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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all...
6) Yayoi Kusama
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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
Little Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Featuring eighteen women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists, this board book adaptation of Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World introduces trailblazing women like Mary Blair, an American modernist painter who had a major influence on how color was used in early animated films, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, and architect Zaha Hadid. The irresistible full-color illustrations show the Dreamers as...