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Lives of the Artists
By Kathleen Krull / Harcourt Brace

Most people can name some famous artists and recognize their best known works. But whats behind all that painting, drawing, and sculpting? What was Leonardo DaVinci's snack of choice while he painted the Mona Lisa's mysterious smile? Why did Georgia O'Keefe find bones so appealing? Who called Diego Rivera "Frog-Face"? And what is it about artists that makes both their work and their lives so fascinating - to themselves, to their curious neighbors, and to all of us?

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Leonardo and His Times
By Andrew Langley / DK Publishing Inc.

Travel back in time to the period of extraordinary growth and vitality that was Renaissance Europe. Meet Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and the Medicis. Experience the daily life and workings of a Renaissance town. View some of the most beautiful and important art works in the world. In glorious full-color photographic spreads, Renaissance documents Europe's emergence from the Dark Ages into an era of unparalleled enlightenment and creativity in the realms of politics, arts, literature, technology, and innovation.

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25191: Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors

Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
By Keesia Johnson / Grosset & Dunlap

This delightful series is co-written by students, and records their responses to various works of art, their own art, questions they'd like to ask the artist and other personal notes interspersed with their reports about the artist. Learn all about the colors and "wild beast" that Henri Matisse was with this colorful book that follows his career from his "fauve" days to his designing of a church. 32 pages, softcover. Ages 5-9.

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Let's Meet Famous Artists
By School Specialty Publishing

Let's Meet Famous Artists is a sensational resource to teach your students about 19 famous artists and to provide art activities in each of the various styles that made these artists famous. By doing art activities that are related to the artists, your students practice the skills of observing, thinking, and creating. Also included in this book are biographies, activities, evaluations, a bibliography, a glossary, and extended activities to enrich your students; understanding of artists and their art. This resource is also intended to help uncover the artist that is within every child. Grades 1-6. 104 pages.

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Van Gogh
By Bruce Bernard / DK Publishing Inc.

DK gives a new look to the series that forever changed the nonfiction genre and set the standard for highly informative visual guides. This volume, and those to follow in future seasons, forms part of an indispensable library for the whole family. Focusing on the life and work of Van Gogh, this book uses superb full-color photography to bring the artist's work to life and to explore the conditions and motivations that inspired it.

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Pieter Bruegel
By Jayne Woodhouse / Heinemann Raintree School

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Georgia O'Keeffe
By Carole Marsh / Gallopade International

Georgia O'Keeffe grew up on a farm. She was close to nature, and this is evident in her many paintings. Georgia was a trailblazer in the world of art - not only in her style, but because she was a woman artist.

These popular readers include easy-to-read information, fun facts and trivia, humor, activities and a whole lot more. They are great for ages 7-12 (grades 2-6), because although simple, these readers have substance and really engage kids with their stories. They are great for social studies, meeting state and national curriculum standards, individual and group reading programs, centers, library programs, and have many other terrific educational uses.

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