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Author
Series
Jellybeans books (Laura Numeroff) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Jelly Beans--four friends who like to do such different things as paint, play soccer, read, and dance--paint a mural on an outside wall of Mrs. Petunia Dinkley-Sneezer's candy shop that depicts them each doing what they love best.
5) Willow
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In art class, neatness, conformity, and imitation are encouraged, but when Willow brings imagination and creativity to her projects, even straight-laced Miss Hawthorn is influenced.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Geisel medalist Ethan Long's comical duo, Horse and his friend Buggy, get creative in a funny story about working together. Horse is all set to paint a mural his way, oblivious to Buggy's suggestions that a bit of planning might be a good idea. But as the Horse knocks over paint cans and sends brushes flying, he relents and accepts some help from Buggy. The hilarious antics and easy-to-read text will put smiles on the faces of fledgling readers.
10) Purple is best
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Sue's blue paint and Fred's red paint get mixed together and create purple, the best color of all.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In Margret and H. A. Rey’s Pretzel, we met the world’s longest dachshund and his wife, Greta. This book picks up where Pretzel left off, after the birth of their five adorable puppies. The Reys explore the drama and comedy of life as a family of seven, and what it means to have a daddy who’s sometimes as silly as he is long!
13) Crocodali
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Crocodali, the most talented painter in the world, invites the reader to help create a masterpiece by tilting, shaking, rubbing, and blowing on the book.
14) The gold bowl
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Zoya wants to give her dog Coco a birthday present, and with her mother's helps finally settles on painting his bowl gold, with lots of glitter.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Brown can't find inspiration for her painting, she enlists the help of Paddington. The Adventures of Paddington is an animated preschool series starring Paddington, a polite little bear who lives with the Brown family at 32 Windsor Gardens. He is kind, curious, and rather accident-prone. Taking a lead from Michael Bond's original books, and the spirit of the hugely successful Paddington movies, each new Paddington story is packed with vibrancy,...
16) Celebrity cat
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
During Cats' Visiting Night at the art museum, cats tour the masterpieces, but Felissima, disappointed at the lack of cats in the art, remedies the situation using her unique artistic skills, in a story with reworkings of famous paintings, shown alongside the originals.
17) Mouse & Hippo
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Hippo saves Mouse after he falls into the lake, Mouse paints his new friend's portrait to thank him.
18) The gray day
Author
Series
Rainbow days volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming story about the value of art, set in the evocative Blue City of India. Asha's papa makes and sells wooden toys to pay for her to go to school. But Papa struggles to find buyers. And this makes him worry. He worries Asha's life will also be a struggle unless she focuses on her schoolwork, which he never had the chance to do. Can Asha's art help Papa? Will he let her try? Author and illustrator Sakshi Mangal drew inspiration from her...
20) The shadows
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.
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