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Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrated by Loveis Wise

Publishers: Harper, HarperCollins, 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780063021891

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Thomas

Another Squiggly Story

Another Squiggly Story

by Andrew Larsen
Illustrated by Mike Lowery

Publisher: Kids Can, 2022
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781525304828

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Larsen

The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems

The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems

Compiled by Georgia Heard
Illustrated by Antoine Guilloppe

Publisher: Roaring Brook, 2012
Pages: 40
ISBN: 1596436657

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Heard

Art & Max

Art & Max

by David Wiesner
Illustrated by David Wiesner

Publisher: Clarion, 2010
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780618756636

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Wiesner

Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art

Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art

Publisher: Philomel, 2007
Pages: 105
ISBN: 9780399246005

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-12

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 741 Artist

Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything

Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything

by Ashley Bryan
Illustrated by Ken Hannon

Publisher: Atheneum, 2014
Pages: 70
ISBN: 9781442487284

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 7 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Bryan

Awesome Autumn

Awesome Autumn

by Bruce Goldstone
Illustrated by Bruce Goldstone

Publisher: Henry Holt, 2012
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9780805092103

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-7

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 508 Goldstone

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan
Illustrated by Brian Floca

Publishers: Neal Porter Books, Roaring Brook, 2010
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781596433380

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 792 Greenberg

Balloons Over Broadway:  The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade

by Melissa Sweet
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Publishers: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin , 2011
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780547199450

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 791 Sweet

The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

by Katie Smith Milway
Illustrated by Shane W. Evans

Publishers: Kids Can, Citizen Kid, 2017
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781771383318

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Milway