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(0)Javaka Steptoe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning...
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?
8) Rain play
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Most people leave the park when rain begins to fall, while others enjoy the sights, sounds, and feel of the cool water--until thunder and lightening come near.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with beautiful Odette and fights evil Big Red for her on the streets of the Swan Lake Projects.