40 Books about the Arts

Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman
© 2003 Cooperative Children's Book Center

This bibliography was compiled in June, 2003, as part of a 12-month series in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Cooperative Children's Book Center.

Complete list of 40 Books about... bibliographies.

Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.

Dance

Dillon, Leo and Diane Dillon . Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That! . Blue Sky Press / Scholastic, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 4-7

Freedman, Russell. Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life. Clarion, 1998. Ages 12 - 16

Glover, Savion. Savion: My Life in Tap. Morrow / HarperCollins, 2000. Ages 10 - 16

Jones, Bill T. and Susan Kuklin . Dance. Photographed by Susan Kuklin. Hyperion, 1998. 32 pages. Ages 3-9

Tallchief, Maria and Rosemary Wells . Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina. Illustrated by Gary Kelley. Viking, 1999. Ages 5 - 10

Varriale, Jim. Kids Dance: The Students of Ballet Tech. Dutton, 1999. Ages 8-14

Music

Adoff, Jaime. The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth. Illustrated by Martin French. Dutton, 2002. Ages 11-14

Cox, Judy. My Family Plays Music. Illustrated by Elbrite Brown. Holiday House, 2003. Ages 5-8

Hausherr, Rosmarie. What Instrument Is This?. Scholastic, 1992. Ages 4 - 8

Raschka, Chris. John Coltrane's Giant Steps. Atheneum, 2002. Ages 6 - 10

Smith, Charles R., Jr.. Perfect Harmony: A Muscial Journey with the Boys Choir of Harlem. Hyperion, 2002. Ages 7 - 11

Theater

Aliki, . William Shakespeare and the Globe. HarperCollins, 1999. Ages 8 - 12

Bruchac, Joseph. Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children. Illustrated by Teresa Flavin. Dial, 2000. Age 9 and older

Potter, Giselle. The Year I Didn't Go to School. Atheneum, 2002. Ages 5 - 8

Architecture

Greenburg, Jan and Sandra Jordan . Frank O. Gehry: Outside In. DK Ink, 2000. Age 9 and older

Macaulay, David . Building Big. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Age 9 and older

Rubin, Susan Goldman. There Goes the Neighborhood: Ten Buildings People Love to Hate. Holiday House, 2001. Ages 9 - 14

Drawing and Painting

Browne, Anthony. Willy's Pictures. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2000. Ages 6 - 12

Falwell, Cathryn. David's Drawings. Lee & Low, 2001. Ages 4 - 7

Littlechild, George. This Land Is My Land. Children's Book Press, 1993. Ages 9 - 14

Rodrigue, George and Bruce Goldstone . Why Is Blue Dog Blue?. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2002. Ages 4 - 8

Winter, Jonah. Frida. Illustrated by Ana Juan. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press, 2002. Ages 6 - 10

Fabric Art

Cha, Dia and Chue and Nhia Thao Cha . Dia's Story Cloth: The Hmong People's Journey to Freedom. Denver Museum of Natural History/Lee & Low, 1996. Ages 8 - 11

Guback, Georgia. Luka's Quilt. Greenwillow, 1994. Aes 4 - 8

Sola, Michele. Angela Weaves a Dream: The Story of a Young Maya Artist. Photographed by Jeffrey Jay Foxx. Hyperion, 1997. Ages 8 - 11

Photography

Cech, John. Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Boy With a Camera. Four Winds Press, 1994. Ages 8 - 11

Johnson, Dinah. All Around Town: The Photographs of Richard Samual Roberts. Henry Holt, 1998. Ages 4 - 12

Partridge, Elizabeth. Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange. Viking, 1998. Age 11 and older

Sills, Leslie. In Real Life: Six Women Photographers. Holiday House, 2000. Ages 11 - 14

Pottery

Andrews-Gobel, Nancy. The Pot That Juan Built. Illustrated by David Diaz. Lee & Low, 2002. Ages 6 - 10

Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. Clarion, 2001. Ages 9 - 12

Swentzell, Rina. Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters. Photographed by Bill Steen. (We Are Still Here) Lerner, 1992. Ages 7 - 13

Sculpture

Ancona, George. Cutters, Carvers & the Cathedral. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1995. Ages 8 - 12

Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan . Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois . Abrams, 2003. 80 pages. Ages 12 and older

Stock, Catherine. Gugu's House. Clarion, 2001. Ages 5 - 8

General

Greenburg, Jan. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century Art. Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Age 12 and older

Hamanaka, Sheila and Ayano Ohmi . In Search of the Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan. Morrow, 1999. Ages 10 - 14

Lehn, Barbara. What Is an Artist?. Photographed by Carol Krauss. Millbrook Press, 2002. Ages 4 - 7

