Regardless of whether they have heard of jazz or Art Tatum, young readers will appreciate how Parker uses simple, lyrical storytelling and colorful, energetic ink-and-wash illustrations to show the world as young Art Tatum might have seen ...
Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
When Willie McPhee, the finest bagpipe player in all of Scotland, goes looking for customers who have a wee bit extra to spend on merriment, he finds more than he...
Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection
The story of how "Circus polka" a dance of 50 elephants and 50 ballerinas, choreographed by George Balanchine, was created.
When young Jonathan finds a small, frightened squirrel on the road, he brings it home tucked inside his sneaker, but the squirrel, Mr. Wellington, is fearful of the unfamiliar surroundings, as told in alternating perspectives.
In The Hidden Power of Social Networks, Cross and Parker, experts in "social network analysis"—a technique that visually maps relationships between people in large, distributed groups - apply this powerful tool to management for the first ...
Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.
Chained alone in a barn by the couple he thought might give him a good home, a very ugly stray dog is miserable until a new neighbor, Sally MacIntosh, moves into the little house across the road and he falls in love. 20,000 first printing.