The Secret World of Walter Anderson
Written by Hester Bass
Illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $17.99
Enter the fascinating world of reclusive nature-lover Walter Anderson — perhaps the most famous American artist you’ve never heard of.Residents along the Mississippi Gulf Coast thought Walter Anderson was odd, rowing across twelve miles of open water in a leaky skiff to reach Horn, an uninhabited island without running water or...
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What's the Big Idea?
Activities and Adventures in Abstract Art
Written by Joyce Raimondo
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $13.95
Big ideas in abstract art—for little people!
The Art Explorers series offers a new approach to art, encouraging kids to interpret what they see in famous artworks, then try the techniques themselves.
What’s the Big Idea?: Activities and Adventures in Abstract Art, the fifth book in the series, draws children into...
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Cause
Reconstruction America 1863-1877
Written by Tonya Bolden
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $19.95
After the destruction of the Civil War, the United States faced the immense challenge of rebuilding a ravaged South and incorporating millions of freed slaves into the life of the nation. On April 11, 1865, President Lincoln introduced his plan for reconstruction, warning that the coming years would be “fraught with...
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