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2) Mary Cassatt
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English
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the American artist, discussing some of her famous paintings and her influence on people's beliefs about art and women artists.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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From humble beginnings sketching Iowa's cornfields and rolling hills as a child, painter Grant Wood (1891-1942) became the father of Regionalism - an artistic movement that celebrated the real-life surroundings of the people. American Gothic is a picture-book biography that explores the birth of the famous painting, the movement that made it possible, and the artist who created it all.
4) Ronda Rousey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) star Ronda Rousey is known for her incredible record of twelve wins and one loss and has been ranked the world's top fighter in her weight class. With nine of her twelve wins taking place in under a minute, Ronda is considered one of MMA's biggest superstars. Her journey to success started at the 2008 Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in judo. Learn more about how this impressive fighter became known as one of the most...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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As his parents' shouting tears through the walls to the room where he is supposed to be sleeping, young Neil Waldman buries his face in his pillow and tries to swallow his tears. The trauma of his parents' fighting rips at him, but it will also open the path to Neil's career as an artist. Seeking refuge from a turbulent home life, Neil and his three siblings turn to the world of creativity.
Their mother's book from an art museum in Russia is all...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Meet Harry Houdini - the most famous magician of all time. Harry performed many daring and astounding tricks still talked about today, including dangerous underwater escapes. Harry started his life in poverty but as a child got his own trapeze and performed for the neighborhood kids, calling himself "Prince of the Air." He went on to become one of the most famous people in the world, performing in front of huge crowds and making six movies. With level-appropriate...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"In the tradition of DELICIOUS, WIDENESS & WONDER, and EVERYBODY PAINTS!, this is Susan Goldman Rubin's extensively researched and very accessible biography of civic activist Maya Lin, most famous for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one of the most famous pieces of civic architecture in the world. But most people are not as familiar with the reserved college student who entered and...
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English
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This is the story of Andy Warhol-and how his pop art took the world by storm. From drawing shoes for a shoe company to his Campbell's Soup cans and Marilyn Monroe prints, Andy made art out of the everyday. People claimed Andy's art wasn't real art, but that didn't stop him from making it, plus movies, a magazine, a TV show, and more!
With Art Is Everywhere, Jeff Mack explores Warhol's fascination (and our own) with celebrity and fame, and opens readers'...
12) Brock Lesnar
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Profiles the life and career of the wrestler and mixed martial artist, looking at his childhood in South Dakota, his college wrestling career, and his breaking of the Undertaker's winning streak.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A biography of twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama. Includes an afterword, author's note, and sources"--Provided by publisher.
15) Samuel Morse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Samuel Morse invented Morse code and innovated the telegraph that changed the world! Kids can read this book to find out more about Morse, like that he was a painter first and how he became an inventor?
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles.
Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
16) Edward Hopper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Examines the life and work of the American realist painter, describing and giving examples of his art.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"Aaron Philip's memoir chronicles his extraordinary journey from happy baby in Antigua to confident teen artist in New York City. His honest, often funny stories of triumph-- despite physical difficulties, poverty, and other challenges-- are as inspiring as they are eye-opening"--Front jacket flap.
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