scientist. She decides she has to create her own unique experiment to truly be a great scientist (the way her family are all great artists). She rebukes her family's advice, thinking science and art have to be mutually exclusive, but after many failed attempts at recreating experiments, she comes to realize that science can be a work of art.
Follow a colorful blob of modeling dough as it forms a ball, rolls into a snake, coils into a pot, and more in this adorable board book! In this charming story, children can learn the simple lesson that change is a constant--and they can learn it through art and play! The straightforward narrative paired with quirky visual humor makes this the perfect board book for budding creative kids.
- Sci-fi author Mike Resnick has won more awards than Ray Bradbury or Isaac Asimov - Leonardo da Vinci, star of the best-selling The Da Vinci Code, is hot - Time travel, adventure, humor--Lady with an Alien is an Art Encounters tour de force! Lady with an Ermine, Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of a patron's mistress holding the symbol of her lover's family, is perhaps his most beautiful painting. But...is that what ermines really look like? Mike Resnick, the author of Hugo Award winners Kirinyaga...
Senior year is over, and Lucy has the perfect way to celebrate: tonight, she's going to find Shadow, the mysterious graffiti artist whose work appears all over the city. He's out there somewhere—spraying color, spraying birds and blue sky on the night—and Lucy knows a guy who paints like Shadow is someone she could fall for. Really fall for. Instead, Lucy's stuck at a party with Ed, the guy she's managed to avoid since the most awkward date of her life. But when Ed tells her he knows where to fi...
Maybe Something Beautiful (Eng + Esp)
by F Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell
Kodansha International is thrilled to introduce an adorable Miffy plush toy in combination with her most popular storybook, Miffy.Miffy is a loveable bunny that has delighted children worldwide for forty-five years. Dick Bruna's books have enchanted millions of young readers of forty languages. Now for the first time in the United States, the introductory Miffy story is being paired with a plush toy that is sure to charm the scores of existing devotees and to win the hearts of new readers.
When her teacher announces an upcoming in-school Vision Screening, Carla hopes she WILL need glasses and Buster hopes he WON'T. In eager anticipation, Carla - who loves to be unique - wears a different pair of handmade frames each day, crafted from tin foil, pipe cleaners, cardboard, and glitter. To both Carla's and Buster's dismay, the screening reveals that the only one who needs glasses is Buster. Carla hopes to cheer up her friend, accompanying him to the eye doctor to help him choose frames...
Mandalas are a reflection of life and when we color mandalas, skills and talents we didn’t think we had rise to the surface. We develop a special and unique sensitivity to Mother Nature. We perceive everything with a new and growing intensity. In short, the satisfaction we feel is enormous.
Beat the grey with this imaginative abstract exploration of two polar colours. What happens when Black meets White? It tickles! It makes polka dots...which become checks, which become stripes and wiggles and - well, you'll see! This marvellous conceptual adventure will delight young children beginning to understand colour. Stylish and modern in design.