Herbert, Kari
Summary: Profiles fifteen notable women artists, including Georgia O'Keefe, Faith Ringgold, Frida Kahlo, and Tove Jansson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.22 HERWoodward, Kay
Summary: Profiles twenty-five female trailblazers who overcame huge obstacles, including Catherine the Great, Zaha Hadid, and Valentina Tereshkova.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton Books Limited 2018
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Summary: "Get to know Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people "you should meet!""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NAKIgnotofsky, Rachel
Summary: "New York Times bestseller Rachel Ignotofsky's Women in Art comes to the youngest readers in board format!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Randonm House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE IGNMaclear, Kyo
Summary: "Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FUJBrownridge, Lucy
Summary: "Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the Mother of American Modernism, discover why in this first story book about Georgia O'Keeffe. From humble beginnings living on a prairie farm, to taking the New York art scene by storm, to living a solitary life in the New Mexican desert, find out how Georgia's extraordinary life unfolded and how each place changed the ways her paintings came out. See how her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 O'KEHarrison, Vashti
Summary: "Brief, illustrated bios of women creators around the world"-- Featuring the true stories of women creators and thinkers from around the world, throughout history, this book shows that sometimes seeing things a little differently can lead to big changes. Some names are well known, some are not, but all the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in. Whether they were breaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HARMarkel, Michelle
Summary: Ever since she was a little girl, Leonora Carrington loved to draw on walls, in books, on paper—and she loved the fantastic tales her grandmother told that took her to worlds that shimmered beyond this one, where legends became real. Leonora’s parents wanted her to become a proper English lady, but there was only one thing she wanted, even if it was unsuitable: to become an artist. In London,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARMetcalf, Lindsay H.
Summary: "Everyone knows Beatrix Potter as the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. But before that, she was a girl of science. As a child, Beatrix collected nature specimens; as a young adult, she was an amateur mycologist presenting her research on mushrooms andother fungi to England's foremost experts. Like many women of her time, she remained unacknowledged by the scientific community, but her keen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POTFrith, Margaret.
Summary: Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, written as a child's school report.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine FrithRockliff, Mara
Summary: "Corita Kent (1918-1986) was a visual artist, art teacher, and Catholic nun whose work was revolutionary and is widely revered. In her classroom, she encouraged her students to see the ordinary as extraordinary and make art from the so-called commonplace around them. She embodied this in her own work--making screen prints and collage that celebrated the values and themes of hope, love, justice,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CORStreissguth, Thomas
Summary: Presents the life and work of Mary Cassatt, the only American artist included with the French Impressionists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1999