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Action! How Movies Began

Action! How Movies Began

by Meghan McCarthy
Illustrated by Meghan McCarthy

Publishers: Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster, 2022
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781534452305

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, McCarthy

American Girls

American Girls

by Alison Umminger

Publishers: Macmillan, Flatiron, 2016
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781250075000

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 14 and older

CCBC Location: Fiction, Umminger

Dressing up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head

Dressing up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head

by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrated by Diana Toledano

Publishers: Beach Lane, Simon & Schuster, 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781534451056

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-7

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Head

Everyone Wants to Know

Everyone Wants to Know

by Kelly Loy Gilbert

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2023
Pages: 374
ISBN: 9781665901369

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older

CCBC Location: Fiction, Gilbert

Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy

Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy

by Richard Michelson
Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781101933305

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-12

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Nimoy

The Grand Plan to Fix Everything

The Grand Plan to Fix Everything

by Uma Krishnaswami
Illustrated by Abigail Halpin

Publisher: Atheneum, 2011
Pages: 266
ISBN: 9781416995890

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-11

CCBC Location: Fiction, Krishnaswami

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick
Illustrated by Brian Selznick

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2007
Pages: 533
ISBN: 0439813786

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-13

CCBC Location: Fiction, Selznick

Keep Your Eye on the Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton

Keep Your Eye on the Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton

by Catherine Brighton

Publisher: Roaring Brook, 2008
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781596431584

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Keaton

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

by Jesse Andrews

Publishers: Abrams, Amulet, 2012
Pages: 295
ISBN: 9781419701764

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older

CCBC Location: Fiction, Andrews

Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie

Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie

by Fiona Robinson
Illustrated by Fiona Robinson

Publisher: Abrams, 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781419740855

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Reiniger