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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.
5) Mo Willems
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces readers to Mo Willems, author and illustrator of the incredibly popular Knuffle Bunny books.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist. Drawing from memory is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this loving tribute to Virginia Lee Burton, the New York Times best-selling creators Sherri Duskey Rinker and John Rocco pay homage to the storied life of one of the most beloved creators in children's literature. Everyone in Folly Cove knows Virginia Lee as “Jinnee.” With her magical wands she can draw whatever she imagines, but for her sons Aris and Michael, she draws the most wonderful characters of all: BIG MACHINES with friendly names...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (204 pages)
Language
English
Description
Brothers Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, slept in the same bedroom, went to the same school, and were both poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. Barry left Chattanooga for New England and a life in the arts; Tommy stayed put and became a mortgage banker. From attitudes about race, to food, politics,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"James McMullan was born in Tsingtao, North China, in 1934, the grandson of missionaries who settled there. As a little boy, Jim took for granted a privileged life of household servants, rickshaw rides, and picnics on the shore--until World War II erupted and life changed drastically. Jim's father, a British citizen fluent in several Chinese dialects, joined the Allied forces. For the next several years, Jim and his mother moved from one place to...
16) Dr. Seuss
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
17) July
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
19) Fun, no fun
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author recalls events in his childhood and divides them into two important categories.
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