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The paper bird / by Anchin, Lisa.;
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Subjects: Girls; Child artists; Creative ability; Colors; Imperfection; Self-confidence;
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Art machine [videorecording] / by Adams, Joey Lauren,actor.; Cohen, Lynn,actor.; Cross, Joseph,1986-; Fustino, Nuno.; Karr, Aimee.; Karr, Doug,1980-; Szohr, Jessica,1985-; Pie Face Pictures.; Sundial Pictures.; Virgil Films (Firm);
Director of photography, Adrian Correia ; music, Mark Kondracki.Joseph Cross, Jessica Szohr, Joey Lauren Adams, Lynn Cohen.This electric drama follows child prodigy painter Declan Truss, who at the age of six becomes an art world marvel. By the time heb2ss seventeen, a chemical imbalance fueled by the tightrope of fame has led Declan to mental exhaustion. With a pushy mother and the pressures of an impending show bearing down upon him, Declan's world opens up when he chances upon a group of rebellious freethinkers in Brooklyn.PG.DVD ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.
Subjects: Art; Child artists; Comedy films.; Coming-of-age films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Gifted children; Painters;
© 2014., Virgil Films,
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All the greys on Greene Street / by Tucker, Laura,1973-; Murphy, Kelly,1977-;
Ages 8 up.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Child artists; Fathers and daughters; Missing persons; Families;
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The Giver quartet / by Lowry, Lois.; Lowry, Lois.Giver.; Lowry, Lois.Gathering blue.; Lowry, Lois.Messenger.; Lowry, Lois.Son.;
The Giver -- Gathering blue -- Messenger -- Son.The Giver: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. -- Gathering blue: Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians. -- Messenger: In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand. -- Son: Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.LSC
Subjects: Dystopias.; Control (Psychology); Orphans; People with disabilities; Artists; Community life; Healers; Mother and child; Separation (Psychology);
© [2014], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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New kid / by Craft, Jerry,author,illustrator.; Callahan, Jim,colorist.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Comics (Graphic works).; Graphic books.; Banned book sanctuary.; Schools; Private schools; Parent and child; Race; Cartoonists; African American artists;
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The artist's way for parents : raising creative children / by Cameron, Julia.; Lively, Emma.;
Subjects: Child rearing.; Creative ability in children.;
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What to do with a box / by Yolen, Jane.; Sheban, Chris.;
"Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Boxes; Imagination; Play;
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The artist who painted a blue horse / by Carle, Eric.;
Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.LSC
Subjects: Artists; Painting; Animals; Colors; Individuality;
© c2011., Philomel Books,
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Child of morning star : embers of an ancient dawn / by Mountain, Antoine,1949-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Mountain, Antoine, 1949-; Artists; Denesuline;
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The last palace : Europe's turbulent century in five lives and one legendary house / by Eisen, Norman L.,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history, as seen through one of Mitteleuropa's greatest houses--and the lives of its occupants"--
Subjects: Schö̈nbornský palác (Prague, Czech Republic); Pražský hrad (Prague, Czech Republic);
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