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Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art.

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Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art.

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This picturebook is based on the true story of Tyree Guyton, an artist who is determined to "paint the world" or in his case his entire East Side Detroit Neighborhood. Guyton creates paintings on old buildings and houses, and collects colorful garbage and displays it as art.

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Magic Trash has 124 ratings and 27 reviews. Linda said: Tyree grew up in a poor Detroit neighborhood, messing around with trash, creating his own toys an...

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The Noisy Paint Box: Colors and sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock. 

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The Noisy Paint Box: Colors and sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock. 

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This picture book tells the story of abstract artist's Vasya Kandinsky's childhood. Kandinsky was a "proper Russian boy" until his Auntie gave him an art box. As Kandinsky explored the many colors of the art box, he discovered that he had the ability to hear the colors as he painted them on his page. His "proper" Russian family did not appreciate Kandinsky's art, making it difficult for him to pursue a career as an artist.

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A Caldecott Honor Book Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes,...

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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown

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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown

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Inside La Casa Azul, a bright blue house on Londres Street in the city of Coyoacán, lives Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón and her animal friends. This picture tells the story of the life of Frida Kahlo, and her passion for art and animals.

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Children's Book Review: Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown, illus. by John Parra. NorthSouth, $17.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4269-4

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Brown uses the pets and animals in Frida Kahlo's life-spider monkeys, a parrot, and a fawn, among others-to emphasize aspects of her personality as she developed into an artist: "Frida's turkeys were

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This picturebook is about Jackson Pollock an abstract artist. The picturebook vividly describes the unique way Jackson creates art in his garage.

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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Joint Author, Robert Andrew Parker, Illustrator , illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Millbrook/Roaring Brook $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-1682-4

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Nicknamed "Action Jackson" for his kinetic style, abstract artist Jackson Pollack takes the spotlight in this outstanding picture book biography. Collaborators Greenberg and Jordan ( Chuck Close: Up Close) frame their account around a significant period in Pollack's life in 1950, when he created Number 1, 1950 (also called Lavender Mist), one of his most famous paintings. Readers follow Pollack into his barn studio, watch over his shoulder as he lays the canvas on the floor and begins to work-all the while learning about his early life and influences ("Like the Native American sand painters he saw as a boy out West, he moves around the canvas coaxing the paint into loops and curves"). Weaving in quotes from Pollack himself and such child-friendly details as the artist's pets (including a tame crow named Caw Caw), the authors craft an imaginative account grounded in solid research and enlivened with lyrical prose ("He swoops and leaps like a dancer, paint trailing from a brush that doesn't touch the canvas"). Parker ( To Fly, reviewed below) suggests the artist's graceful motion with the barest of penstrokes; in one spread, Pollock's body curves across both pages as he paints. Whether capturing the intensity of the creative process and the artist's unique choreography or the spare vistas of sea and sky near the artist's Long Island home, Parker's impressionistic pen-and-watercolor illustrations pay homage to the painter's sweep of line and color ("energy and motion made visible," to quote Pollack). An extensive afterword offers notes and sources, as well as photos of Pollack at work and quotes from his friends and colleagues. Ages 6-10. (Aug.)

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Children's Book Review: ACTION JACKSON by Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Joint Author, Robert Andrew Parker, Illustrator , illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Millbrook/Roaring Brook $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-1682-4

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Jan Greenberg, Author, Sandra Jane Jordan, Joint Author, Robert Andrew Parker, Illustrator , illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Millbrook/Roaring Brook $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-1682-4 More By and About This Author Nicknamed "Action Jackson" for his kinetic style, abstract artist Jackson Pollack takes the spotlight in this outstanding picture book biography.

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Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story About Vincent Van Gogh by Laurence Anholt

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Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story About Vincent Van Gogh by Laurence Anholt

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This picturebook is about a young boy named Camille meeting Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh is described as a very strange man with strange paintings. In this story, as well as real life, Van Gogh was not socially accepted and his art was not appreciated. The story ends with Van Gogh finally getting the recognition he deserved for his art.

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"Where Camille lived, the sunflowers grew so high they looked like real suns. . .One day a strange man arrived in Camille's town. He had a straw hat and a yellow beard." So begins this fascinating tale of Camille, a little boy who is the son of a small-town postman.

