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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Through the Gates and Beyond

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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ABC3D

A Neal Porter Book
"Easily the most innovative alpabet book of the year, if not the decade... Beyond clever."—The Washington Post Prepare to be amazed. From the...
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Hank Finds Inspiration

A Neal Porter Book
WHAT IS INSPIRATION? AND WHERE IS IT HIDING? Stanley is in desperate need of some inspiration. And what better place to find it than the big city? It doesn’t...
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The Cobbler's Holiday
or Why Ants Don't Wear Shoes

A Neal Porter Book
ANY FAN OF FASHION WILL DELIGHT IN THIS GORGEOUSLY ILLUSTRATED CHIC FABLE. Long ago ants only cared about two things—fashion and dancing—and stylish shoes,...
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Amandina

A Neal Porter Book
AMANDINA HAD EVERY TALENT MADE FOR THE STAGE, EXCEPT ONE: Confidence. She dances, sings, acts, and performs acrobatics, but no one knows because Amandina is...
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One Boy

A Neal Porter Book
A CLASSIC IN THE MAKING FROM THE 2008 CALDECOTT HONOR WINNER ONE BOY is a perfect example of why Kirkus Reviews calls Laura Vaccaro Seeger the “emerging...
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Punk Rock Etiquette
The Ultimate How-to Guide for DIY, Punk, Indie, and Underground Bands

Roaring Brook Press
Looking to start an underground band? Don't make a move until you've read this book! So you KNOW you are destined to rock... well you're in luck -- all you...
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Keep Your Eye on the Kid
The Early Years of Buster Keaton

Roaring Brook Press
FAMOUS AT FOUR! Four-year-old Buster Keaton became one of the best-known comedians of his age and inches when his father threw him across a vaudeville...
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Twenty Heartbeats

A Neal Porter Book
A SIMPLE STORY LAYERED WITH MEANING; stunning layered artwork by an acknowledged master. A wealthy Chinese man dreamt of a painting of his favorite horse. He...
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Silent Music

A Neal Porter Book
WHEN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL, Ali drowns out the sould of war with a pen. Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but...

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Action Jackson

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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Ballet of the Elephants

Roaring Brook Press
Sparking watercolors-and-ink illustrations dance across the page and spill out onto a horizontal foldout of elephants and ballerinas spotlighted together--in...
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How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird

Roaring Brook Press
A GIFT FOR EVERYONE A child wakes up, puts up an easel, picks up a brush and paints--paints a perch, a tree, the warmth of the sun and the sound of the...
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The Human Alphabet

Roaring Brook Press
The company's dancers join limbs, twist, and grip to form 26 letters-- an alphabet made of the human body, captured in glorious color photographs. Alongside...
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Walker Evans
Photographer of America

A Neal Porter Book
Determined to "capture life has he saw it," Walker Evans (1903-1975) became one of the great photographers of the twentieth century, shooting in the New York...
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Mack Made Movies

Roaring Brook Press
Mack Sennett invented the Keystone Kops, filmed the first pie-in-the-face skit, and introduced Charlie Chaplin to the movies. Here Don Brown tells the story of...