Kann, Victoria
Summary: When Peter breaks his mother's mug while Maya is babysitting him and Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious tries to turn the broken pieces into art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KANTullet, Hervé
Summary: The author meditates on the search for an idea, and the wonderful feeling when the right idea comes along, unleashing the creative process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TULCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TULDufayet, Danielle
Summary: Benford is delighted by his very first easel and canvas, he does not know what to paint, and as he searches for inspiration he imagines his blank canvas following him around demanding his attention.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DUFHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAPatterson, James
Summary: Twelve-year-old orphan Max Einstein is not your typical genius. Max hacks the computer system at NYU in order to attend college courses, builds inventions to help the homeless, and plays speed chess in the park. Her life is crazy but predictable until Max is recruited by a mysterious organization! Their mission: solve some of the world's problems using science. She's helped by a diverse group...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2018
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Summary: "A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VERPark, Linda Sue
Summary: "When Gurple and Preen crash land onto a strange alien planet, they must work together to build something new from their mistake in order to save their mission"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARPatterson, James
Summary: Finds Max on the run from Corporation thugs before the Change Maker kids begin working on a plan to end world hunger, a challenging goal that is complicated by mysterious clues about Max's unknown family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Summary: Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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Summary: What do you do with a problem? Especially one that follows you around and doesn't seem to be going away? Do you worry about it? Ignore it? Do you run and hide from it? This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compendium Kids 2016
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YAMSlade-Robinson, Nikki
Summary: A young artist explains how she uses the materials provided by nature, as well as her imagination and creativity, to fuel her art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SLABolling, Valerie
Summary: On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BOLClarke, Maxine Beneba
Summary: When you live at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is using it, maybe not), a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CLAPatterson, James
Summary: "Max Einstein is your not-so-typical 12-year-old genius. It's just a day in the life of the top agent for the Change Makers Institute! A village in India is having a life-threatening crisis that only a group of kid geniuses can fix, so Max and her Change Maker friends hightail it out there. But it's hard to focus when you're trying not to be kidnapped by a greedy corporation that seems to know...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC PATStone, Tiffany
Summary: "Tallulah dreams of playing the tuba, but she's small and the tuba is very large. Everyone around her tells her to wait until she's bigger, but Tallulah can't wait--she just has to play the tuba in her school band.With determination and a lot of creativity, Tallulah hatches a plan that she hopes will turn her musical dream into reality."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STOBecker, Bonny
Summary: A little cloud moves through the sky among the other clouds, wishing to be big enough to make a real cloud shape before realizing that she is capable of making something different.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC BECBolling, Valerie
Summary: Zoya wants to give her dog Coco a birthday present, and with her mother's help finally settles on painting his bowl gold, with lots of glitter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic, Inc. 2023
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BOLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR GREEN BOLFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: Meet Yasmin! Yasmin is a spirited second-grader who's always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she boldly faces any situation, assuming her imagination doesn't get too big, of course! A creative thinker and curious explorer, Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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Summary: Max is back with a thrilling new adventure that involves time travel, creepy bad guys, killer drones, and a shocking mystery about her past that she will stop at nothing to solve! Under constant danger of being kidnapped by the shadowy Corporation, Max is on the run from New York to London and beyond. But soon the call comes for the Change Maker kids' next mission: make sure no kid ever goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PATRosnay, Tatiana de
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay's Flowers of Darkness explores how artificial intelligence tampers with love, sex, and the basis of artistic creation in a new future Paris. CASA is a brand new artist residency in an ultra-modern apartment, with a view of all of Paris. A dream for any novelist in search of tranquility. But is this residency a dream or a nightmare? Since...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROSCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSSif, Birgitta
Summary: Frances Dean loves to dance. She feels the wind and she dances. She hears singing birds and she dances. In her every waking moment, she is inspired to move. But as soon as anyone is around, Frances Dean's knees begin to tremble, butterflies start to flutter in her tummy, and she forgets how to dance. Will she ever find the courage to share her talent with others and feel free?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SIFFliess, Sue
Summary: "Sadie Sprocket is a girl with a big dream ... to go to Mars! No one has been to Mars (yet!), so of course that's where Sadie sets her sights. She learns everything she can about the planet and space, then assembles her crew of trusty stuffed animals. Together they build a rocket and prepare for the historic journey. And then finally ... blastoff!" -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2021
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Summary: "A fast-paced, mind-expanding literary work about scientific discovery, ethics and the unsettled distinction between genius and madness.Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work.The great mathematician...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushkin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LABTimmers, Leo.
Summary: Gus's workshop is chockful of useless odds and ends. But when his friend Rico comes over with a problem-- his scooter seat is way too small for a rhino-- Gus finds just the thing to solve it. He creates a fabulous new vehicular contraption with an old lounge chair! One by one Gus's friends bring him their vehicles and Gus solves their troubles with ingenious solutions: a cooling system made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2016