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Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse

10 best books like Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse (Marjorie Blain Parker): Julián Is a Mermaid, The Undefeated, Apple Pie 4th of July, Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, Before She Was Harriet, Drawn Together, Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala, Islandborn, The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague, The Shadowglass

Julián Is a Mermaid
AuthorJessica Love
ISBN0763690457
In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their...
The Undefeated
AuthorKwame Alexander
ISBN1328780961
The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...
Apple Pie 4th of July
AuthorJanet S. Wong
ISBN0152057080
A young girl - believing that the 4th of July is a time when people eat American foods like apple pie - tries to convince her parents that no one will be interested in the Chinese food they sell in their store. Despite her gloomy predictions - which seem, at first, to be borne out by the events of the day - they...
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
AuthorAnika Aldamuy Denise
ISBN0062748688
Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.

When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories...
Before She Was Harriet
AuthorLesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN0823420477
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse and illustrated by an award-winning artist.
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad....
Drawn Together
AuthorMinh Lê
ISBN1484767608
Each year my family reads all the Goodreads-award-nominated picture books, and we have been doing this for years. Everyone rates each book and adds a comment and it may (or may not) affect my overall rating. This is book #5 of 2018. I read this in June 2018 but will bump up my rating from 3 stars to 4 stars because...
Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala
AuthorLina Maslo
ISBN0062560778
The inspiring true story of Malala Yousafzai, human rights activist and the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, from debut author/illustrator Lina Maslo.

When Malala Yousafzai was born, some people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked...
Islandborn
AuthorJunot Díaz
ISBN0735229864
Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places.

So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby....
The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague
AuthorJulia Finley Mosca
ISBN1943147426
Meet Raye Montague--the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy!

After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping...
The Shadowglass
AuthorRin Chupeco
ISBN1492660604
In the highly anticipated finale to the Bone Witch trilogy, Tea’s life—and the fate of the kingdoms—hangs in the balance

Tea is a bone witch with the dark magic needed to raise the dead. She has used this magic to breathe life into those she has loved and lost…and those who would join her...
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse
AuthorPatricia MacLachlan
ISBN1596439483
If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures?

Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists by...
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
AuthorJen Cullerton Johnson
A while back I read a couple picture books about Wangari Maathai, including Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai and Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa, and I loved them both, and I’m interested in reading her autobiography and her book about the Green Belt Movement,...
Hello Lighthouse
AuthorSophie Blackall
ISBN0316362387
On the highest rock of a tiny island
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
AuthorMichelle Markel
ISBN0802853641
Henri Rousseau wanted to be an artist. But he had no formal training. Instead, he taught himself to paint. He painted until the jungles and animals and distant lands in his head came alive on the space of his canvases. Henri Rousseau endured the harsh critics of his day and created the brilliant paintings...
Grand Canyon
AuthorJason Chin
ISBN1596439505
Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon.

Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls...
Big Cat, Little Cat
AuthorElisha Cooper
It’s the circle of Life. This story is simple and very profound for the very young. I don’t understand the artwork though. It is simple like the story with a white cat and black cat, but surely as an award of children’s art in storytelling, this should not have been considered. I really don’t understand....
A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E. B. White
AuthorBarbara Herkert
ISBN1627792457
A lyrical biography of E. B. White, beloved author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, written by Barbara Herkert and illustrated by Caldecott honoree Lauren Castillo.

When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten,...
Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing
AuthorDean Robbins
ISBN0399551859
Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world.

Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote...
The Mountain That Loved a Bird
AuthorAlice McLerran
ISBN0887080006
While not specifically pagan, I found the book with its profound message and natural landscape to be a perfect addition to my son's spiritual library. On the surface, it is the story of a bird whose yearly visits cheer a lonely, lifeless rock of a mountain and the slow and subtle changes that allow that...
A Different Pond
AuthorBao Phi
ISBN1479597465
A Different Pond by Bao Phi is a children's book about a family who came to America (Minnesota) from Vietnam as refugees.

The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything...
Say Something
AuthorPeter H. Reynolds
ISBN0545865034
The world needs your voice.
If you have a brilliant idea...say something!
If you see an injustice...say something!

In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day,...
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World
AuthorVashti Harrison
ISBN0241346878
Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world.

Did you know that WIFI was invented by a glamorous Hollywood star?
Or that the first computer programmer was a woman born in 1816?

These amazing little leaders have changed the world, all because they...
The Perfect Pet
AuthorMargie Palatini
ISBN0060001089
Bird?
Bunny?
Turtle?
Fish? Elizabeth really, really wants a pet, but her parents say NO to all of her ideas. Instead, she ends up with a cactus called Carolyn. And after some very unsuccessful campaigning, to her wonderful surprise, Elizabeth encounters Doug -- surely the most unusual...
Odetta: The Queen of Folk
AuthorStephen Alcorn
ISBN0439928184
A picture book that shines light on the indomitable life of one of the most influential American folksingers in the history of our country.

In the spirit of WHEN MARIAN SANG, this book introduces young readers to Odetta, an American folk legend. Lyrical text and striking paintings tell the...
Blanket of Stars
AuthorJana Laiz
ISBN0981491073
Night is falling on the hill. A busy world is getting still.

Join Little Bird, Little Bunny, Little Fox as they drift off into dreamland under a blanket of stars. Lull your little ones to sweet sleep with the lush illustrations and soothing lullabies of Blanket of Stars. Music included. Additional...
Oh My, Oh No!
AuthorLisa Charrier
ISBN0762454091
The little girl in this story questions why her mom says oh my, oh no about so many things that don't make sense. Mommy says don't drink coffee because it is yucky, but then why does she drink it? She says why are you giving your cake to the cat, but the cat is hungry. She says, oh my oh no when the girl tries to clean...
Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still
AuthorKarlin Gray
ISBN0544319605
Nadia Comaneci was a feisty and fearless little girl who went from climbing trees in the forests of Romania to swinging into history at the 1976 Olympic Games, where she received an unprecedented seven perfect scores in gymnastics. But as readers will see in this first-ever illustrated picture...
Bear Needs Help
AuthorSarah S. Brannen
With one of his shoes untied, and all of the animals too scared to help, what's Bear going to do? The surprisingly clever answer will make kids -- and parents -- laugh. A perfect read-aloud.

A lumbering little polar bear has one shoe untied, and he needs some help! Sadly for him, though, the other...
Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons
AuthorLaura Purdie Salas
ISBN1541543831
I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one. Books of poetry for kids don't always work. But after flipping through the first few poems and pictures, I was sold.

This book is comprised of what the author calls "riddle-ku". Basically, they're haiku that describe something, only it's not explicitly...
Vivienne Westwood
AuthorMª Isabel Sánchez Vegara
ISBN1786037572
New in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Vivienne Westwood, the flame-haired fashion designer and impresario. When Vivienne was a young woman, she wasn't sure how a working class girl from England could make a living in the art world. But after discovering her passion for design...
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