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A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by Henry Cole

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A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by Henry Cole

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This novel tells the story of a mouse who watches John James Audubon, a naturalist who paints pictures of birds and habitats struggle to make art. Joesph, his assistant carries around the mouse in his pocket. This story is about friendship and the search for home.

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A nest for Celeste : a story about art, inspiration, and the meaning of home

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Primarily known as a picture-book artist, Cole now offers a chapter book that devotes only a little more space to text than to illustrations. Celeste, a kindly little mouse, lives below the dining-room floorboards in a rural Louisiana home.

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This realistic fiction children's picturebook tells the story of a young girl who struggles to identify her favorite song for a school project. She explores her towns culture center with her father and her friend Cecilia. Kenya and Cecilia listen to music from many different counties such as Cuba, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Kenya loves all of the different music but none of them are her favorite. With her father in the park, they listen to the songs of different people; teenagers, a couple, and grandparents. She realizes music is all around her. Her father who plays Jazz music, helps Kenya discover her favorite song.

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KENYA'S SONG by Linda Trice , Pamela Johnson | Kirkus Reviews

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Kenya's homework assignment is to share her favorite song with her class. Can she find the perfect one?

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The Shoe Bird by Eudora Welty, musically retold by Samuel Jones. 

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The Shoe Bird by Eudora Welty, musically retold by Samuel Jones. 

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This fictional story is about a parrot in a shoe store who talks to other birds about shoes. Samuel Jones retells this audiobook and incorporates a symphony of sounds for each of the characters in the book. It is amazing to hear the symphony for each of the characters talking.

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Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

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Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

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Dispite his grandmothers wishes, Mckinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy, pursued a career in blues. Muddy grew up as a sharecropper in Mississippi, and moved to Chicago to play his blues music. This picture book tells the story of a struggling musician who's name eventually became known across our globe.

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Michael Mahin, illus. by Evan Turk. Atheneum, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4349-4

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Born McKinley Morganfield, the boy who would become guitarist Muddy Waters embraced the blues from an early age, even if the grandmother who raised him didn't approve: "Last I checked, you can't eat the blues for breakfast." Debut author Mahin's dialogue is invented, but it paints a vivid picture of Waters's determination to make it as a blues musician, eventually leaving his sharecropping life in Mississippi for Chicago. Like Waters's music after landing in the Windy City, Turk's artwork is electric-wild strokes of marker and oil pastel vibrate with energy. And Mahin's equally vivid writing will almost certainly send readers after Waters's catalogue: "It felt honest and raw. It felt real. It felt like the past and the future and the country and the city all rolled into one." Ages 4-8. Author's agent: Minju Chang, Bookstop Literary. Illustrator's agent: Brenda Bowen, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (Sept.)

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Children's Book Review: Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin, illus. by Evan Turk. Atheneum, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4349-4

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Michael Mahin, illus. by Evan Turk. Atheneum, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4349-4 More By and About This Author Born McKinley Morganfield, the boy who would become guitarist Muddy Waters embraced the blues from an early age, even if the grandmother who raised him didn't approve: "Last I checked, you can't eat the blues for breakfast."

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Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews

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Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews

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Troy Andrews creates an autobiography picture book about his childhood and his accomplishments. Andrews, known as Trombone Shorty, grew up in New Orleans in a neighborhood called Tremé, a neighborhood where people didn't have a lot of money. One day Trombone Shorty's life would change when played broken beat up trombone in the crowd of Bo Diddley's concert.

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A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner
Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Along with esteemed illustrator Bryan Collier, Andrews has created a lively picture book autobiography about how he followed his dream of becoming a musician, despite the odds, until he reached international stardom. Trombone Shorty is a celebration of the rich cultural history of New Orleans and the power of music.

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A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leadin

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This picturebook is about the incredible mind of Johann Sebastian, better known as Bach. The music Bach creates is described through colors and patterns. The illustrations in this book give children the ability to "see" Bach's music.

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For Johann Sebastian there was always music. His family had been musicians, or bachs as they were called in Germany, for 200 years. He al...