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	CCBC Bibliographies & Booklists Charlotte Zolotow Award Book of the Week CCBC Specialized Information CCBC Book Discussions CCBC - Net Awards & Best-of-the-Year Lists Review Journals 40 Books about the Arts Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman © 2003 Cooperative Children's Book Center This bibliography was compiled in June, 2003, as part of a 12-month series in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Complete list of 40 Books about... bibliographies. Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image. Dance Dillon, Leo and Diane Dillon . Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That! . Blue Sky Press / Scholastic, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 4-7 Freedman, Russell. Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life. Clarion, 1998. Ages 12 - 16 Glover, Savion. Savion: My Life in Tap. Morrow / HarperCollins, 2000. Ages 10 - 16 Jones, Bill T. and Susan Kuklin . Dance. Photographed by Susan Kuklin. Hyperion, 1998. 32 pages. Ages 3-9 Tallchief, Maria and Rosemary Wells . Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina. Illustrated by Gary Kelley. Viking, 1999. Ages 5 - 10 Varriale, Jim. Kids Dance: The Students of Ballet Tech. Dutton, 1999. Ages 8-14 Music Adoff, Jaime. The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth. Illustrated by Martin French. Dutton, 2002. Ages 11-14 Cox, Judy. My Family Plays Music. Illustrated by Elbrite Brown. Holiday House, 2003. Ages 5-8 Hausherr, Rosmarie. What Instrument Is This?. Scholastic, 1992. Ages 4 - 8 Raschka, Chris. John Coltrane's Giant Steps. Atheneum, 2002. Ages 6 - 10 Smith, Charles R., Jr.. Perfect Harmony: A Muscial Journey with the Boys Choir of Harlem. Hyperion, 2002. Ages 7 - 11 Theater Aliki, . William Shakespeare and the Globe. HarperCollins, 1999. Ages 8 - 12 Bruchac, Joseph. Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children. Illustrated by Teresa Flavin. Dial, 2000. Age 9 and older Potter, Giselle. The Year I Didn't Go to School. Atheneum, 2002. Ages 5 - 8 Architecture Greenburg, Jan and Sandra Jordan . Frank O. Gehry: Outside In. DK Ink, 2000. Age 9 and older Macaulay, David . Building Big. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Age 9 and older Rubin, Susan Goldman. There Goes the Neighborhood: Ten Buildings People Love to Hate. Holiday House, 2001. Ages 9 - 14 Drawing and Painting Browne, Anthony. Willy's Pictures. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2000. Ages 6 - 12 Falwell, Cathryn. David's Drawings. Lee & Low, 2001. Ages 4 - 7 Littlechild, George. This Land Is My Land. Children's Book Press, 1993. Ages 9 - 14 Rodrigue, George and Bruce Goldstone . Why Is Blue Dog Blue?. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2002. Ages 4 - 8 Winter, Jonah. Frida. Illustrated by Ana Juan. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press, 2002. Ages 6 - 10 Fabric Art Cha, Dia and Chue and Nhia Thao Cha . Dia's Story Cloth: The Hmong People's Journey to Freedom. Denver Museum of Natural History/Lee & Low, 1996. Ages 8 - 11 Guback, Georgia. Luka's Quilt. Greenwillow, 1994. Aes 4 - 8 Sola, Michele. Angela Weaves a Dream: The Story of a Young Maya Artist. Photographed by Jeffrey Jay Foxx. Hyperion, 1997. Ages 8 - 11 Photography Cech, John. Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Boy With a Camera. Four Winds Press, 1994. Ages 8 - 11 Johnson, Dinah. All Around Town: The Photographs of Richard Samual Roberts. Henry Holt, 1998. Ages 4 - 12 Partridge, Elizabeth. Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange. Viking, 1998. Age 11 and older Sills, Leslie. In Real Life: Six Women Photographers. Holiday House, 2000. Ages 11 - 14 Pottery Andrews-Gobel, Nancy. The Pot That Juan Built. Illustrated by David Diaz. Lee & Low, 2002. Ages 6 - 10 Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. Clarion, 2001. Ages 9 - 12 Swentzell, Rina. Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters. Photographed by Bill Steen. (We Are Still Here) Lerner, 1992. Ages 7 - 13 Sculpture Ancona, George. Cutters, Carvers & the Cathedral. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1995. Ages 8 - 12 Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan . Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois . Abrams, 2003. 80 pages. Ages 12 and older Stock, Catherine. Gugu's House. Clarion, 2001. Ages 5 - 8 General Greenburg, Jan. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century Art. Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Age 12 and older Hamanaka, Sheila and Ayano Ohmi . In Search of the Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan. Morrow, 1999. Ages 10 - 14 Lehn, Barbara. What Is an Artist?. Photographed by Carol Krauss. Millbrook Press, 2002. Ages 4 - 7 This list may be reproduced and distributed by educational and/or nonprofit organizations so long as credit is given to the Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.