Monet

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0516422766

Collation

29 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Series Title

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists

Call Number

927 MON

The amazing paper cuttings of Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish storyteller whose fairy tales are known all over the world, was also a gifted artist. He made hundreds, perhaps thousands, of paper cuttings of swans, clowns, toy theaters, windmills, angels, and other whimsical images. Often he made the paper cuttings while telling a story, then gave them to the children listening to him. In this inspired biography, Beth Wag…

Dr. Seuss : the great doodler

A Step 3 Biography Reader about Theodor Geisel and his transformation from a doodler into the beloved Dr. Seuss. Little Ted Geisel always had a sketchpad and pencil in hand. He was a Boy Scout with a penchant for creating zany creatures. He grew up with a love of books and words from his mother, and his inventor father spawned a wildly imaginative and perfectionist side. It’s no wonder that t…

She made a monster : how Mary Shelley created Frankenstein

A 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books On the bicentennial of Frankenstein, join Mary Shelley on the night she created the most frightening monster the world has ever seen. On a stormy night two hundred years ago, a young woman sat in a dark house and dreamed of her life as a writer. She longed to follow the path her own mother, Mary Wollstonecraft…

Van Gogh

Briefly examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time

If you lived at the time of the great San Francisco earthquake

This book takes you to San Francisco, California, shortly before, during, and after April 18, 1906. What would you have done when the quake struck?

Harry Houdini : master of magic

This biography recounts the life of Harry Houdini from his boyhood through his years as an escape artist and master showman.

Who was Harry Houdini?

Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is full of the details of Houdini's life that kids will really want to know about and illustrated throughou…

Leonardo da Vinci : a nonfiction companion to Monday with a mad genius

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. How did Leonardo da Vinci become interested in flight? What are some of his most famous paintings? Do his scientific ideas measure up to what we know today? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide.

Mary Cassatt

Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art.