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Ella the Queen of Jazz by Helen Hancocks

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Ella the Queen of Jazz by Helen Hancocks

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In this picturebook Hancocks tells the story of Ella Fitzgerald, "Queen of Jazz." This story touches upon sensitive topics about race and inequality, but tells the inspirational story of friendship, courage, and a musician becoming a star.

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Children's Book Review: Ella Queen of Jazz by Helen Hancocks. Frances Lincoln, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-84780-918-6

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Despite the title, Hancocks's story largely revolves around the friendship that developed between Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. Touring the U.S. with her band, Fitzgerald was denied the opportun

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Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah Hopkinson 

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Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah Hopkinson 

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This picturebook tells the story of a female writer, Jane Austen, who grew up in the early 1800's. This story tells Austen's childhood, and her struggle to be accepted as a female author. Her first few books did not even list an author, but rather said, "written by a woman." This book shows a very strong female, who changes the world for herself.

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Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Qin Leng. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-237330-4

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Writing in a warm-humored, matter-of-fact tone, Hopkinson traces Jane Austen's path from a curious and shy childhood into a quiet adulthood as a practiced and determined author. Hopkinson clearly emphasizes how Austen's work was, in many respects, revolutionary, despite the "simple life" she led: "Jane went her own way, inventing a new kind of story about real people, and sisters (like Cassandra and herself), who longed to follow their dreams." Leng's watercolors combine light, blushing shades of color with delicate ink outlines, bringing a fitting lightness to the story of a writer who wanted readers to "recognize (and laugh at) themselves" in her books. It's a charming account of pride and persistence that concludes by wondering "if Jane would be surprised to learn that her books are still read and loved by people all over the world? Maybe. Then again, maybe not." Ages 4-8. Author's agent: Steven Malk, Writers House. Illustrator's agency: Shannon Associates. (Jan.)

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Children's Book Review: Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen: The Story of Six Novels, Three Notebooks, a Writing Box, and One Clever Girl by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Qin Leng. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-237330-4

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Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by Qin Leng. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-237330-4 More By and About This Author Writing in a warm-humored, matter-of-fact tone, Hopkinson traces Jane Austen's path from a curious and shy childhood into a quiet adulthood as a practiced and determined author.

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The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter 

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The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter 

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Jeanette Winter writes an inspirational biography about the life of Zaha Hadid, an architect from Baghdad, Iraq. This story shares the adversity Hadid overcame to be a female Muslim Architect. The illustrations show the incredible buildings Hadid designed all over the world.

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The World Is Not a Rectangle by Jeanette Winter - A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2017 Parents' Choice Recommended Get to know Zaha Hadid in this...

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Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

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Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

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This picturebook tells the story of Louis Braille and his idea to create a method of reading for the blind. This biography tells Brailles childhood and the hard work and long hours he dedicated to his discovery of Braille.

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"An inspiring look at a child inventor whose drive and intelligence changed to world-for the blind and sighted alike." -"Although many Braille biographies stress his disability, Bryant's title subtly emphasizes his creativity and celebrates him as an inventor, making this an excellent addition for STEM collections. Illustrations in Kulikov's signature style, light-hearted with a touch of tartness, deftly toggle between sun-washed scenes in which the world views Louis and blackened scenes in which Louis recreates the world he sees in his mind."- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

"Bryant's sensitive first-person narration draws readers intimately close to Braille's experiences, and an author's note and q&a add further depth to a stirring portrait of innovation and determination." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The focus on Braille as one of the world's great inventors is apt, and by taking a close look at his childhood, his family, and his experiences as a young person, Bryant makes Braille's story even more powerful." - School Library Journal, starred review

"Bryant's portrayal captures Louis's intelligence, determination, and tenacious desire for access to the written word. As Bryant states, "The name Braille deserves to be on everyone's list of great inventors," and this book ably demonstrates why."- The Horn Book Magazine

"Readers will be floored by the sheer tenacity of Louis Braille." - Shelf Awareness

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"An inspiring look at a child inventor whose drive and intelligence changed to world-for the blind and sighted alike." -"Although many Braille biographies stress his disability, Bryant's title subtly emphasizes his creativity and celebrates him as an inventor, making this an excellent addition for STEM collections.

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark 

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark 

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This picturebook tells the biography of Ada Byron Lovelace, a female inventor growing up in the early 1800's. This beautifully illustrated story allows children to experience a different type of creativity, the art of inventing

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Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine

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Read 170 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativit...

