#hardcover #youngadult #adventure #fiction #mystery #middlegrade #children #adventure #art #firstedition

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village--along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn--his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him. 150,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.

The Calder Game

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Jamie Brenner

Arkansas

An unexpected inheritance, a promise broken, and four lives changed forever: the newest page-turner from USA Today bestselling author Jamie Brenner. Summer has started in idyllic Sag Harbor, and for Emma Mapson that means greeting guests at the front desk of The American Hotel. But when one of the town's most famous residents, artist Henry Wyatt, dies suddenly, Emma learns he has mysteriously left his waterfront home - a self-designed masterpiece filled with his work - to her teenage daughter, Penny. Back in Manhattan, legendary art patron Bea Winstead's grief at her lifelong friend and former business partner Henry's passing turns to outrage at the news of his shocking bequest. How did these unknown locals get their hands on the estate? Bea, with her devoted assistant Kyle in tow, descends on Sag Harbor determined to reclaim the house and preserve Henry's legacy. While Emma fights to defend her daughter's inheritance, Bea discovers that Henry left a treasure trove of sketches scattered around town. With Penny's reluctant help, Bea pieces them together to find a story hidden in plain sight: an illustration of their shared history with an unexpected twist that will change all of their lives. Drawn together in their battle for the house, Emma and Bea are forced to confront the past while facing a future that challenges everything they believe about love, fate, and family.

Drawing Home

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Steve Martin

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Georgia

A Novel

Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men and women, old and young, rich and even richer with her magnetic charisma and liveliness. Her ascension to the highest tiers of the city parallel the soaring heights--and, at times, the dark lows--of the art world and the country from the late 1990s through today.

An Object of Beauty

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An introduction to the colorful world of silk painting. With lots of pictures, tips and techniques. #hardcover #painting #art #instructional #silk #homeschool 

Wisconsin

The Art of Crafts

Silk Painting provides an introduction to the colorful and exciting world of this popular art. With a few basic materials, paints in the three primary colors and black, a brush, gutta, an embroidery frame, and a piece of silk, Jenni Milne shows you how to create a wide variety of projects. Some of these give basic instructions and are ideal for the beginner; others combine techniques for the more adventurous. All of them will encourage the reader to make colorful hand-painted works of art. Silk Painting is lavishly illustrated throughout with full-color photographs, and will provide an inspiration to students, amateurs, and established artists on silk.

Silk Painting

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Kayla Rae Whitaker

California

"Best friends and artistic partners in the male-dominated field of animation, Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo, the friction of their differences driving them. After a decade of striving, the two are finally celebrating the release of their first full-length feature, which transforms Mel's difficult childhood into a provocative and visually daring work of art. The toast of the indie film scene, they stand at the cusp of making it big. But with their success come doubt and destruction, cracks in their relationship threatening the delicate balance of the work they do together."--Page 4 of cover.

The Animators

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#nonfiction #hardcover #reference #writing #writers #handbook #guide #art

Kansas

A Creative Approach to Writing and Rewriting Fiction

The author shows how three of his own short stories evolved from journal musings to published versions, with discussions on revising at different stages in the process, cutting and adding, rearranging the plot, and revising after publication

Revision

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#hardcover #picturebook #artbook #illusions #art #metamorphasis 

Illinois

Metamorphimals 

#hardcover #picturebook #abcbook #artbook #art #childrensbook #abcs

ABC Book

Alphamorphabet

Rosalyn Schanzer

Line new conditioner except for being loved bit by my cat. 

New York

The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

Tackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honour book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale.

In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! And then the accusations began. The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people's lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling, novelistic detail--complete with stylized black-white-and-red scratchboard illustrations of young girls having wild fits in the courtroom, witches flying overhead, and the Devil and his servants terrorizing the Puritans-- in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. Taught in middle and high schools around the U.S., the 17th-century saga remains hauntingly resonant as people struggle even today with the urgent need to find someone to blame for their misfortunes.  

Witches! has been honoured with many prestigious awards, including:. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honour Book



