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5) Art of Color
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Shiny gold, bright yellow, soft green, and dark blue-artists use many different colors to create beautiful paintings. What do the colors mean? How do they make you feel? What stories do colors tell? Encourage readers to create their own art and discover the colors in artwork through bright photos and lively text.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Brides are always all dressed in white. Cowboys were the first people to wear jeans. Wearing a hat indoors can make you go bald. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about fashion and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether women really once wore skirts so wide...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Models make the work of designers come to life. They get paid to wear cutting-edge clothes and jet-set around the globe. But there's more to modeling than looking amazing. Make sure this fabulous job is on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Top Five: Meet the most successful models in the business. Big Debate: Dig into the industry argument of whether size-zero models should rule the catwalk. Zone In: Learn how pros work their looks and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
How would you capture winters crispness, springs softness, summers freshness, and autumns richness? In this inspiring title, poet Patricia Thomas imagines each season rendered in a different art medium. Pen and ink, with spots of color, capture winters mood, while pastel chalks make spring flowers bloom into life. The see-through hues of watercolors celebrate summers warmth, while vibrant oils perfectly paint falls majestic scenes. Artist...
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English
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Do you love exotic quaggas or strong black rhinos? Whatever your favorite extinct or endangered animal, you'll soon be drawing these creatures like a pro with the help of this fun book. Just follow the steps and you'll have a great-looking animal before you know it. Fact-filled descriptions accompany the drawings, so you can learn all about different kinds of extinct and endangered animals. You'll also find tips on adding details to your drawing -...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Are you On the Radar? For gorgeous, glowing A-list faces, top celebrities have a fabulous makeup artist on call. Make sure this awesome job is on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Show Me: Let the professionals show you how to get a red-carpet look! Blog Spot: Follow celebrity makeup artist Cassie Lomas as she works her magic. Zone In: Professional makeup artists go beyond making actors look good for the camera. Find out more!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stylists shape the fashion world. They create headline looks for A-list clients and help designers become millionaires. Make sure this awesome job is on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: The Back Story: Discover how styling celebrity looks came to be a fast-paced career. Pull a Number: Find out just how much it costs to get red-carpet ready. Real-Life Story: Learn how Lenya Jones's stylist career has taken her from Sydney to Hollywood....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
Whether you call them kicks or sneakers, runners or gutties, you probably have a pair of athletic shoes in your closet. The earliest sneakers debuted in the 1800's and weren't much more than a canvas upper and a flexible sole made of a crazy new material-rubber. The stuff might have been new to Americans then, but for thousands of years, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin of South America had been using latex made from the milky sap of hevea...
13) Body Decoration
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English
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Shocking or beautiful, body decoration can make people stop and stare. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: The History Bit Discover why body decoration is nothing new. Five-Minute Interview Crystals, glitter, flowers, and animal prints-a nail artist explains why she adores her job. Star Story Meet TV star and tattoo artist Kat von D!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
From snapping shots of A-list stars on the red carpet to staging amazing photos in a studio, professional photographers can become as famous as the celebrities they shoot. Make sure this awesome job is on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Five-Minute Interview: Discover what it takes to shoot models and celebrities from On the Radar expert Adam Lawrence. Day in the Life: Get a feel for what's involved in a day-long photo shoot. Read All...
15) Street Art
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English
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Bold, brave, and brilliant, street art is springing up in urban areas all over the world. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Real-Life Story Find out how one street artist helped save the planet. In the Zone Find out why gardening and knitting are cool! Read All about It It's the latest craze on the streets-flash mobbing!
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English
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Can you draw monsters? You can if you start with simple shapes! Triangles and squares become a flying fanged monster. Circles in many sizes make up a multi-eyed monster. What kind of monster can you draw with shapes? Colorful, step-by-step illustrations show readers how to draw scary monsters, cute monsters, and every kind of monster in between.
17) Vincent van Gogh
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English
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Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in the world. He is best known for his brightly colored paintings, but Vincent's work wasn't always so colorful. Following Vincent on his journey from Holland to France, author Eileen Lucas tells how Vincent developed his own special way of painting with bright, swirling colors. Rochellle Draper's illustrations bring the artist's story to life and evoke his unique style.
18) Graffiti Culture
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English
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Love it or hate it, graffiti decorates every city and has become the art world's hot topic. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Star Story Read the Banksy story and find out what drives the mystery man to paint. Big Debate Is graffiti art or an act of vandalism? You decide! World View Take a look at the best graffiti art in the world.
19) Richard II
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English
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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Richard II". This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. The play is the first in Shakespeare's tetralogy chronicling the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V, and covers the battle for power between King Richard and Henry Bolingbroke (who would eventually be Henry IV). Embezzlement, exile and an uprising...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
More than a century after Louisa May Alcott wrote them, classics such as Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys continue to be read and treasured by readers around the world. Alcott began writing as a young girl and dreamed of becoming a rich and famous author. Despite supporting her entire family with the proceeds from her writings, she was able to achieve her dreams and became one of the best-known and admired writers of her time.
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