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2) Horse
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training. Includes major international breeds of domestic horses.
5) The Heist
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Venice repairing an altarpiece by Veronese when he receives an urgent summons from the Italian police. The eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood has stumbled upon a chilling murder scene in Lake Como, and is being held as a suspect. To save his friend, Gabriel must track down the real killers and then perform one simple task: find the most famous missing painting in the world. Sometimes the...
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 2
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"A sometime Israeli spy by trade and an art restorer by preference, Gabriel Allon arrives in Zurich to clean the work of an Old Master for a millionaire banker--only to find himself standing in his client's blood and framed for the murder. Without warning, Allon is drawn into a spiraling chain of events involving Nazi art theft, a decades-old suicide, and a bloody trail of killings--some of them his own. The spy world Allon thought he had put aside...
Author
Language
English
Description
Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a variety of sea creatures. Ames now turns his attention to drawing sea creatures. He begins with a page of instruction that encourages readers to go slowly and draw lightly step-by-step, keeping a soft eraser at hand. He asks readers also to watch the empty spaces around the lines in order to promote accuracy, and to use a mirror to view the drawing, making mistakes more obvious.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uncover the Earth's inner secrets as you explore the world's most magnificent volcanoes and earthquakes like never before. Become an eyewitness to the world's most explosive volcanoes and powerful earthquakes with this picture-led guide that will take you on a visual tour of the hotspots of the world. Explore everything you need to know about the Earth's most extraordinary natural forces - from active volcanoes, including Kilanea in Hawaii and Etna...
10) Impressionism
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley in association with the Art Institute of Chicago
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.
15) Battle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From the hand-to-hand combat of the ancient Assyrians to the fixed artillery battles of World War I, a chronicle of the development of warfare highlights changes in equipment and weaponry.
Author
Publisher
Gryphon House
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offering an exciting way to teach abstract concepts of geography and culture through concrete art activities, this book of fun, easy-to-do art activities uses collage, painting, drawing, printing, construction and sculpture to educate children. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations are given for each project. A series of crafts that vary in difficulty, are arranged by continent, & explore the world's different cultures & habitats.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines various art movements throughout history, and provides an example of work of art from each style in order to aid in identification; and covers naturalism, realism, cubism, impressionism, abstract expressionism, and more.
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