2012 Notable Children's Books--ALSC



NCSS--Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012



School Library Journal Best Books of 2011



SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011



Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011

Witches

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Proud to be one of the poets who contributed to this anthology. My poem Two Girls was the first thing I ever tried to get published. I wonder if I just got lucky. I wrote it in a way, you can't read it fast or it may sound confusing or incorrect. I'm a lover of language, and phrasing things in ways people aren't used to hearing them phrased. Never thought it would even get in the book, bringing up homosexuality and all. It even looks atheist if read the wrong way, and without thinking about it what it really means. That... was the sign I needed to keep going with writing. There are so, so many different kinds of poems in this book. Going through this for the first time, I kept ripping off parts of a tissue and sticking them in the pages, cause I didn't have a bookmark, so I could come back to the poems... well I ran out of tissue, so there are a lot of great poems in there! What I like about it is that I'm in the same book with people who have contrasting, or slightly different views/beleifs. (obvious by the poems) Diversity is a good thing in an anthology. I can recal a *hilarious* poem, and a poem that makes you want to just curl up and cry in a corner for days... in a good way. Theres poems that make you want to praise and celebrate, and there are poems that make you really need to think. I couldn't dream of a better anthology that I would want my first published thing in. I didn't even think I'd get in this one. You never know. Anyhow this would make a great holiday gift for any lover of modern poetry. There's a poem in this book for anything you can imagine. It's just a beautiful display of self-expression, wisdom, rhythem, and pure emotion. Definately add this to the collection.

Washington

Forever Spoken 

Andrea Bartz

Florida

An exclusive New York women's workspace is rocked by the mysterious disappearance of its enigmatic founder, leaving two sisters to uncover the haunting truth "Fascinating and chilling."--Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED THRILLERS OF 2020 BY Marie Claire · Newsweek · The Boston Globe · HelloGiggles · Book Riot · PopSugar · CrimeReads · Bustle · She Reads The name of the elite, women-only coworking space stretches across the wall behind the check-in desk: THE HERD, the H-E-R always in purple. In-the-know New Yorkers crawl over one another to apply for membership to this community that prides itself on mentorship and empowerment. Among the hopefuls is Katie Bradley, who's just returned from the Midwest after a stint of book research blew up in her face. Luckily, Katie has an in, thanks to her sister, Hana, an original Herder and the best friend of Eleanor Walsh, the Herd's charismatic founder. Eleanor is a queen among the Herd's sun-filled rooms, admired and quietly feared even as she strives to be warm and approachable. As head of PR, Hana is working around the clock to prepare for a huge announcement from Eleanor--one that will change the trajectory of the Herd forever. Though Katie loves her sister's crew, she secretly hopes that she's found her next book subject in Eleanor, who's brilliant, trailblazing--and extremely private. Then, on the night of the glitzy Herd news conference, Eleanor vanishes without a trace. Everybody has a theory about what made Eleanor run, but when the police suggest foul play, everyone is a suspect: Eleanor's husband, other Herders, the men's rights groups that have had it out for the Herd since its launch--even Eleanor's closest friends. As Hana struggles to figure out what her friend was hiding and Katie chases the story of her life, the sisters must face the secrets they've been keeping from each other--and confront just how dangerous it can be when women's perfect veneers start to crack, crumble, and then fall away altogether.

The Herd

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By allowing watercolor pigments to run free across the paper, artists can achieve a unique, glowing quality that no other technique can equal. This enjoyable guide takes the fear out of "letting loose" and exploiting the flow of watercolor, empowering artists to trust their instincts and create glazes rich in depth and luminosity. Step by step, artists are led through the process of planning, preparing and applying glazes, covering:- Composition and the use of exaggeration, elimination, repetition and contrast- 30 easy and unconventional methods for producing watercolor images- 3 basic steps to developing a painting: saving whites, creating form and lighting up focal areas- 5 complete demonstrations These new techniques will not only improve each artist's ability, they will also make the act of painting a more fulfilling and liberating experience.Jan Fabian Wallake was a graphic designer and art director before becoming a full-time watercolor artist. She has a long list of awards but is also a dedicated teacher. Her instruction has been published in Watercolor, American Artist and the Artist's Magazine. She lives in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Watercolor Pour It On!

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Penelope Hughes-Hallett

Light shelf wear on jacket. Subtle mileage. Pages in amazing shape. Sharp colors on illustrations. Crisp and clean. No dog ears or scribbles. Virtually no mileage. Please see photos for reference.

Ohio

The Wordsworths and the Lakes

This is a collection of the writings of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, De Quincy and others, describing the life of the Wordsworths and their circle when they lived at Grasmere in the Lake District.

Home at Grasmere

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#hardcover #fiction #childrens #art #earlychildhood #interactive #picturebook #readaloud great condition except for back cover is bent, please see pictures for details 

Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, a series of dots multiplies, grows, or changes color by pressing, tilting, or blowing on the previous page.

Press Here (Interactive Book for Toddlers and Kids, Interactive Baby Book)

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The British nun combines her interest in the Muses of classical mythology with her appreciation for fine porcelain in this unique mythology book.

Sister Wendy's Book of Muses

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#hardcover #knitting #macrame #sewing #softfurnishings #embroidery #crochet #needlepointtapestry #crafts #art

Guide to Needlecraft

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Dust cover shows shelfware, book is in excellent condition, see photo, large print, one of her earlier books

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Alabama

(Large Print)

Homeport

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Art Institute of Chicago

With this attractively designed little volume, even the most confirmed armchair traveller can tour one of the world's finest art collections. The 300 full-colour illustrations have been carefully chosen by the museum's director to highlight the very best of this outstanding collection.

