Seymour Simon

An excellent picture book for teaching children about the brain 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Indiana

Science

Our Nervous System

Describes the various parts of the brain and the nervous system and how they function to enable us to think, feel, move, and remember.

The Brain

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Curtis W. Linton

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools

′The beauty of this volume is that it is designed to help lay people-teachers, administrators, parents, community leaders, and even university professors begin to engage in the emotionally and psychically difficult conversations about race. Glenn Singleton and Curtis Linton have offered us an important book that provides us with empirical data and well constructed exercises to help us think through the ways that race affects our lives and our professional practices. My sincere desire is that after you have had an opportunity to read this volume you will, indeed, engage in some courageous conversations about race′ - Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of The Dreamkeepers



Singleton looks at the achievement gap through the prism of race, and in Courageous Conversations About Race, he begins by examining the evidence that points to race-not poverty-as the underlying cause behind the achievement gap.

This work, while exploring how race affects all educators, declares that we need to have engaged, sustained, and deep conversations about race in order to understand students and the achievement gap. Singleton calls this process "courageous conversations." Through these "courageous conversations," educators can learn how to redesign curriculum and create community and true equity.

Action steps to close the achievement gap include creating an equity team and collaborative action research. The final chapter presents a systemwide plan for transforming schools and districts, including activities, exercises, and checklists for central office administrators, principals, and teachers.

Courageous Conversations about Race

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Robert Sylwester

This book offers educators an introduction to the only mass of matter in the mail universe that can contemplate itself—-the human brain

An Educator's Guide to the Human Brain

Provides an introduction to late twentieth-century scientific understanding of the development, organization, and operation of the brain, written especially for educational leaders, and suggests some broad educational applications that may be introduced in schools.

A Celebration of Neurons

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Pierce Howard

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Practical Applications from Mind-Brain Research

Gives insight into the working of the human brain by combining research reports with practical applications.

The Owner's Manual for the Brain

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MaryAnn F. Kohl

Kim Solga

110 amazingly fun and Unique are activities for children to experience the styles of techniques of the great masters!

Art, music, drama/theater

Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters

Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters--Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.


Discovering Great Artists

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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

How to Teach Art to Children has it all-background information, literature resources, and concise step-by-step directions for 96 art projects that will help your students learn about the elements of art and then use the elements in the styles of famous artists. This book is divided into two parts: - Part one: Learning about the elements of art - Part two: Using the elements of art Teacher information pages provide: - a definition of each art element - a list of literature references - fine art examples that demonstrate the element Each project and concept is supported by: - easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions - a complete list of materials needed - reproducible patterns

How to Teach Art to Children

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Seuss

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem.

The Lorax

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Terry Barrett

Aesthetics and Criticism of Contemporary Art

Why Is That Art? addresses common questions that viewers raise about contemporary art: Why is that art? Why is it in an art museum? Who says it's art? If I did this, would it be art? Why is it good? Covering a broad, diverse, and engaging sampling of works--abstract and representational painting, monumental sculpture, performance art, video installations, films, and photographs--author Terry Barrett responds to these questions using three sources: the artists who created the works, philosophers of art, and art critics. Introducing students to a variety of established theories of art, he presents the traditional sets of criteria of Realism, Expressionism, and Formalism, which are in turn updated by recent sources of Poststructuralism. Barrett applies each of these theories to challenging works of contemporary art, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of each mode of interpretation. He encourages students to consider many criteria when evaluating an artwork, to critically examine judgments made by others, and to make informed judgments of their own. Ideal for courses in aesthetics, art theory, art criticism, and the philosophy of art, Why Is That Art? is organized chronologically according to the history of aesthetics. It features sixty-seven illustrations (twenty-six in a full-color insert), discusses a wide range of American and European artists, and includes an exceptional overview of postmodern pluralism. This unique book will provide students with a newfound appreciation for contemporary art, scholarship, and reasoned argumentation, giving them the confidence to join the fascinating discourse on contemporary art.

Why Is That Art?

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Bobbi Chertok

Explorations of 10 great works with step-by-step art projects

Exploration of 10 Great Works with Step-by-Step Art Projects

Month-by-Month Masterpieces

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Patrick McDonnell

Art creates line, squiggles, dots, and a whole New World in this imaginative picture book

A rhyming tribute to a budding young artist.

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Joyce Raimondo

Activities and Adventures in Surrealism

Henry is generally well-behaved, but he is occasionally arrogant and vain. Henry is at heart a hard worker, but his frequent bouts of illness hinder his work.

Imagine That!

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Yukio Tsuchiya

Tomoko T. Dykes

A True Story of Animals, People and War

Recounts how three elephants in a Tokyo zoo were put to death because of the war, focusing on the pain shared by the elephants and the keepers who must starve them.

Faithful Elephants

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Bob Raczka

An amazing picture book a famous works of art 

Art Is Scholastic Book Fairs

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Marcia Schonzeit

Great elementary arts and crafts ideas for the month of September October, November

Offers more than 50 classroom tested illustrated suggestions for every month. Designed to promote individual creativity, many projects integrate other curriculum areas. Reproducible letter to parents helps you enlist help in assembling scrap materials of all kinds.

Month by Month Arts and Crafts

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Great elementary arts and crafts ideas for the month of December January, and February

December-February

Month Arts

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Jen Green

Andrew S. Hughes

This series introduces young readers to the worlds most celebrated painters and artists. It includes great images and related project ideas

Michelangelo

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Great arts and crafts projects for grades one through six focused on the month of March

March-May

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Kay Hyman

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Picasso and Cubism

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Anna Nilsen

I detection game a mystery story and an introduction of modern Art all in one

Solve the Crime, Save the Show!

Find the rogue painting and save the exhibition and the City Gallery! Children will have hours of fun exercising their powers of observation as they spot the clues that reveal which artist painted each picture. While they have fun solving the mystery, they'll be enjoying an inspiring introduction to thirty-two of the world's greatest modern artists.

The split pages make this book a fun, interactive experience, rich with fascinating facts about the paintings and the painters and their techniques--all the ingredients needed to inspire a lifelong interest in modern art. Also included is a glossary of art terms.

The Great Art Scandal

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Irene Korn

This book details, the development of art from the beginnings of recorded civilization end of the 20th century

More than 100 of the greatest works of art are discussed and analyzed, with each work displayed in a sumptuous, faithful color reproduction that matches the vibrancy and mood of the original. The works included range from the art of Classical Greece and Rome through the 1980's, and deal with such masterworks as the Venus de Milo, the Nike of Samothrace and Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam.

Great Masterpieces of the World

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J. Cook

This book takes a fresh look at the subject of modern art

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Intended to encourage a greater understanding of modern art by putting it in a wider context. Compares and contrasts different works under chapter readings such as 'Emotions', 'War', 'City life', showing how art can relate to people's everyday lives. Suggested level: secondary.

Understanding Modern Art

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Barbara Sullivan

Crystal Britton

This book is a visual celebration of African-American art from its beginnings in colonial America to the present day

The Long Struggle

An overview of African American art, including early folk art, contemporary paintings, prints and sculpture.

African-American Art

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Caroline Grimshaw

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Michael Clarke

This dictionary provide succinct and accessible exclamations for over 1800 terms 

From Baroque to Postmodernism, Clarke presents succinct and accessible explanations of over 1,700 terms used in the wide variety of visual media in the art world.

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