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81) Michelangelo
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Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A biography of the Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, well known for his work on the Sistine Chapel in Rome's St. Peter's Cathedral.
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Vreeland (Luncheon of the Boating Party) again excavates the life behind a famous artistic creation--in this case the Tiffany leaded-glass lamp, the brainchild not of Louis Comfort Tiffany but his glass studio manager, Clara Driscoll. Tiffany staffs his studio with female artisans--a decision that protects him from strikes by the all-male union--but refuses to employ women who are married. Lucky for him, Clara's romantic misfortunes--her husband's...
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Ashley thinks Claudia has artistic talent and should spend more time on her "calling" and forget about the Babysitters Club. Claudia has to decide between the Baby-sitters Club and Ashley.
85) Oil on Water
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Max and Anna are a young, beautiful, creative couple, living the life that most people only dream of, until the day Max hears a voice that shakes his trust in himself, in Anna and the world he lives in. As Max begins experiencing more and more of these strange 'phenomena' it leads to his withdrawal from Anna and the life they have shared. Bound to Max by love and art, Anna is at first confused, and then increasingly desperate as she begins to confront...
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Virgin River volume 14
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"Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recuperate from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out. His family is wonderfully supportive, but it's his art that truly soothes his troubled soul. Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden in Virgin River. She's looking forward to cultivating something other than a corporate brand....
87) Roses and rot
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Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child, she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales because she couldn't imagine how a stepmother could be worse than her mother now. As adults, Imogen and her sister Marin are accepted to an elite post-grad arts program; Imogen as a writer and Marin as a dancer. Soon enough, though, they realize that...
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"Leah is a child from Away, isolated from her peers because of her stutter. But then she begins painting scenes that are epic in scope, brilliant in detail, and suffused with rich, prophetic imagery. When the event foreshadowed in the first painting dramatically comes true, the town of Mattingly takes notice. Leah attributes her ability to foretell the future to an invisible friend she calls the Rainbow Man. Some of the townsfolk are enchanted with...
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author's memories of her art teacher.
90) Morning star
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When her secret is exposed, talented artist Regina Miller is shunned by her Amish community along with Gabe Flaud, the only person to defend her, and together they must figure out how to balance their own needs with their deep faith.
91) A rush of wings
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Series
Rush of wings novels volume 1
Description
Though her panic is real, Noelle St. Claire is uncertain what danger she is fleeing. Fragmented images and slivers of memory have driven her to abandon her wealthy, sheltered life for the hope of a haven-remote and safe. Noelle's arrival at the Rocky Mountain horse ranch owned by Rick Spencer and his brother Morgan causes more than a little stir. Beautiful, vulnerable, yet strangely secretive, Noelle is an enigma the two contrasting brothers seek...
95) Emily's art
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Emily paints four pictures and enters one in the first-grade art contest, but the judge interprets Emily's entry as a rabbit instead of a dog.
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Pub. Date
2022
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Eva Santos Moon is a burgeoning Chicana artist who practices the ancient, spiritual ways of brujeria and curanderisma, but she's at one of her lowest points--suffering from disorienting blackouts, creative stagnation, and a feeling of disconnect from her magickal roots. When her husband, a beloved university professor and the glue that holds their family together, is taken into custody for the shocking murder of their friend, Eva doesn't know whom...
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Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPré tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors--and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box.
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"The Garden Of The Prophet" is Khalil Gibran's 1933 sequel to "The Prophet", published posthumously. Intended to be a companion to his masterpiece, it represents a lyrical celebration of life, nature and love. Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, writer, and artist best known as the author of "The Prophet" (1923), which is one of the best-selling books of all time. Gibran's work covers such themes as justice, religion, science,...