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10 best books like Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder (Tanya Lee Stone): What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!, A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery, Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews, Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane, The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse, The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse, Henri's Scissors, Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit With Andy Warhol

What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN0439922313
A witty and stylish biography of a maverick American heroine -- the outspoken, irresistible daughter of Teddy Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem. Her name was Alice. Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things! Father called it running riot. Alice called...
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
AuthorJen Bryant
ISBN0802853021
When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s notebooks filled up, one after another. Willie’s words gave him freedom and peace, but he also knew he needed to earn a living. So he went off to medical school and became a doctor -- one of the busiest men in town!...
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
AuthorSandra Neil Wallace
ISBN1481443879
Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes—a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generations—with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw....
Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews
AuthorKathleen Benson Haskins
ISBN0544104870
Benny Andrews loved to draw. He drew his nine brothers and sisters, and his parents. He drew the red earth of the fields where they all worked, the hot sun that beat down, and the rows and rows of crops. As Benny hauled buckets of water, he made pictures in his head. And he dreamed of a better life—something...
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
AuthorCarole Boston Weatherford
ISBN0805079947
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn...
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...
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
AuthorDan Yaccarino
ISBN0375855734
Jacques Cousteau was the world s ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people s living rooms. Now, in this exciting picturebook biography, Dan Yaccarino introduces young readers to the man behind the snorkel.
From the first moment he got...
Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse
AuthorMarjorie Blain Parker
ISBN0803737580
An inspiring portrait of one of the world's most loved artists

There was once a boy named Henri, whose dreams were full of color even though his hometown was dreary and gray. His parents expected him to learn a trade when he grew up, but being a law clerk bored him, and he continued to dream of a colorful,...
Henri's Scissors
AuthorJeanette Winter
ISBN1442464852
Step into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts in this biography by acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter.

In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and...
Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit With Andy Warhol
AuthorJames Warhola
ISBN0399238697
When James Warhola was a little boy, his father had a junk business that turned their yard into a wonderful play zone that his mother didn't fully appreciate! But whenever James and his family drove to New York City to visit Uncle Andy, they got to see how "junk" could become something truly amazing in an...
Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
AuthorBarb Rosenstock
After a childhood bout of polio left her with a limp, all Dorothea Lange wanted to do was disappear. But this desire not to be seen helped her learn how to blend into the background and observe others acutely. With a passion for the artistic life, and in spite of her family’s disapproval, Dorothea pursued...
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...
Brush of the Gods
AuthorLenore Look
ISBN0375870016
This gorgeous picture book biography, according to Kirkus Reviews in a starred review, is "a cheerful introduction not only to Wu Daozi, but to the power of inspiration."

Who wants to learn calligraphy when your brush is meant for so much more? Wu Daozi (689-758), known as China's greatest...
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire
AuthorAmy Guglielmo
ISBN1481461311
Mary Blair lived her life in color: vivid, wild color.

From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn’t play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling...
It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
AuthorDon Tate
ISBN1600602606
Growing up as an enslaved boy on an Alabama cotton farm, Bill Traylor worked all day in the hot fields. When slavery ended, Bill's family stayed on the farm as sharecroppers. There Bill grew to manhood, raised his own family, and cared for the land and his animals.

By 1935 Bill was eighty-one and...
Edward Hopper Paints His World
AuthorRobert Burleigh
ISBN0805087524
As a boy, Edward Hopper knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: on the cover of his pencil box, he wrote the words EDWARD HOPPER, WOULD-BE ARTIST. He traveled to New York and to Paris to hone his craft. And even though no one wanted to buy his paintings for a long time, he never stopped believing in...
Action Jackson
AuthorJan Greenberg
ISBN0312367511
One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist).

Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan use this moment as the departure point for a unique picture book about a great...
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
AuthorMonica Brown
ISBN0735842698
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...
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing
AuthorKay Haring
ISBN0525428194
Iconic pop artist Keith Haring comes to life for young readers in this picture book biography lovingly written by his sister

This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist's great...
A Poem for Peter
AuthorAndrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN0425287688
A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.

The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats’s obvious talent, his...
Lady Liberty
AuthorDoreen Rappaport
ISBN0763625302
A powerfully moving, authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty, told through the eyes of those who created her and illustrated in glorious detail.

"Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift."

It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later...
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
AuthorGene Barretta
ISBN0805079173
The inventions and inspiration of Benjamin Franklin and how they've stood the test of time

What would you do if you lived in a community without a library, hospital, post office, or fire department? If you were Benjamin Franklin, you'd set up these organizations yourself. Franklin also designed...
Silent Days, Silent Dreams
AuthorAllen Say
ISBN0545927617
James Castle was born two months premature on September 25, 1899, on a farm in Garden Valley, Idaho. He was deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. He didn't walk until he was four; he would never learn to speak, write, read, or use sign language.

Yet, today Castle's artwork hangs in major...
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
AuthorAmy Novesky
ISBN1419718819
"Drawing is like a spider's thread."

I read this because I picked up all the picture books illustrated (some written, too) of Isabelle Arsenault. This is one of her most amazing artistic accomplishments. I had no idea who Louise Bourgeois, a sculptor and weaver, was. This book, for all ages,...
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