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Art and The Arts Collection

Inspire and encourage children to explore their creative side with this collection of stories featuring diverse artists, makers, performers, and showstoppers. *Let your imagination* *fly.*

Collection of 18 books: $259.10

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Bottle Tops

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Etched in Clay

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Baby Flo

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Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoíris

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Martí's Song for Freedom

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Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

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Bird

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Abuela's Weave

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In Her Hands

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On My Block

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Butterflies for Kiri

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David's Drawings

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Making Magic Windows

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Knockin' On Wood

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Just Like Me

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It Jes' Happened

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Ira's Shakespeare Dream

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  • Front cover for Abuela's Weave by Omar S. Castañeda and Enrique O. Sanchez
    Abuela's Weave
    By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
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    Abuela's Weave

    Abuela's Weave

    By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
    This touching story of personal growth and family pride is illustrated with authentic Guatemalan scenery that gives life to the country's radiant landscape and bustling city streets.

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  • Front cover for Baby Flo by Alan Schroeder and Cornelius Van Wright; Ying-Hwa Hu
    Baby Flo
    Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
    By Alan Schroeder, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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    Baby Flo

    Baby Flo

    Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
    By Alan Schroeder, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
    This spirited biography introduces young readers to the early life of Florence "Baby Flo" Mills, an internationally renowned entertainer of the Harlem Renaissance era who began her career as a child.

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  • Front cover for Bird by Zetta Elliott and Shadra Strickland
    Bird
    By Zetta Elliott, Shadra Strickland
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    Bird

    Bird

    By Zetta Elliott, Shadra Strickland
    In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he struggles to make sense of his grandfather's death and his brother's drug addiction.

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  • Front cover for Bottle Tops by Alison Goldberg and Elizabeth Zunon
    Bottle Tops
    The Art of El Anatsui
    By Alison Goldberg, Elizabeth Zunon
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    Bottle Tops

    Bottle Tops

    The Art of El Anatsui
    By Alison Goldberg, Elizabeth Zunon
    The inspiring biography of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui whose handmade sculptures, created from discarded bottle tops, have received international acclaim and been showcased around the world.

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  • Front cover for Butterflies for Kiri by Cathryn Falwell and Cathryn Falwell
    Butterflies for Kiri
    By Cathryn Falwell
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    Butterflies for Kiri

    Butterflies for Kiri

    By Cathryn Falwell
    A Japanese American girl grows creatively and, with perseverance, masters the art of making an origami butterfly. Includes instructions.

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  • Front cover for David's Drawings by Cathryn Falwell and Cathryn Falwell
    David's Drawings
    By Cathryn Falwell
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    David's Drawings

    David's Drawings

    By Cathryn Falwell
    A shy young African American boy makes friends in school by letting his classmates help with his drawing of a bare winter tree.

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  • Front cover for Etched in Clay by Andrea Cheng and Andrea Cheng
    Etched in Clay
    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
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    Etched in Clay

    Etched in Clay

    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
    The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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  • Front cover for In Her Hands by Alan Schroeder and JaeMe Bereal
    In Her Hands
    The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
    By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
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    In Her Hands

    In Her Hands

    The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
    By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
    A recreation of events from the childhood and early career of Augusta Savage, a pioneering female sculptor and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

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  • Front cover for Ira's Shakespeare Dream by Glenda Armand and Floyd Cooper
    Ira's Shakespeare Dream
    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
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    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
    The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.

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  • Front cover for It Jes' Happened by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
    It Jes' Happened
    When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
    By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
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    It Jes' Happened

    It Jes' Happened

    When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
    By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
    The inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama.

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  • Front cover for Just Like Me by Harriet Rohmer and Fourteen Artists
    Just Like Me
    By Harriet Rohmer, Fourteen Artists
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    Just Like Me

    Just Like Me

    By Harriet Rohmer, Fourteen Artists
    Through stories, paintings, and childhood photographs, these fourteen artists open their hearts and invite us to enter into their worlds. With honesty and encouragement, they offer hope for aspiring young people who dream of becoming artists- just like them.

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  • Front cover for Knockin' On Wood by Lynne Barasch and Lynne Barasch
    Knockin' On Wood
    Starring Peg Leg Bates
    By Lynne Barasch
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    Knockin' On Wood

    Knockin' On Wood

    Starring Peg Leg Bates
    By Lynne Barasch
    An inspirational biography of Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907--1998), an African American man who overcame the hardship of losing a leg at age 12 and went on to become a world-renowned tap dancer.

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  • Front cover for Making Magic Windows by Carmen Lomas Garza
      Making Magic Windows
      Creating Papel Picado/Cut-Paper Art
      By Carmen Lomas Garza
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      Making Magic Windows

      Making Magic Windows

      Creating Papel Picado/Cut-Paper Art
      By Carmen Lomas Garza
      Following the hands-on format of Carmen Lomas Garza's highly successful papel picado workshops, this book shows, step by step, how to create beautiful designs and banners by simply folding and cutting tissue paper.

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    • Front cover for Martí's Song for Freedom by Emma Otheguy and Beatriz Vidal
      Martí's Song for Freedom
      Martí y sus versos por la libertad
      By Emma Otheguy, Beatriz Vidal
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      Martí's Song for Freedom

      Martí's Song for Freedom

      Martí y sus versos por la libertad
      By Emma Otheguy, Beatriz Vidal
      A bilingual biography of José Martí, who dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty-abolishment of slavery, political independence for Cuba, and intellectual independence from colonialism for all Latinos. Written in verse with excerpts from Martí's seminal work, Versos sencillos.

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    • Front cover for On My Block by Dana Goldberg and Carl Angel; Carl Angel; Cbabi Bayoc
        On My Block
        Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists
        By Dana Goldberg, Cecilia Álvarez, Carl Angel, Cbabi Bayoc
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        On My Block

        On My Block

        Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists
        By Dana Goldberg, Cecilia Álvarez, Carl Angel, Cbabi Bayoc
        Fifteen fine artists portray, in words and pictures, the places and spaces most special to them.

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      • Front cover for Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoíris by Linda Elovitz Marshall and Elisa Chavarri
        Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoíris
        By Linda Elovitz Marshall, Elisa Chavarri
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        Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoíris

        Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoíris

        By Linda Elovitz Marshall, Elisa Chavarri
        Bilingual English/Spanish. A young Mayan girl isn't allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, so with a little ingenuity she discovers how to repurpose plastic bags to create colorful weavings. Based on an actual recycling movement in Guatemala.

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      • Front cover for Shining Star by Paula Yoo and Lin Wang
        Shining Star
        The Anna May Wong Story
        By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
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        Shining Star

        Shining Star

        The Anna May Wong Story
        By Paula Yoo, Lin Wang
        The true story of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.

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      • Front cover for Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! by Andrea J. Loney and Keith Mallett
        Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!
        By Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett
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        Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

        Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

        By Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett
        A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance.

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