Sandra Jordan

Sandra Jordan is one of America’s most prominent writers about art and artists for young readers.  Sandra Jordan lives in New York, New York.

Her art-related books co-written with Jan Greenberg include Action Jackson (a Sibert Honor Book), as well as books on Van Gogh, Frank O. Gehry, Andy Warhol, and Chuck Close.

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Ballet for Martha

written by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca
Flash Point

Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman Award-winning authors...


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Mr. and Mrs. Portly and Their Little Dog, Snack

Sandra Jordan; Pictures by Christine Davenier
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

When Mrs. Amanda Portly looks into Snack’s hopeful brown eyes, she just can’t resist bringing him home. For the next week the two are inseparable, and Snack...


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Christo and Jeanne-Claude

By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Roaring Brook Press

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE UNWRAPPED In 1981 two artists -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- proposed an installation in New York’s Central Park that would span...


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Action Jackson

Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan; Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
Square Fish

One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender...


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Yoga for Pregnancy

Sandra Jordan
St. Martin's Griffin

Sandra Jordan offers yoga as a way of developing self-reliance and calmness of mind during pregancy. Practicing yoga poses with quiet mindfulness developmes a...


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Frog Hunt

Sandra Jordan;Illustrated by the author
Roaring Brook Press

"On a bright summer morning we set out to catch a frog." And in the passing of a perfect summer afternoon, a group of children discover all sorts of life in a...


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