5 artistic geniuses.Invite kids to meet some creative greats with these brand-new biographies. Piano Starts Here By Robert Andrew Parker Andrew Parker may refer to:
Arthur Tatum, Tatum , who was born with poor vision but an ear for music. Your students will be drawn to make their own melodies after reading this pitch-perfect biography. Grades 1-4. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Frida By Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. T. Bernier-Grand. $18.99. This latest attempt at making Frida Kahlo's difficult life accessible to kids succeeds with a series of powerful poems. Each is more moving than the next. Grades 3-6. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jazz on a Saturday Night By Leo and Diane Dillon Leo and Diane Dillon are a prolific American husband and wife team of illustrators. Leo was raised in Brooklyn, and Diane in the Los Angeles area. They met at the Parsons School of Design in NYC in 1953, some time after Diane moved from California to New York. . $16.99. The legendary picture-book duo delivers a foot-stomping, finger-tapping celebration of jazz, filled with swinging rhymes and tributes to musicians such as John Coltrane “Coltrane” redirects here. For other uses, see Coltrane (disambiguation). John William Coltrane (September 23 1926 – July 17 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. and Thelonius Monk. Grades K-3. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Celebration By Leonard S. Marcus. $19.95. A valuable addition to your study of picture-book authors, Marcus covers the illustrious careers of seven award-winning authors, including Robert McCloskey and Maurice Sendak. Grades 2-6. Delicious By Susan Goldman Rubin. $15.95. Thiebaud may not be on your art history radar, but this gorgeous book evokes instant appreciation for the American painter, who created mouthwatering mouth·wa·ter·ing or mouth-wa·ter·ing adj. Appealing to the sense of taste; appetizing: the mouthwatering aroma of a baking pie. masterpieces depicting cupcakes, gumballs, candy apples, and more. Grades 3-6. |
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