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Summary: "Iconic American artist Norman Rockwell's life is told in episodes based in American history of the late 20th century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROCScott, Joyce (Joyce Wallace)
Summary: "An introduction to the life and art of Judith Scott, a renowned artist. Judith Scott was born with Down syndrome. She was deaf, and never learned to speak. She was also a talented artist. Judith was institutionalized until her sister Joyce reunited with her and enrolled her in an art class. Judith went on to become an artist of renown with her work displayed in museums and galleries around the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SCOBrown, Tami Lewis
Summary: "...a... picture book biography of modern art icon Keith Haring, celebrating the ways his life embodied the message: art is for everyone."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARRobinson, Lisa
Summary: "A picture book biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, with an emphasis on her sustainable homestead in Abiquiu, New Mexico"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024
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Summary: "A picture book biography of American folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella. When dared to jump, Ralph always took the dare. So begins this loving tribute to a singular artist and his tireless efforts to honor and celebrate immigrant and working-class communities through his paintings."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FASANELLA BROZeitz, Joshua.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 ZEIKrull, Kathleen.
Summary: A picture book biography highlighting the life and accomplishments of magician and escape artist, Harry Houdini.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HOUStahr, Celia
Summary: "The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental. Only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA STAMaclear, Kyo
Summary: "Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Summary: Profiles the life and accomplishments of the printmaker who overcame poverty and illness to become the founder of the Pop Art movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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Summary: Shares the life story of the famous escape artist, including his immigrant origins, how he began his career doing card tricks for extra cash, and how he became the world's most well-known magician.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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Summary: Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and widely admired artists of the twentieth century. Anybody who has ever set foot in a museum knows him as the inventor of the mobile, America's unique contribution to modern art. But only now, forty years after the artist's death, is the full story of his life being told in this biography,which is based on unprecedented access to Calder's letters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALDER, ALEXANDER PERRichter, Peter-Cornell.
Summary: Uniting 28 paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe from collections all over the United States with 32 stunning images by the pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz, this book focuses on the two artists' work, their stormy and passionate marriage, and the influence they had on one another's pictures. The photographic historian Peter-Cornell Richter perfectly captures this aspect in his sensitive and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 RICFleischman, Sid
Summary: A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HOUDINI FLELalicki, Tom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HOUDINI LALSpring, Justin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 PORTER SPRRogak, Lisa
Summary: Shel Silverstein's drawings and comic poems are bedtime staples of millions of children, and biographer Rogak tells the story of a life as antic and adventurous as any of his creations. A man with an incurable case of wanderlust, Shel kept homes on both coasts and many places in between--and enjoyed regular stays in the Playboy Mansion. Everywhere he went he charmed neighbors, made countless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SILVERSTEIN, SHEL ROGBannon, Lois Elmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.092 BANSilverman, Kenneth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.383 SILWaters, John
Summary: Here, from the incomparable John Waters, is a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich--and happily horrify readers everywhere. This book is, in fact, a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities--some famous, some unknown, some surprisingly middle-of-the-road. From Esther Martin, the owner of the scariest bar in Baltimore, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATERS, JOHN WATMackrell, Judith.
Summary: The forefront British dance critic and award-nominated author of Bloomsbury Ballerina presents a revisionist assessment of the movement that shattered the boundaries of conventional femininity through the lives of six figures that exemplified it, including Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 MACBockris, Victor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARHOL, ANDY BockrisClose, Chuck
Summary: Presents an autobiography about the author's artistic life, describing the creative processes he uses in the studio and his struggles with his disabilities and providing a mix-and-match self-portrait section that demonstrates his techniques and images.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.13 CLODuberman, Martin B
Summary: "In December 1995, the FDA approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For countless people, the drug offered a reprieve from what had been a death sentence; for others, it was too late. In the United States alone, over 318,000 people had died from AIDS-related complications--among them were the singer Michael Callen and the poet Essex Hemphill. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014