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Discoveries Amedeo Kaplan dreams of discovering something -- some treasure no one realizes is there until he finds it. And he would like to discover a true friend to share this with. Improbably, he finds the friend in aloof, edgy William Wilcox. And even more improbably, he finds his treasure...

Learn about the development of photography with iMindsJNR audio-learning series for younger minds. Before the photograph was invented, the best way to capture an image was by painting it. You can imagine how long that would take! In 1990, Kodak unveiled the first widely available digital camera. These days, through many advances in technology, we can store hundreds of images on a single camera, ready to print or upload onto a computer whenever we like. But how did we get from paintings to digital photography?

Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time, but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own after his grandfather was mysteriously attacked.

Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays' apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy.After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an...

This is Bidemmi's book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her. This is Bidemmi's book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her...

Once Upon a Creative Path is a charming and delightful story of a zealous and impatient little granddaughter, named Ashley, who travels down a circuitous path in pursuing her dream to becoming a famous artist. Ashley's grandmother, Mariel, recognizes her granddaughter's artistic talents as well as her impetuous creativity, and subtly guides her step-by-step to becoming a true artist.

Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the Children’s Galleries of the Chicago Art Institute, they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms made in the 1930s by Mrs. James Ward Thorne. Each of the 68 rooms is designed in the style...

Fans of magic, mystery, and adventure will love the third The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventure—a perfect next step for kids who love the Magic Tree House series, and just right for readers who love Chasing Vermeer, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and Wonderstruck. Sixth...

Filled with magic, mystery, miniatures, and adventure, the Sixty-Eight Rooms is the perfect series for fans of Chasing Vermeer, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and The Dollpeople! Chicago sixth graders Ruthie and Jack think they’ve learned everything about the magic of the...

Floralie Laurel, freshly expelled from Mrs. Coffrey's School for Young Girls, works as a flower seller in an English village with her guardian brother, Tom, miles and miles away from their real home in France. Tom and Floralie are drowning in debt, but fortunately, Grandmama arrives to save them. Unfortunately, Grandmama's idea of "saving" means sending Floralie to the Adelaide Laurel Orphanage for Unfortunate Children and shaping her into a proper lady - i.e., ridding her of imagination, daydreams, paintings, and poetry.

""A tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that does more than catalog her achievements; it conveys her spirit, one that will leave readers in awe.""* This acclaimed version of the New York Times bestselling biography Notorious RBG is an excellent way to share with middle grade readers just why...

Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever...

When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee & Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen: seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at...

A young man named Joseph Arillo sits in the parking lot and paints the pavement with flowers. And Andy Hollis steps in it. As the new art teacher at Santa Ana High School, he’s too curious about Joseph’s Flowers and unravels both of their lives in his pursuit for answers. He learns that it’s all part of a rite of passage, an absurd test started by Joseph Arillo’s father, the suspiciously world-renowned artist named only Tom. Which also connects to the drama teacher at Santa Ana High, Katie Bustos. Whose daughter, Desiree, may or may not be dating Joseph. Who is putting himself in danger from a local gang, the lot’s mysterious history, and the police.

When Saba Khan’s apartment burns in a mysterious fire, possibly a hate crime, her Chicago high school rallies around her. Her family moves rent-free into a luxury apartment, Saba’s Facebook page explodes, and she starts (secretly) dating a popular boy. Then a quirky piece of art donated to a school fund-raising effort for the Khans is revealed to be an unknown work by a famous artist, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and Saba’s life turns upside down again.

El laberinto de Tristán es una narración de ficción habitada por algunos de los protagonistas del arte occidental. La tía Gertrudis (inspirada en Gertrude Stein) invita a Tristán (Tzara) a ver el mundo de otra forma, atreviéndose a explorar los vericuetos de la imaginación. En su búsqueda, Tristán pedirá ayuda a sus amigos Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Marc Chagall y Mary Cassatt. Escrito por el dramaturgo Rubén E. Nájera y editado por Amanuense, la obra pretender ser un acercamiento lúdico al turbulento mundo de la vanguardia artística del Siglo XX.

Abridged and simplified for young readers by Bharatan Kumarappa, with a foreword by Tushar Gandhi 'It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography or story of my life. I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those...

Chi ha detto che l'arte è noiosa? Sapevi che: Salvador Dalì amava prendere il sole nudo e coperto di mosche? Kandinsky ha cominciato a dedicarsi all'arte astratta dopo aver visto un quadro appeso al contrario? Mirò nel tempo libero faceva incontri di pugilato con Hemingway? Le opere, le curiosità e la vita di otto grandi protagonisti dell'arte, raccontate in modo semplice ma completo, attraverso un dialogo immaginario fra l'ascoltatore e l'artista stesso. Un manuale didattico pensato per gli insegnanti, ma ad uso e consumo dei bambini della scuola primaria.

Es war ein kühner Plan, den Kaiser Karl V. im Jahr 1532 fasste: eine künstliche Wasserstraße zwischen Atlantischem und Pazifischem Ozean. Doch es sollte noch fast 400 Jahre dauern, bis das Mammutprojekt in die Tat umgesetzt werden konnte. Dabei forderte der wilde, von dichtem Regenwald überwucherte Landstrich einen hohen Tribut. Tausende Menschen ließen ihr Leben, bevor am 15. August 1914 die ersten Schiffe den Kanal passieren konnten.

È la primavera del 1419. Leonardo da Vinci, ospite del re di Francia, vive in un castello della Loira con il suo seguito di allievi. Tutti lo considerano un genio, ma adesso Leonardo vuole raccontare la sua vita, che si è svolta nei luoghi più belli del Rinascimento: tra la Firenze di Lorenzo il Magnifico e la Milano degli Sforza sino alla Francia dove ora risiede. Scopriamo così il suo grande amore per la natura, il brivido delle scoperte, il desiderio di spingersi dove nessuno aveva mai osato prima, le amicizie e le rivalità con gli altri pittori, i successi e i fallimenti.