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This biography is about Thomas Alva Edison, and tells the story about his ambition to become an inventor. Similar to many other artists who were not understood, Edison was kicked out of school because he was hard of hearing. Tutored by his mother, Edison worked very hard at pursing his career as an inventor. Edison set up laboratories in train-cars, and offices and was always experimenting on the job.

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Young Thomas Edison by Michael Dooling | Scholastic

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Beautiful illustrations and clear text tell the story of Thomas Alva Edison's childhood and how the nearly deaf inventor gave the world such luxuries as motion

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Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews

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Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews

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This picturebook tells the story of Coco Chanel who grew up in the early 1900's. Coco created her own line of fashion that was not at first appreciated. Her style was very different from the corsets that women were wearing during that time. This book about perseverance and determination is beautifully written and illustrated by Elizabeth Matthews.

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Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews | Scholastic

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Coco Chanel was not like anyone else. This rags to riches story will inspire all to dare to dream and be different.

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Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape by J. Patrick Lewis

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Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape by J. Patrick Lewis

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This story is a collection of poems that take the shape of what they are about. It is a very creative way of sharing poetry and can help inspire children to create their own poems that take shape.

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A collection of poems each of which appears on the page in the shape of its subject so that the poem looks like whatever it's about.

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This picturebook is very unique because when the reader reaches the end of the book the book can be flipped upside down to complete the story. New images appear as the story is read upside down in reverse.

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Round Trip - Ann Jonas - Hardcover

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This picturebook is a creative story about a bunny who continuously claims that his box is something incredible. It highlights the wonder of a child's creative mind.

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A box is just a box...unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.

Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real -when the imagination takes over inside a cardboard box, and through play, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

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This picturebook is all about exploring colors. Incredible visuals are used to show the reader the magic of mixing colors.

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Accept Hervé Tullet's irresistible invitation to mix it up in a dazzling adventure of whimsy and wonder. Follow the artist's simple instructions, and suddenly colors appear, mix, splatter, and vanish in a world powered only by the reader's imagination.

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Make it! Don't Throw it Away- Create Something Amazing! 

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This book is a great tool that can be used to teach children how they can creatively turn their recycled materials into art. This instructional book can inspire children to create their own unique works of art.

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Make It! has 36 ratings and 12 reviews. Anna said: A neat book about craftcycling, upcycling - call it what you want, and I don't mind it's a trendy topi...

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This picturebook is a realistic fiction book about a child who thinks she can't draw. He teacher encourages her to make a mark on her page. She creates a dot which leads to a collection of paintings made up of dots.

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The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds | Scholastic

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Vashti is convinced that she cannot draw. Luckily, her art teacher finds a way to coax Vashti into discovering that she can. It all begins when Vashti jabs a do

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Here is a video of Muddy Water's playing his song Got My Mojo Workin'. This will give children a visual to who Muddy Waters is and allow children to hear the music he created.

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Here is a video of Bach's music. This would be great to play in the background while reading the story Becoming Bach. It would help children feel the music as well as see the music Bach created.

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This is a video to a different kind of music similar to some of the musicians children read about. This video allows children to hear free improvisation jazz music. This music is very different and not always understood, as musicians just make up their music as they play with one another.

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Free improvisation: still the ultimate in underground music?

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This video tours the Helderberg project where Tyree Guyton turned his neighborhood into a work of art. This video provides children with a visual to Guyton's artwork.

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This is one of Zaha Hadid's structures she created.

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Al Wakrah Stadium © Zaha Hadid Architects

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This video is an inspirational abstract artist who is only nine years old.

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9-Year-Old Abstract Painter Opens Solo Show in Famed Museum

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This video is of an incredible 9 year old piano player. The video shows his talking about how he feels when he makes his music.

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This video is another video that gives a different perspective on Tyree Guyton's project. This video has Guyton himself discussing his work.

