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Black and White is a 1990 postmodern children's picture book by David Macaulay. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, it received mixed reviews upon its release. It was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1991. The book tells four overlapping stories, each drawn with a distinct visual style: "Seeing Things", about a boy on ...
Books on the topic of aesthetics, a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste and with the creation or appreciation of beauty. Pages in category "Aesthetics books" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
[2] [3] [4] The first tea bag packing machine was invented in 1929 by Adolf Rambold for the German company Teekanne. [5] The heat-sealed paper fiber tea bag was patented in 1930 by William Hermanson. [6] The now-common rectangular tea bag was not invented until 1944. Prior to that, tea bags resembled small sacks. [7]
In addition to visual art, Secret Art provides more personal insight into the life of Theodor Geisel. The book opens with a very short introductory letter by Geisel's widow, Audrey Geisel, titled "A Personal Note About Theodor Seuss Geisel", as well as an introduction by Maurice Sendak, both of which relate anecdotal tales of Geisel's work ethic and artistic vision.
T-Bag is a British television series about the eponymous witch-like character and her assistant, T-Shirt. The series ran from 1985 to 1992 on Children's ITV.Written by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman, each series adopted a different title and featured a single story told over several episodes.
The book received a strong positive review by John Updike in The New York Times, in which he said, "While not quite so sprightly as Stuart Little, and less rich in personalities and incident than Charlotte's Web – that paean to barnyard life by a city humorist turned farmer – The Trumpet of the Swan has superior qualities of its own; it is the most spacious and serene of the three, the one ...
Goya (Spanish 1746- 1828) was a painter and print maker and made an important contribution to the art of drawing. The Italian Sketchbook created in the 1770s and currently in the Museo del Prado Eight albums of sketchbooks by Goya This link provides a summary of each of the albums, what it contains and what materials were used — the site is ...
It is named for William Allen White (1868–1944), long-time publisher and editor of The Emporia Gazette. The White Award is the oldest statewide children's choice book award in the United States. From 2001, two winners have been chosen each year, one by students in grades 3 to 5 and one by students in grades 6 to 8, from separate lists of books.