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1) The shadows
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 1
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.
3) One boy
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A boy creates ten paintings in this counting book that also explores the relationship of words within words.
4) Art and Max
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2010
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.
5) Willow
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
In art class, neatness, conformity, and imitation are encouraged, but when Willow brings imagination and creativity to her projects, even straight-laced Miss Hawthorn is influenced.
7) Horse
Author
Language
English
Description
"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.
14) Virginia Wolf
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When her sister succumbs to a mood that makes the whole family feel topsy-turvy, Vanessa paints a wonderful imaginary place--a beautiful garden complete with a ladder and a swing--in a story loosely based on the writer Virginia Woolf and her artist sister, Vanessa Bell.
18) Celebrity cat
Author
Publisher
F. Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
During Cats' Visiting Night at the art museum, cats tour the masterpieces, but Felissima, disappointed at the lack of cats in the art, remedies the situation using her unique artistic skills, in a story with reworkings of famous paintings, shown alongside the originals.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Following her mother's tragic death, seventeen-year-old Sarah takes on the role of caretaker to her grieving father and younger brother, which leaves little time and emotional energy for a relationship, but when a school project helps her rediscover her love of art, her perspective shifts.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
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