Otter, Isabel
Summary: Featuring peek-through gatefolds and questions to encourage active reading, this invitation into the world of art and color introduces kids to basic art styles, such as mosaics, portraits, sculptures and landscapes, with the help of adorable animal friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD OTTTyler, Michael.
Summary: Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Children's Museum 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TYLHall, Michael
Summary: Red's factory-applied label clearly says that he is red, but despite the best efforts of his teacher, fellow crayons and art supplies, and family members, he cannot seem to do anything right until a new friend offers a fresh perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HALCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HAL BASKETMonroe, Lee Chappell
Summary: Confidence is key when it comes to color! Join Lee Monroe as she shares the tips and tricks from her most popular art class useful for every crafter at any skill level. Using fine art and design knowledge, she shares an overview of color theory that demystifies the concepts. Learn the color fundamentals and get a clear understanding of how the saturation of the color pigment changes as white,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C&T Publishing, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.14 MONPrestney, Kay
Summary: Learn how to create a comfortable, sustainable home that is aligned with the seasons and celebrates the beauty of the natural world. There are many benefits to seasonal living, which encourages us to live in harmony with nature as we mark the passing of the year. Each chapter of this book is dedicated to one of the four seasons. In the spring, celebrate new beginnings: bring in blossom and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ryland Petters & Small
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Summary: You will learn to -- see what is really there rather than what you "know" in your mind about colored objects ; perceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one another -- manipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their opposites -- balance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait painting ; understand the psychology of color -- harmonize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.4 EDWOtt, Jennifer
Summary: This handsome book is about choosing color combinations not necessarily for a specific use. Each spread contains about seven photographs and a color palette, like paint chips. The color palettes provide inspiration and reliable combinations for use in any number of projects: home decor, fashion; wedding celebrations, table settings, cake decorating, garden design -- imagination and circumstance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 OTTSmith, Rachel Mae
Summary: "A bright, stylish, and practical guide to adding color to your life through home decor, fashion, art, and more to create joyful spaces that convey personal style, from the color enthusiast and DIY maven behind The Crafted Life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 747 SMIHammond, Lee
Summary: A full-color illustrated guide to learning how to draw realistic flowers, animals, buildings, and people using colored pencils.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 HAMKloet, Jacqueline van der
Summary: Be inspired by nature's design! From the earliest snowdrops to alpine violet, tulips, and late autumn crocuses, bulbs add interest and color to the garden throughout the year. Renowned naturalistic garden designer Jacqueline van der Kloet has mastered a nonchalant and magical style, where bulbs emerge playfully, dancing among perennials and grasses. Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden provides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 KLOTekiela, Stan.
Contents: This guidebook of color photographs of Michigan wild flowers is organized by color and size to identify the names of specific wild flowers with brief information: popular name, scientific name, height, type of flower, type of leaf, bloom time, cycle/origin, habitat, range in Michigan, and remarks by author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Publications 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.13 TEKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.13 TEK1 available in Reference, Call number: R 582.13 TEK
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature TekielaWhite, Dianne
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text highlight the animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WHISummary: "A vibrant stack-and-discover experience! The top of each cup features a squishy silicone bubble embossed with a unique texture pattern. Little fingers will love to touch, push, and pop them again and again. Meanwhile, its unique stackability engages curious and growing minds while providing the hours of fun parents have come to expect from the entire line of Dimpl toys"--from container.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Fat Brain Toy Company 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Cares Kits, Call number: CARES KIT #1Summary: A charming high-contrast introduction to bedtime. Black-and-white patterns and illustrations pair with friendly greetings for favorite pjs, a teddy bear, a comfy pillow, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duopress, an imprint of Sourcebooks 2024
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD HELAcevedo, Desirée
Summary: "Vega and her friend Alex wonder why the pencil in the box is called 'skin color' when it doesn't match either of them. This question leads them on a beautiful journey of exploring the diverse array of skin colors they see in the world. Together, they discover how to bring all of them into their art."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz SL 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ACEAntony, Steve
Summary: While on an adventure to find the Rainbowsaurus, two dads and their children are joined by a menagerie of rainbow-colored animals who want to find the Rainbowsaurus too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books 2024
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE ANTCho, 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: The hilarious Crayons are back in this celebration of our planet and their contributions to it - white ice caps, green trees, blue oceans and skies, brown soil and even wheat!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAYLandman, Tanya
Summary: "How did the nightingale get its golden voice? A beautiful creation story answers the question. The mountains, trees, and plants are young and full of color, but the animals are dull and drab, so the painter gets to work. She dabs dots on ladybugs and spots on butterflies, stripes on zebras and pentagons on giraffes. Finally, she comes to the very last creature--a patient beetle--and uses her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studios an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LANMatheson, Christie
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to uncover the rainbow of colors hidden in a garden, which helps flowers bloom and bees find food. Includes facts about bees and their importance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE MATSwan, Ann.
Summary: A practical guide to creating botanical artworks with colored pencils.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 SWASze, Gillian
Summary: "When you ask me why your skin is brown, I will tell you that you are my favorite color. I will say that your skin was decided long, long ago. Time was just waiting for you. So begins a mother's celebration of her children's brown skin, told through warm and vivid poetry."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SZECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social SzeSummary: Learn to match and identify shapes and colors. Includes a 1 green cross, 1 red star, 1 yellow flower, 1 orange rectangle, 1 blue pentagon, 1 green oval, 1 blue square, 1 yellow triangle and 1 red circle
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: GYBBER & MUMU 2000
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Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021