Treasures of 19th and 20th Century Painting

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Katherine Applegate

New Hampshire

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it a change for the better. Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create Ivan’s unforgettable first-person narration in a story of friendship, art, and hope.

The One and Only Ivan

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Emily Gray Tedrowe

Catch Me If You Can meets Patricia Highsmith in this electrifying page-turner of greed and obsession, survival and self-invention that is a piercing character study of one unforgettable female con artist. At the end of the 1990s, with the art market finally recovered from its disastrous collapse, Miss Rebecca Farwell has made a killing at Christie's in New York City, selling a portion of her extraordinary art collection for a rumored 900 percent profit. Dressed in couture YSL, drinking the finest champagne at trendy Balthazar, Reba, as she's known, is the picture of a wealthy art collector. To some, the elusive Miss Farwell is a shark with outstanding business acumen. To others, she's a heartless capitalist whose only interest in art is how much she can make. But a thousand miles from the Big Apple, in the small town of Pierson, Illinois, Miss Farwell is someone else entirely--a quiet single woman known as Becky who still lives in her family's farmhouse, wears sensible shoes, and works tirelessly as the town's treasurer and controller. No one understands the ins and outs of Pierson's accounts better than Becky; she's the last one in the office every night, crunching the numbers. Somehow, her neighbors marvel, she always finds a way to get the struggling town just a little more money. What Pierson doesn't see--and can never discover--is that much of that money is shifted into a separate account that she controls, "borrowed" funds used to finance her art habit. Though she quietly repays Pierson when she can, the business of art is cutthroat and unpredictable. But as Reba Farwell's deals get bigger and bigger, Becky Farwell's debt to Pierson spirals out of control. How long can the talented Miss Farwell continue to pull off her double life?

The Talented Miss Farwell

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #romance #kasiewest #art #artist #ya 

Nebraska

What do you do when you’ve fallen for your best friend? Funny and romantic, this effervescent story about family, friendship, and finding yourself is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s been rejected from an art show because her work “has no heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings, Abby isn’t going to take any chances. Which is where the list comes in. Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being. But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t as straightforward as it seems . . . and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she isn’t first willing to change herself.

Love, Life, and the List

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Jennifer McKnight-Trontz

Minnesota

New Wave Album Covers

Why did Frankie say "Relax"? Did anyone really want to hurt Boy George? And why didn't anybody walk in L.A.? This Ain't No Disco can't answer all these head-scratchers, but it does bring the New Wave era back with page after totally awesome page of 300 of the best album covers. This rad collection includes covers from the late 1970s to the mid-'80s and will have true believers of a certain generation totally spazzing. New Wave was defined as much by style, fashion, and graphic design as the music itselfwitness the ruffled cuffs and heavy makeup of the New Romantics, the skinny ties and peg-pants of the neo-Mods, and the unsettling robotic personae of Devo and Gary Numan. Bursting with wild hairstyles, futuristic typography, pastel shapes, and outlandish clothing, these are the album covers that defined an era and continue to influence music and fashion styles today. A nostalgic trek with a mental soundtrack, This Ain't No Disco will inspire readers to don those rubber bracelets once again and proclaim, "Let's dance this mess around!"

This Ain't No Disco

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Idaho

In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Frida Kahlo, the world-renowned painter.



When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her bed. Her self-portraits, which show her pain and grief, but also her passion for life and instinct for survival, have made her one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the artist's life.



Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.



This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.



Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

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Blue Balliett; Brett Helquist (Illustrator)

The Calder Game

Jamie Brenner

Drawing Home

Steve Martin

An Object of Beauty

Jenni Milne

Silk Painting

Kayla Rae Whitaker

The Animators

David Michael Kaplan

Revision

Jay Palefsky

Metamorphimals

Jay Palefsky

Alphamorphabet

Rosalyn Schanzer

Witches

Howard Ely

Forever Spoken

Andrea Bartz

The Herd

Jan Wallake

Watercolor Pour It On!

Penelope Hughes-Hallett

Home at Grasmere

Hervé Tullet

Press Here (Interactive Book for Toddlers and Kids, Interactive Baby Book)

Wendy Beckett

Sister Wendy's Book of Muses

Joan Fisher

Guide to Needlecraft

Nora Roberts

Homeport

James N. Wood (Introduction by)

Treasures of 19th and 20th Century Painting

Katherine Applegate

The One and Only Ivan

Emily Gray Tedrowe

The Talented Miss Farwell

Kasie West

Love, Life, and the List

Jennifer McKnight-Trontz

This Ain't No Disco

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara; Gee Fan Eng (Illustrator)

Frida Kahlo

Anna Milborne

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