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Funny bones: Posada and his Day of the Dead calaveras
Par Duncan Tonatiuh. 2015
Describes the life and work of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852-1913). Known for his engravings of calaveras--skulls with…
skeletons depicted as performing common and festive activities--Posada's creations have become popular and synonymous with Mexico's Day of the Dead festival. Sibert Award. For grades 3-6. 2015This strange wilderness: the life and art of John James Audubon
Par Nancy Plain. 2015
Details the life of John James Audubon (1785-1851), an artist and naturalist, who set about documenting in both words and…
images the birds of North America, culminating in his masterpiece, The Birds of America. For senior high and older readers. 2016Randolph Caldecott: the man who could not stop drawing
Par Leonard S. Marcus, Randolph Caldecott. 2013
Biography of notable artist Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886), considered by many to be the father of the modern picture book and…
the namesake for the literary award medal for illustrators. Marcus discusses his popularity and unique animated art style. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2013A splash of red: the life and art of Horace Pippin
Par Jen Bryant, Jennifer Bryant, Melissa Sweet. 2013
Biography of self-taught African American folk artist Horace Pippin (1888-1946). Describes Pippin's childhood in Pennsylvania and New York, the combat…
injury that threatened to end his career, his struggle to learn to paint again, and the widespread fame he achieved. Schneider Family Award. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2013Hanging off Jefferson's nose: growing up on Mount Rushmore
Par Sally Wern Comport, Tina Nichols Coury. 2012
Mary Cassatt: extraordinary impressionist painter
Par Gabi Swiatkowska, Barbara Herkert. 2015
Artist Mary Cassatt received much rejection for just being a girl. Then, a group of painters know for breaking all…
of the rules, the impressionists, accepted her work. Now, she is looked at as one of the movement's great artists. For grades 2-4Frida
Par Jonah Winter, Ana Juan. 2002
Just behave, Pablo Picasso!
Par Jonah Winter, Kevin Hawkes. 2012
Pablo Picasso may have been a world-famous artist, but that doesn't mean no one ever called his artwork "ugly." Any…
kid who's been told what to draw, or heard mean things about something they made, will relate to this story about how Pablo faced down his critics and made something truly original. Ages 3 to 8, for grades K-3. 2012Diego
Par Jonah Winter, Jeanette Winter. 1991
This story of Diego Rivera, the greatest muralist of Mexico--and of the world--shows how his passion for painting and love…
for his country combined to make a powerful art celebrating the Mexican people. Told in Spanish and English. For grades 2-4. 1991Mary Nohl: a lifetime in art (Badger Biographies Ser.)
Par Barbara Manger, Janine Smith. 2013
Vinnie and Abraham
Par Catherine Stock, Dawn FitzGerald. 2007
The mad potter: George E. Ohr, eccentric genius
Par Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan. 2013
Illustrated with evocative historical photographs and over fifty color reproductions of his ceramics, The Mad Potter tells the extraordinary story…
of an eccentric American maverick who was determined to make his mark and who never stopped believing that even the unlikeliest dreams can come true. For grades 5-8Leonardo da Vinci: Giants of Science #1 (Giants of Science)
Par Kathleen Krull, Boris Kulikov. 2005
Biography of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) explores his lifelong curiosity and desire to investigate everything he encountered, from music and…
painting to human bodies and war machines. Describes his notebooks of observations--written backwards--and his work as a scientist before the term was coined. For grades 4-7. 2005Escape!: the story of the great Houdini
Par Sid Fleischman. 2006
A biography of the American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Discusses the increasingly dangerous stunts he attempted, without…
revealing their underlying secrets. Traces Houdini's career path and describes his interest in spiritualism, his courage, and his determination to succeed. For grades 5-8. 2006The boy who drew birds: a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies
Par Jacqueline Davies, Melissa Sweet. 2004
Recounts how passionately the young Frenchman who made his home in America loved birds. Describes the numerous drawings and paintings…
he made of birds, their nests, and eggs and reveals the way he determined whether migrating birds return to the same place in the spring. For grades 2-4. 2004Boy on Fairfield Street: how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss
Par Kathleen Krull, Steve Johnson, Lou Fancher. 2004
Introduces the renowned writer and illustrator Ted Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, author of The Cat in the Hat (DB…
33062) and others. Describes Ted's childhood in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he lived near both the zoo and the library; also discusses his career. For grades 3-6. 2004Vincent Van Gogh: portrait of an artist
Par Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan. 2001
Biography of the unconventional Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Describes the artist's passion for painting; how moving from wet,…
cold Holland to warm southern France influenced his work; and how he became famous only after his death. For grades 6-9. Siebert Honor. 2001Lives of the artists: masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) (Lives of . . .)
Par Kathleen Krull, Kathryn Hewitt. 1995
Portraits of twenty artists, providing information about their childhood years and the works that made them famous. Includes Michelangelo Buonarroti,…
Rembrandt van Rijn, Mary Cassatt, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. For grades 3-6Parks for the people: a story about Frederick Law Olmsted (Creative Minds Biographies Ser.Creative Minds Biographies)
Par Julie Dunlap, Susan Fair Lieber. 1994
Describes the life of landscape architect and environmentalist Olmsted who died in 1903. He tried a variety of professions, including…
farming and writing, before beginning his career in park design by helping to create Central Park in New York City. For grades 3-6Chuck Close, up close
Par Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff. 1998
This biography of the portrait artist tells about his undiagnosed childhood problems with dyslexia and learning disabilities, when art was…
the only subject he enjoyed. He was a famous painter in the 1960s, but was paralyzed from the neck down in 1988. The doctors said his career was over, but Close is painting again. For grades 4-7