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Art. Patrick McDonnell Patrick McDonnell (born March 17, 1956) is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts. He has also illustrated Russell Baker's Sunday Observer column in the New York Times magazine and created the monthly comic strip Bad Baby for Parents magazine. . New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, NY." Little, Brown &Co., 2006. Illus ILLUS Illustration
ILLUS Illustrate
., hardcover, 48 pp., $14.99.

Patrick McDonnell enjoys playing with words as much as with "dots" and "scribbles" and "a billion bright stars" in this colorful book about art, a young boy who tries his hand at all kinds of art. We see Art holding a loaded brush as he races from one page to the next, producing a dazzling spectrum of colors not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed.

See also: Color
 and designs. Suitable for all ages, this simple but lively text celebrates art and creates a character so vivacious that we can't help joining in the fun.
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Title Annotation:Children's Book Briefs
Author:Marantz, Ken
Publication:School Arts
Article Type:Book review
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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