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1) Horse
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Language
English
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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
2) Portrait
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Avid antiques collector Pierre-François Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life . . .
3) Emma
Author
Language
English
Description
Motivated by a birthday gift, a 72-year-old woman begins to paint.
5) Willow
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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
Language
English
Description
"Life is short - no one knows that better than seventeen year-old Lenni Petterssen. On the Terminal Ward, the nurses are offering their condolences already, but Lenni still has plenty of living to do. When she meets 83-year-old Margot Macrae, a fellow patient offering new friendship and enviable artistic skills, Lenni's life begins to soar in ways she'd never imagined. As their bond deepens, a world of stories opens up: of wartime love and loss, of...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Annie McMorrow, 31 and not recovered from the end of her long-term relationship, is an assistant to film producer Carlo Spinetti and then to his chilling wife Rebecca Winkleman Spinetti whose father started Winkleman Fine Art in Curzon St. Annie has spent her meagre savings on a dusty painting from a junk shop to give to her new, unsuitable, boyfriend who never shows up for his birthday dinner. The painting now hers, talks, but only to us. Shrewd,...
10) One boy
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy creates ten paintings in this counting book that also explores the relationship of words within words.
13) Stars of fortune
Author
Language
English
Description
"To celebrate the rise of their new queen, three goddesses of the moon created three stars, one of fire, one of ice, one of water. But then they fell from the sky, putting the fate of all worlds in danger. And now three women and three men join forces to pick up the pieces... Sasha Riggs is a reclusive artist, haunted by dreams and nightmares that she turns into extraordinary paintings. Her visions lead her to the Greek island of Corfu, where five...
15) The henna artist
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Language
English
Description
"Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own... Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Garnering attention after painting a picture of his new pet goldfish, Pete the cat receives so many requests to make paintings for his neighbors that he devises an uproarious solution.
18) Big brown bear
Author
Publisher
Green Light Readers/Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A big brown bear turns blue while painting when a little bear playing with her baseball bat accidentally knocks him off his ladder.
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