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''Stones, bones and stitches'' is a fascinating and beautiful introduction to the art of the North. Focusing on several important works from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, curators Shelley Falconer and Shawna White take you on an impressive journey through the artistic landscape. The evolving character of the North is explored through the lens of some of Canada’s(...)
Stones, bones and stitches. Storytelling through Inuit Art
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''Stones, bones and stitches'' is a fascinating and beautiful introduction to the art of the North. Focusing on several important works from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, curators Shelley Falconer and Shawna White take you on an impressive journey through the artistic landscape. The evolving character of the North is explored through the lens of some of Canada’s most significant Inuit artists, past and present. Included are eight different works from sculpture to prints, each highlighted with introductions to the artists, the materials they used, geography, legends, and stories. Photographs together with intriguing facts give the reader insight into the artists’ lives, communities, and working conditions along with brief histories of the region.
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Unikaangit: légendes inuites
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Créé dans le cadre d’un projet de Fusion Jeunesse au Nunavik et réalisé par Anorak Studio, ce recueil de sept légendes présente des œuvres dessinées en partie par des élèves de l’école Innalik d’Inukjuak. Histoires porteuses de sens pour les uns, amusantes ou effrayantes pour les autres, ces légendes sont l’ancrage de la culture inuite, transmise d’une génération à(...)
Unikaangit: légendes inuites
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Créé dans le cadre d’un projet de Fusion Jeunesse au Nunavik et réalisé par Anorak Studio, ce recueil de sept légendes présente des œuvres dessinées en partie par des élèves de l’école Innalik d’Inukjuak. Histoires porteuses de sens pour les uns, amusantes ou effrayantes pour les autres, ces légendes sont l’ancrage de la culture inuite, transmise d’une génération à l’autre par la tradition orale
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Corneille apporte la lumière
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Cette légende autochtone est un conte inuit que nous proposons en version française et en dialecte inuktitut. Selon la légende, Corneille traverse l’obscurité afin d’apporter la lumière aux Inuits. L’oiseau s’empare d’une boule de lumière magique et offre ainsi aux Inuits quelque chose qu’ils désirent depuis longtemps. La légende prend vie dans notre publication sous(...)
Corneille apporte la lumière
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Cette légende autochtone est un conte inuit que nous proposons en version française et en dialecte inuktitut. Selon la légende, Corneille traverse l’obscurité afin d’apporter la lumière aux Inuits. L’oiseau s’empare d’une boule de lumière magique et offre ainsi aux Inuits quelque chose qu’ils désirent depuis longtemps. La légende prend vie dans notre publication sous forme d’illustrations colorées et éclatantes réalisées par l’auteure elle-même. Le livre comprend aussi un lexique de 15 mots dans les deux langues, ainsi qu’une section questions/réponses à propos des Inuits du Canada.
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Viola est sculptrice. Sebastian est peintre. Tous les deux sont des artistes. Après un long voyage de plusieurs semaines, leurs oeuvres arrivent enfin au musée. Conservatrice, gardien, installateurs, artistes, médiateur : tout le monde avait hâte de commencer à travailler sur la grande exposition ! Un passionnant album-documentaire pour découvrir les coulisses d'un musée. Dès 7 ans.
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Viola est sculptrice. Sebastian est peintre. Tous les deux sont des artistes. Après un long voyage de plusieurs semaines, leurs oeuvres arrivent enfin au musée. Conservatrice, gardien, installateurs, artistes, médiateur : tout le monde avait hâte de commencer à travailler sur la grande exposition ! Un passionnant album-documentaire pour découvrir les coulisses d'un musée. Dès 7 ans.
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Ma ville inconnue
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Levi habite une grande ville. Tous les jours, il passe par les mêmes endroits. Puis un jour, grâce à un ami, il va découvrir plein de nouveaux lieux qu'il n'avait jamais pris le temps d'explorer...
