Kids Book Index
Elisa Boxer
A vibrantly illustrated biography about visionary artist Christo, encouraging creativity, perseverance, and appreciating the beauty all around us Christo (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009) are renowned for their large-scale, ambitious art installations that wrapped landmarks and swaths of land in fabric, including Berlin’s Wrapped Reichstag , Paris’s The Pont Neuf Wrapped , and…
The Lodge That Beaver BuiltRandi SonenshineA lush companion to The Nest That Wren Built brings to light the habits of a secretive creature with lifelike illustrations and a lyrical, informative text.Resourceful Beaver and his family work every day to build the perfect lodge in the pond, made of branches from the shore willow and silty mud from…Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s LifeMarilyn Nelson, afterword by Tammi LawsonThis powerful biography in poems tells the life of Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Walter Had a Best FriendDeborah UnderwoodA boy navigates the pain of losing a best friend and discovers hope in unexpected places.Five to NineLexile AD460LATOS 1.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details