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Cool Hunting Video: The Heidelberg Project

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There's plenty to see in Detroit, MI right now. With a wide array of new businesses reinvigorating the economy and an influx of creatives, some may overlook aspects of the cultural and artistic history in the city. One of those is The Heidelberg Project, a large-scale art project started 28 years ago on Detroit's East Side by artist Tyree Guyton. Starting with a single abandoned home, Guyton decorated and beautified the neglected building, and has grown his ever-evolving project to now encompass a significant swathe of the neighborhood. Despite losing several works to arson, Guyton continues his daily routine; involving locals in the process while creating a truly special place for visitors to experience his visceral work.

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This is a song by Trombone Shorty from one of his recent albums released in 2017.

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To help children visualize how abstract art can be created, this video shows an artist using different homemade creations to help move paint.

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These Abstract Paintings Are Unbelievably Satisfying

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This video shows an abstract artist using a rolling pin to move art.

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How to Create Abstract Art | In the Studio with Steven Sabados | CBC Life

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This young girl uses a variety of utensils to move paint.

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Aelita  Andre - Prodigy of Color Exhibition in New York City

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This abstract artist uses water to help move paint. Her art is called fluid painting.

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This young boy uses a spatula to move his paint to create abstract art.

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Abstract painting by 6 years old kid / Smallest abstract artist/Aarav Patel/Acrylics/Demo

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Since children are learning about art I thought one great way children could experience art is through process based learning. Children will be given links to many videos of children and adults creating abstract art. I will also encourage students to find their own videos of abstract art being created. Usually an abstract artists has a unique way of moving paint, whether it's rolling pins and saran wrap, pom pom's, spatulas, swinging paint, moving paint with water, or a paint brush. Children will select a method they find inspiring, or create their own method and make their own abstract painting in their art class, or of course in the classroom in necessary. Children will then name their art project and write about the experience they had making art. Such questions will be considered by children: Why did you select the colors you choose? How did you choose to move paint? How do you feel when you look at your painting? This can be adhered to younger grades by having them create recordings of their experiences to their artwork. The children's art work can even be displayed for other students to respond to.

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Using Glogster children will create a collection of art by an artist of their choosing. On their Glogster children will create new titles for the pictures or art they choose to display. This project can be adhered to an older group of writers by having them research and write a small paragraph about the life their artist lived.

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Children will be given a list of local "appropriate" musicians in their town or surroundings towns. Children will select a musician who's music they like. Children will write a letter to the musician about how their music makes them feel and what they like about the music.

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First, children as a class will discuss the principles of Molly Bang's Picture of design by looking at her book or watching a video. Then within groups children will listen to a song by one of the musicians discussed. Children will create a picture using shapes and colors to represent the song that they heard. Then they will share it to their groups. The groups could then be mixed up so that members of a different groups are sharing with each other.

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This is a video that shows children their age creating inventions of their own.

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11 Kid Inventors Break Down Their Greatest Inventions | The New Yorker

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Using Bloxels Edu children can design and create their own video game. Bloxels is a kid friendly app and game board that uses coding and pixels to create games. Children would need to be creative in their ability to design and program their video game. Children will then write about their experience.

This activity is based on the schools resources. Some type of tablet or iPad would need to be available for this activity.

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Log in to the EDU Hub to use Bloxels with your students.

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After reading the book, The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter students will, in groups, respond to the book. Children will be given discussion questions about their feelings and the adversity Hadid had to overcome. Students will then view the supplemental text which shows one of Hadid's buildings. Students will then on paper design their own building like Hadid's to develop respect for her work. Children will then, in groups, create a book trailer about The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid being sure to talk about her creations as well as adversities she experienced.

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Using the book Doodle Dandies by J. Patrick Lewis, students will pick a person, place, or thing and create a poem. Then students will make their poems take shape!

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After reading The Dot by Peter H. Reinolds, Mix it Up! by Herve Tullet, Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, and Round Trip by Ann Jonas students will discuss what make these books creative stories. Then children will have the option to either design their own creative story or make their own story using story bird. Children will use themes from art, music, and innovational creativity to design their stories. Stories will then be shared with their classmates.

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Using the book Magic Trash by J. H. Shapiro and Make It! by Jane Hull students will collect recycled materials to create artwork that they read in the book Make It! Students will also be given the option to search for their own recycled project. Then students can create posters to hang in their school including photos of their recycled art, as well as photos of Guyton's recycled art. Children's posters will discuss the importance of recycling and provide ways that garbage can be turned into useful or beautiful art.