Ma ville inconnue
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Levi habite une grande ville. Tous les jours, il passe par les mêmes endroits. Puis un jour, grâce à un ami, il va découvrir plein de nouveaux lieux qu'il n'avait jamais pris le temps d'explorer...
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If you live here
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A picture book that imagines all the different types of places you could live—from the author of ''Lovely beasts,'' Kate Gardner, and award-winning illustrator Christopher Silas Neal. The perfect next read for fans of Carson Ellis's ''Home.'' Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live . . . in a treehouse, underground, in a castle, or even in a spaceship?(...)
If you live here
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A picture book that imagines all the different types of places you could live—from the author of ''Lovely beasts,'' Kate Gardner, and award-winning illustrator Christopher Silas Neal. The perfect next read for fans of Carson Ellis's ''Home.'' Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live . . . in a treehouse, underground, in a castle, or even in a spaceship? ''If you live here'' is a whimsical tribute to the unique and special places we call home.
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Katie Yamasaki’s newest picture book celebrates the life of her grandfather, the acclaimed Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki. Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as ''serenity, surprise, and delight.'' Here, Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle’s Japanese immigrant community, paying his way(...)
Minoru Yamasaki: Shapes, lines, and light. My grandfather's American journey
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Katie Yamasaki’s newest picture book celebrates the life of her grandfather, the acclaimed Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki. Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as ''serenity, surprise, and delight.'' Here, Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle’s Japanese immigrant community, paying his way through college working in Alaska’s notorious salmon canneries, his success in architectural school, and the transformative structures he imagined and built. A Japanese American man who faced brutal anti-Asian racism in post–World War II America and an outsider to the architectural establishment, he nonetheless left his mark on the world, from the American Midwest to New York City, Asia, and the Middle East.
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From private homes to shelters, markets and schools, opera houses to factories, museums to libraries, this book explores how architects of diverse backgrounds and cultures are tackling problems such as climate change, income inequality and declining resources by designing buildings that are as innovative as they are fascinating. The illustrations emphasize the design of(...)
The power of architecture: 25 modern buildings from around the world
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From private homes to shelters, markets and schools, opera houses to factories, museums to libraries, this book explores how architects of diverse backgrounds and cultures are tackling problems such as climate change, income inequality and declining resources by designing buildings that are as innovative as they are fascinating. The illustrations emphasize the design of the buildings in their surroundings and also show the people who live, work, or play there. The text highlights the building’s unique contribution to architectural history, explains why the building works, and tells of its unique features.
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Oscar Wilde’s stories have given pleasure to generations of readers. This collection of children’s stories, first published in 1888, explores timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. Featuring princesses, ogres, and talking animals, ''The happy prince & other tales'' poses questions that are as pertinent now(...)
The happy prince & other tales
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Oscar Wilde’s stories have given pleasure to generations of readers. This collection of children’s stories, first published in 1888, explores timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. Featuring princesses, ogres, and talking animals, ''The happy prince & other tales'' poses questions that are as pertinent now as they were at the turn of the century. What is love? asks ''The happy prince & other tales.'' How do you get what you need? asks ''The nightingale and the rose'' How do you win friends—and avoid alienating people? Can you have too much compassion? How can you set the world on fire?
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The sound of letters
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The letter A goes AAAAH! Like when I welcome a friend that I have been missing . . . The letter B goes B' B' B' B', like the bubbles in a bottle that I dip in the bath . . . The letter C goes K' K' K', like when I break the shell of a boiled egg . . . The sound of letters is an alphabet book unlike any other! This book of letters teaches the sound that the different(...)
The sound of letters
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The letter A goes AAAAH! Like when I welcome a friend that I have been missing . . . The letter B goes B' B' B' B', like the bubbles in a bottle that I dip in the bath . . . The letter C goes K' K' K', like when I break the shell of a boiled egg . . . The sound of letters is an alphabet book unlike any other! This book of letters teaches the sound that the different letters make in a unique and fresh way.
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