Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire

8 best books like Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire (Amy Guglielmo): Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, Hello Lighthouse, The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid, Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece, Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books (Nonfiction Books for Kids, Early Elementary History Books), Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters, The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

Author	Anika Aldamuy Denise
ISBN	0062748688

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...

Hello Lighthouse

Author	Sophie Blackall
ISBN	0316362387

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 World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid

Author

Jeanette Winter

A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2017
Parents’ Choice Recommended

Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter.

Zaha Hadid grew up...

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

Author	Monica Brown
ISBN	0735842698

The fascinating Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is remembered for her dramatic self-portrait paintings featuring bold and vibrant colors. Her artwork brought attention to Mexican and indigenous culture with images renowned in celebrating the female form.

Brown's story recounts Frida's...

Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece

Author	Marc Harshman
ISBN	1596437189

In the wooded heart of Pennsylvania, a house perches atop a waterfall. The water's tune echoes through its sunlit-dappled rooms, and the façade blends effortlessly into the rock and forest behind it. This is Fallingwater, an architectural masterpiece born from the marriage of meticulous research...

Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books (Nonfiction Books for Kids, Early Elementary History Books)

Author	Michelle Markel
ISBN	0811879224

This rollicking and fascinating picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children's books—John Newbery himself. While most children's books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing with entertaining stories, science,...

Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

Author	Michael James Mahin
ISBN	1481443496

A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll.

Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told. When Grandma Della said the blues wouldn’t put food on the table, Muddy...

The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln

Author	Marissa Moss
ISBN	1419730649

From award-winning author Marissa Moss comes the first children’s book about Allan Pinkerton, one of America’s greatest detectives. Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln, but few know anything about the spy who saved him! Allan Pinkerton’s life changed when he helped the Chicago Police...