What can I be?
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Unearthed after nearly forty years, What Can I Be?, a stunning concept book written by Ann Rand and illustrated by Ingrid King, is sure to delight children with its superb graphics and vivid palette. Triangles, squares, circles, lines, and colors spring to life in various and creative formations as they ask, "What can I be?" A green triangle asks to become a tent, a kite,(...)
What can I be?
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Unearthed after nearly forty years, What Can I Be?, a stunning concept book written by Ann Rand and illustrated by Ingrid King, is sure to delight children with its superb graphics and vivid palette. Triangles, squares, circles, lines, and colors spring to life in various and creative formations as they ask, "What can I be?" A green triangle asks to become a tent, a kite, a Christmas tree, or the sail of a boat, or why not all of these things?
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This equals that
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Aimed at children ages five and up, this picture book by artists and collaborators, Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin, takes young viewers on a whimsical journey while teaching them associative thinking and visual language, as well as colors, shapes and numbers. Through a simple narrative and a rhythmic sequence of photographs, the book generates multiple meanings, making(...)
This equals that
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Aimed at children ages five and up, this picture book by artists and collaborators, Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin, takes young viewers on a whimsical journey while teaching them associative thinking and visual language, as well as colors, shapes and numbers. Through a simple narrative and a rhythmic sequence of photographs, the book generates multiple meanings, making the experience of reading the book interactive--parent and child must ask questions and come up with their own answers, drawing on the child's imagination.
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In the wake of the Second World War, aiming to occupy the children rampaging streets and parks, the City of Amsterdam founded Jongensland, a space where boys (and the occasional, officially disallowed girl) could play, build, create, and destroy, largely without supervision. Without adult intervention, they relied on shared resourcefulness and collaborative ingenuity. In(...)
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg: Huts, temples, castles
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In the wake of the Second World War, aiming to occupy the children rampaging streets and parks, the City of Amsterdam founded Jongensland, a space where boys (and the occasional, officially disallowed girl) could play, build, create, and destroy, largely without supervision. Without adult intervention, they relied on shared resourcefulness and collaborative ingenuity. In 1969, when Ursula Schulz-Dornburg moved to Düsseldorf with her two young children, she discovered Jongensland the other side of the border from Germany’s strictly regulated playgrounds. Fas¬cinated by the improvised buildings where her children would play, she made extensive photographs capturing them being constructed, used, demolished, and reshaped. This book presents Schulz-Dornburg’s largely unseen series alongside an ex¬tended alongside an extended essay by architectural historian Tom Wilkinson reflecting on the architectural themes and lessons Jongensland continues to offer.
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Get outside and explore the magnificent world of trees with this beautifully illustrated pocket guide for children. Witness a tree's growth from seed to sapling and discover how trees come together to support each other in forests in this beautiful pocket guide to nature. Illustrated gallery-style pages show children how to identify a tree from its seeds, take a closer(...)
Hello trees: A little guide to nature
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Get outside and explore the magnificent world of trees with this beautifully illustrated pocket guide for children. Witness a tree's growth from seed to sapling and discover how trees come together to support each other in forests in this beautiful pocket guide to nature. Illustrated gallery-style pages show children how to identify a tree from its seeds, take a closer look leaf function and shape, and highlights some of the oldest and the tallest trees from around the world.
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Counting on community
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This book is Innosanto Nagara's follow-up to his hit ABC publication, A is for Activist. Counting up from one stuffed piñata to ten hefty hens--and always counting on each other--children are encouraged to recognize the value of their community, the joys inherent in healthy eco-friendly activities, and the agency they posses to make change. A broad and inspiring vision of(...)
Counting on community
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This book is Innosanto Nagara's follow-up to his hit ABC publication, A is for Activist. Counting up from one stuffed piñata to ten hefty hens--and always counting on each other--children are encouraged to recognize the value of their community, the joys inherent in healthy eco-friendly activities, and the agency they posses to make change. A broad and inspiring vision of diversity is told through stories in words and pictures. And of course, there is a duck to find on every page!
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xvi, 250 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press, 1977.
Sweetness and light : the Queen Anne movement, 1860-1900 / Mark Girouard.
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xvi, 250 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press, 1977.
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114, [2] pages, 8 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
London : Boosey and Sons, 4, Broad-street, Royal-Exchange, 1827 (W. Wilson, printer, Skinner-street, London.)
The art of working in pasteboard : upon scientific principles: to which is added, an appendix, containing directions for constructing architectural models: intended as a sequel to Papyro-plastics, or the art of modelling in paper / compiled from the German, with corrections and additions, by D. Boileau ; with eight plates.
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London : Boosey and Sons, 4, Broad-street, Royal-Exchange, 1827 (W. Wilson, printer, Skinner-street, London.)
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Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green! How they find their true colors again concludes a wonderfully satisfying story told with colorful pieces of torn paper and very few words. Leo Lionni launched his children’s book career in 1959 with Little(...)
Little blue and little yellow
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Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green! How they find their true colors again concludes a wonderfully satisfying story told with colorful pieces of torn paper and very few words. Leo Lionni launched his children’s book career in 1959 with Little Blue and Little Yellow, and this 50th-anniversary edition, complete with Lionni’s own explanation of how the book came to be, is sure to resonate with children today.
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Kolobok: A bun on the run
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''Kolobok'' is a new adaptation and translation of a famous Russian folktale about a resourceful bun (a kolobok) who, as in the tale of the gingerbread man beloved of children in the West, skillfully evades the attentions of various animals. Adapted in rhyme by Sian Valvis, and with new illustrations by Dovile Ciapaite, ''Kolobok'' offers English-speaking young readers a(...)
Kolobok: A bun on the run
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''Kolobok'' is a new adaptation and translation of a famous Russian folktale about a resourceful bun (a kolobok) who, as in the tale of the gingerbread man beloved of children in the West, skillfully evades the attentions of various animals. Adapted in rhyme by Sian Valvis, and with new illustrations by Dovile Ciapaite, ''Kolobok'' offers English-speaking young readers a glimpse into the magic and mysticism of Russian folklore. The visceral and environmental elements that are present in Russian folktales bring to life a vivid sense of the nation's culture and identity.
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The rest is up to you
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Like many kids, third grader Cohen Morano likes to watercolor. What's different about Cohen's paintings is that his father, Aye Jay, sends them out into the world to be embellished and altered by a stellar roster of artists and illustrators. The resulting collaborations between Cohen and a host of hip partners including Gary Baseman, Shepard Fairey, Paul Frank, Barry(...)
The rest is up to you
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Like many kids, third grader Cohen Morano likes to watercolor. What's different about Cohen's paintings is that his father, Aye Jay, sends them out into the world to be embellished and altered by a stellar roster of artists and illustrators. The resulting collaborations between Cohen and a host of hip partners including Gary Baseman, Shepard Fairey, Paul Frank, Barry McGee, Chris Ware, and Mark Ryden form a striking and playful body of work. The Rest Is Up To You conveys a sincere message about the importance of making art with children.
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