Bolling, Valerie
Summary: Zoya wants to give her dog Coco a birthday present, and with her mother's help finally settles on painting his bowl gold, with lots of glitter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic, Inc. 2023
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BOLCopies Available at East Bay
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Summary: On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR GREEN BOLHaseley, Dennis.
Summary: After waiting for decades for the portrait of his prize horse to be finished, an angry rich man decides to confront the artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HASGiron, Pavonis
Summary: Jo wants to paint all the wonderful things she loves. With a palette of red, yellow, and blue, Jo knows she can mix any colors together to create new ones. Her imagination takes flight as she explores painting with primary and by mixing her own secondary colors, each picture as beautiful as the last. But through her exploration of the colors of the rainbow, Jo finds that her favorite is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: The animals of Noah's Park visit the art barn, where they put on their painting smocks, choose brushes, paint, and paper, and paint lovely pictures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD WILSmith, Nikkolas
Summary: Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "Artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMIMickelson, Marcia Argueta
Summary: Following her mother's tragic death, seventeen-year-old Sarah takes on the role of caretaker to her grieving father and younger brother, which leaves little time and emotional energy for a relationship, but when a school project helps her rediscover her love of art, her perspective shifts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MICBaer, Marianna
Summary: Indigo finds a series of paintings made by her mother that could be the solution to their financial insecurities; however, her mother refuses to revive the series, so Indigo secretly takes up the brush herself and falls into the paintings' dangerous world which blurs fantasy and reality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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Summary: Claudia loves butterflies. Blue ones. Yellow ones. Purple ones with dots. And since she can't take them home, she paints them in all their beautiful colors. But when winter comes, there are no more butterflies to paint...until she finds a little moth. Suddenly, Claudia sees winter in a whole new light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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Summary: Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARCraig, Erin A.
Summary: In a manor by the sea, one sister is still cursed. Despite dreams of adventures far beyond the Salann shores, seventeen-year-old Verity Thaumas has remained at her family’s estate, Highmoor, with her older sister Camille, while their sisters have scattered across Arcannia.When their sister Mercy sends word that the Duchess of Bloem—wife of a celebrated botanist—is interested in having Verity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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Summary: Sophie's is hurt when the other children laugh at her painting of her favorite tree--but when she explains her painting everybody understands what she was trying to do.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Blue Sky Press 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BANCrow, Melinda Melton.
Summary: It is time to paint the Wonder Wheels Garage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
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Summary: Second grader Kylie Jean joins her school art club, and learns to paint in the style of several different artists, but for the Mural Art Contest she decides to paint a watercolor picture of a local Texas barn and duck pond--until a squabble between her dog and the ducks turns it into an example of abstract art instead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: When painter Magritte buys a playful--and magical--hat, his painting enjoys a burst of creativity. Inspired by the art of French surrealist painter René Magritte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHIngalls, Ann.
Summary: During art week in Mr. Lopez's classroom, hamsters Tip and Tucker escape their cage and make a mess--and some artwork--of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Pinkwater 2008Mullarkey, Lisa
Summary: It's fall cleanup time at Storm Cliff Stables, and Freckles wants to help! Unfortunately, his ideas for brightening up the place make for a muddy mess instead. Luckily, his farmyard friends know just what to do! Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MULSirdeshpande, Rashmi
Summary: "Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SIRSriram, Meera
Summary: A mother shares family memories and stories with her daughter as she applies henna to the young girl's hands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist Henri Rousseau, rhyming text reveals a dream of the jungle and its inhabitants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2007
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE MERVere, Ed
Summary: "A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VERDufayet, Danielle
Summary: Benford is delighted by his very first easel and canvas, he does not know what to paint, and as he searches for inspiration he imagines his blank canvas following him around demanding his attention.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DUFVreeland, Susan.
Summary: Eight linked stories tracing the history of a painting by the 17th century Dutch artist, Vermeer. In one, he paints his daughter to pay off debts, a second story describes the loss of the ownership papers, a third takes place on the eve of its theft by the Nazis. By the author of What Love Sees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MacMurray & Beck 1999