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Animals - a First Art Book
By Lucy Micklethwait
Published by Frances Lincoln
$24.95
Here are 18 exciting pictures showing animals with simple words used to describe them, painted by artists such as Renoir, Hokusai and Andy Warhol, a perfect introduction to art for the very young.
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My Party Art Class
By Nellie Shepherd
Published by Dorling Kindersley
$19.95
My Party Art Class is bursting with ideas for making paint-free costumes, decorations, games, and invitations. You can create an Underwater World Party, a Garden Party, and even a Magical Mischief Party!
Every project has been thoroughly toddler-tested!
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there you go - camel
By Jenepher Svendsen
Published by Lothian Books
$39.95
Welcome back to the exuberant world of children's art, where there's a scarecrow who swallowed a cabbage, a cat who lays eggs, and a ladder you can climb to hang the washing on the sun.
In There You Go Camel, Jenepher Svensden shares her vibrant collection of young children's art work, gathered during 25 years of kindergarten teaching.
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Making Picture Books
By Libby Gleeson
Published by Scholastic Australia
$19.95
This is a book about the making of picture books, written from the point of view of the writer and the illustrator.
It takes you from the first idea for a story, through the planning and writing, through revision, editing, illustrating, design and production until there is a book in your hands.
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The Genius of Leonardo
Written by Guido Visconti, illustrated by Bimba Landmann
Published by Barefoot Books
$27.95
The life and work of Leonardo da Vinci, as seen through the eyes of his young assistant, Giacomo.
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Catwoman - The Visual Guide to the Feline Fatale
By Scott Beatty
Published by Dorling Kindersley
$35.00
Slinky and sensuous, or suddenly scratching with stiletto-sharp claws, she prowls the rooftops of Gotham City - who knows where she will pounce next? She is bewitching, an enigma, always one jump ahead of the law and a certain Dark Knight.
She is quite simply, Catwoman!
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Deluxe Start Exploring kit - Masterpieces
Published by Running Press
$35.00
Includes... 5 watercolor pencils, paintbrush, pencil sharpener, booklet with art techniques, colorful, fact-filled 16 page book about great works of art and the masters who made them.
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the dot
by Peter H Reynolds
Published by Walker Books
$19.95
"Just make a mark and see where it takes you."
Vashti says she can't draw. Her teacher thinks she can. She knows there's a creative spirit in everyone, and where there's a dot, there's a way...
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Children's Book Covers
By Alan Powers
Published by Mitchell Beazley
$59.95
Written by design historian Alan Powers, this book explores many aspects of children's book covers, revealing a wide range of the rare and the familiar, from classic titles such as The Wind in the Willows, through the inspirational pioneer works of the mid-20th century, such as the Babar books, to the widely varied covers of the postwar period.
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The Watercolor Sketchbook Kit
Text by "The Ivy Press Ltd", illustrations by Curtis Tappenden
Published by Cameron House
$34.95
In rich, mutable, easy to mix colors, watercolor painting is perfect for beginners as well as for more accomplished artists.
Enclosed in a handy, portable case, this innovative kit contains everything you'll need to get started.
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Bologna Illustrators of Children's Books Annual, 2003
Michael Neugebauer
North South Books
$90.00
This is the official catalogue of the 2003 Fiction Illustrators Exhibition, showcasing recent work by 85 of the finest illustrators of children's fiction around the world.
Along with the artwork, the catalogue includes essential biographical information about the illustrators represented, and interviews with jury members.
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Dali and the Path of Dreams
Written by Anna Obiols, illustrated by Subi
Published by Francis Lincoln Children's Books
$24.95
Once upon a time there was a little boy whose name was Salvador, though everyone called him Salvi.
One afternoon Salvi is playing on the beach when he sees something gleaming in the water. It's a little key, a magic key to the drawer where Salvador Dali stores his dreams...
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Quentin Blake - Words and pictures
Published by Jonathan Cape
$66.95
Here is a fascinating insight into the work of the Children's Laureate in his own words and pictures.
The words describe his approach to the challenges and opportunities of illustration; the pictures chosen from fifty years of work.
Some illustrations are familiar, others have never before been published.
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Awesome! - Australian Art for Contemporary Kids
By Laura Murray Cree
Published by Craftsman House
$45.00
Magical paintings and fantastic video stills.
Unreal plastic blow-ups and intricate models.
Weird and wonderful photographs. Grass art. Art about secrets, wishes and dreams. Art that remembers. Art for life now.
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Dr. Pompo's NOSE
Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers
Published by Scholastic Press
$26.95
Someone has lost their nose! Or have they?
Dr Pompo, Uncle Wrinkle, Mrs Sniffen and the rest of the pumpkins in town each think they know what that long pointy thing could be, and everyone has a different idea!
Can you guess what it is?
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How Are You Peeling?
Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers
Published by Scholastic Press
$26.95
How are you feeling?
This is a book that asks all the right questions...
and leaves you feeling great no matter what the answers are...
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Small Stories of Great Artists
By Laurence Anholt
Francis Lincoln
$24.95
Four delightful, small (11 by 14 cm) hardcovered books, each with a story involving a famous artist.
The titles are ...
Leonardo and the Flying Boy (Leonardo Da Vinci)
Degas and the Little Dancer (Edgar Degas)
Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail (Pablo Picasso), and
Camille and the Sunflowers (Vincent van Gogh)
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Frida
By Jonah Winter, illustrations by Ana Juan
Arthur A Levine Book
$32.95
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico in 1907. This is the story of how she learnt to paint, how painting saved her life, and why her paintings are like no one else's.
Like Frida's art, it is a work of the imagination,
but it is also true.
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