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• Summer Challenge | Jefferson County Public Library

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  Discover a new adventure with Jefferson County Public Library's Summer Challenge, where learning is for everyone!

• Mural Island

  Yamasaki, Katie,

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  Explore art on a large side — like the side of a building!

• How Sweet the Sound

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  An illustrated children's book with lyrical text that traces the history of Black music in the United States.

• How to Draw Cute Beasts

  Nguyen, Angela,

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  Artist Nguyen provides color illustrations and step-by-step directions for drawing and coloring a variety of mythical creatures of the air, land and seas, such as dragons, griffins, basilisks, unicorns and various animal mashups.

• Leo and the Pink Marker

  Foster, Mariyka,

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  Leo loves to doodle with his favorite pink marker. One day, he decides it's more fun to color outside the lines.

• Mini Origami to Fold With Flair

  Felix, Rebecca, 1984-

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  Provides step-by-step instructions for making eight mini origami crafts, and features advice on materials and origami folding techniques.

• Pet Crafts

  Lim, Annalees,

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  Briefly introduces pet animals like dogs, birds, fish and cats, and provides step-by-step instructions for making arts and crafts inspired by them.

• How to Be a Super Awesome Artist

  20 Art Projects Inspired by the Masters

  Carroll, Henry,

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  Presents 20 illustrated challenges for young artists to hone their skills and find inspiration from the great artists of history and the present.

• The Wire Zoo

  How Elizabeth Berrien Learned to Turn Wire Into Amazing Art

  Wing, Natasha,

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  Presents a nonfiction picture book chronicling the life of wire sculptor Elizabeth Berrien and details her early life, artistic career and influence on the art of wire sculpture.

• A Flash of Color and Light

  a Biography of Dale Chihuly

  Mentyka, Sharon,

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  Provides an illustrated biography of American glass artist Dale Chihuly that traces his life from childhood to adult and explores how aspects of his personal life influenced his art.

• The Spectacular Science of Art

  Colson, Rob, 1971-

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  Explores some of the most celebrated artworks in the world, the artists who made them and how these artists used or were helped by scientific principles to achieve their works — like using perspective to achieve a sense of depth and using the color…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dot! Scribble! Go!

  Tullet, Hervé,

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  An interactive book that encourages young readers to use fine motor skills to draw dots, lines and scribbles on pages and helps them imagine what their creations could be.

• Time to Make Art

  Mack, Jeff,

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  As a young artist ponders big questions about art — whether it needs to be perfect, what to do about mistakes and how to know if it's good — various artists throughout history step in to respond to the child's questions with encouraging words.

• My Mama Is a Work of Art

  Acabado, Hana,

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  A young boy admires his mother's body art, and each part of her life is represented in her tattoos.

• What's the Point of Art?

  Kay, Ann, 1959-

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  Provides an illustrated look at the reasons for art and how to view art from different time periods and movements.

• Be a Creative Changemaker

  a Kids' Art Activity Book : Inspired by the Amazing Life Stories of Diverse Artists From Around the World

  Liz, Paula,

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  Profiles the lives and impact of 25 powerful artists throughout history.

• How to Be a Color Wizard

  Forage and Experiment With Natural Art Making

  Logan, Jason,

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  Provides a guide for kids on making paint and ink from foraged plants. Presents wizard-theme activities in the form of quests to find plants, recipes to make various colors and crafts to make that utilize the paint.

• Gifts From Georgia's Garden

  How Georgia O'Keeffe Nourished Her Art

  Robinson, Lisa, 1967-

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  Explores the role gardening played in the life of 20th-century American artist Georgia O'Keefe and how her practice of sustainable living influenced her art.

• The Magic Paintbrush

  Zhang, Kat, 1991-

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  Seventh-grade New Yorker Amy Li has always loved art and dreams of becoming an artist one day. But, recently, her art has lost its magic.

• Still Life

  London, Alex,

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  As an artist lectures readers on the features of still-life art, using a painting featuring a fruit tray on a table and a dollhouse castle, he explains that nothing sentient is present in still life art.