Cho, Lian
Summary: "Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: After creating an art exhibit inspired by heartbreak, eighteen-year-old Chloe meets Daniel, but Chloe's unresolved feelings and Daniel's fear of being a rebound hinder their romantic prospects and leads Chloe on a journey to rediscover love and prove to Daniel she is ready for a genuine connection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHEOlson, Jessica S.
Summary: She's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies, which is a talent some would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra is she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OLSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC OLSOrtiz, Raquel M.
Summary: Young Sofi enters a New York City community garden and finds a half-painted mural. It's full of big, leafy plants in blue and yellow, and a vibrant emerald green color appears where the two colors meet. As Sofi runs her fingers over the image, she is suddenly transported to a beautiful place with plants just like the ones on the wall! Sofi finds herself in the Dominican Republic, where she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG ORTWiesner, David.
Summary: Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIEMack, Jeff
Summary: When a little girl asks meaningful questions about creating art, her questions are answered by a diverse group of artists throughout time and history. This inspiring picture book about making art doubles as an introduction to the multifaceted and global history of art. Making both art history and art creation accessible to all, "Time to Make Art" nourishes creativity, encouraging young readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: JE MACCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE MACWu, Mike
Summary: "A panda has joined the animals, and she's a painter like Ellie! Is there room for two artists at the zoo?"--Page [2] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney · Hyperion 2020
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Summary: Seventh-grader Nell lives an ordinary life in the magical town of Gumbling, but yearns to land her dream apprenticeship and become an artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Labyrinth Road 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STECopies Available at East Bay
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Summary: Describes how artist Marcel Duchamp turned a toilet into a famous work of art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACCole, Henry
Summary: Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COLRussell, Rachel Renee.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RUSYep, Laurence
Summary: Crusty dragon Miss Drake's new pet human, precocious ten-year-old Winnie, not only thinks Miss Drake is her pet, she accidentally brings to life her "sketchlings" of mysterious and fantastic creatures hidden in San Francisco, causing mayhem among its residents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YEPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YEPLichtenheld, Tom.
Summary: When Bridget loses the beret that provides her with artistic inspiration like other great artists, she thinks she will never be able to draw again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LICFroeb, Lori.
Summary: Follow the adventures of Picasso, a playful puppy that is adopted by an artist and his young daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Fun Books 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FROHaas, Jessie.
Summary: Painting in her grandmother's studio and riding her favorite horse, Georgia, helps fourth-grader Saige cope with missing Mimi and sparks an idea for funding the school art program, but more creativity will be needed to keep Georgia from being sold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AMEAnchin, Lisa
Summary: There once was a time when all the colors, from midsummer blue to sunrise orange, lived at the tips of Annie's fingers...But when her classmates' sidelong glances cause Annie to notice all the tiny flaws in her art, her colorful creative spark fades to gray. With lyrical prose and eye-catching illustrations, author-artist Lisa Anchin shows readers how to find the beauty in imperfections and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANCCarle, Eric.
Summary: Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Carle 2011Bowler, Tim.
Summary: Knowing that he is dying, Jess's grandfather insists on returning to the river he had known as a boy to finish a special painting and fulfill a life-long dream.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BOWCalandrelli, Emily
Summary: Nina is beside herself with excitement about meeting her favorite artist and enlists Ada and Mr. Peebles’s coding-whiz nephew to help revamp her online portfolio. When Nina finally meets Miroir, he snubs her, and her confidence is shaken—but not enough to miss the art show opening. While there, Ada spots a suspiciously familiar painting that may mean Miroir isn’t the original he claims to be....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Calandrelli 2019Taylor, Laini
Summary: "Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAYHenry, Marguerite
Summary: With his beloved black cat Grimalkin as his constant companion, the young Quaker boy Benjamin West discovers and develops his talent as an artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014
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Summary: "Beloved children's entertainer Emily Arrow's first picture book, perfect for (little) makers everywhere: a story about finding a space to create! A young bunny makes the rounds of a studio building, taking in all the different artists in their habitats. Making, thinking, sharing, performing . . . but can our bunny find the perfect space to let imagination shine? In this charming ode to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARRAnders, Charlie Jane
Summary: "From the international bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders, comes Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, the sequel to Victories Greater Than Death in the thrilling adventure Unstoppable series. They'll do anything to be the people they were meant to be - even journey into the heart of evil. Rachael Townsend is the first artist ever to leave Earth and journey out into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR Teen, Tom Doherty Associates 2022
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Summary: "Drew never meant for this to happen. She didn't mean for her doodle Mike to steal the centuries-old hat. She also didn't mean for another doodle, Levi, to steal the centuries-old baby (when he was supposed to be returning the coveted hat!). And she definitely didn't mean to send the Art Institute of Chicago into a downward spiral of art-on-art combat. She just wanted to fix a simple mistake!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022