Showing 1–5 of 5 titles

• Audience: All Ages
• Genre: Arts

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  Action Jackson

  By Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, Robert Andrew Parker (illustrator)

  Greenberg and Jordan capture Jackson Pollock's spirit and artistic style through succinct narrative and purposeful words. Detailed source notes enrich this informational picture book, which superbly portrays a brief period in Pollock's life. Parker's watercolor illustrations splash out of their frames, reflecting the action and movement for which Pollock is renowned.

  • Nonfiction, Arts, Visual Arts
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2003 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780761316824
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  Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist

  By Susan Wood, Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator)

  Duncan Tonatiuh creates a sense of sound and movement through energetic, textured collage illustrations that celebrate the life of innovative Mexican musician and composer Juan García Esquivel. Incorporating funky fonts and far-out fashions, Tonatiuh's unique artistic style harkens back to indigenous codex art and lends cultural authenticity to this pulsating picture-book biography.

  • Nonfiction, Arts, Performing Arts, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2017, Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2017 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9781580896733
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  Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph

  By Roxane Orgill, Francis Vallejo (Illustrator)

  Art Kane's iconic photograph of great jazz musicians gathered on a New York City street is brought to life though exuberant poems and paintings.

  • Nonfiction, Arts
  • Notable Children's Books 2017
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780763669546
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  The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

  By Mordicai Gerstein

  This true story recounts the daring feat of a spirited young Frenchman who walked a tightrope between the World Trade Center twin towers in 1974. His joy in dancing on a thin wire high above Manhattan and the awe of the spectators in the streets far below are captured in exquisite ink and oil paintings that perfectly complement the spare, lyrical text.

  • Nonfiction, Arts, Performing Arts
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2004 (Medal Winner)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780761317913
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  Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

  By Javaka Steptoe

  The short yet brilliant life story of Jean-Michel Basquiat and his determination to become an artist are revealed through poetic language and illustrations dramatically influenced by Basquiat's own style.

  • Nonfiction, Arts, Visual Arts, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2017, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2017 (Medal Winner)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780316213882