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1) Cloth Lullaby: the Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

Author

Novesky, Amy

Publisher

Abrams Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2016.

Lexile measure

AD 1000L

Physical Desc

1 (volumes) unpaged : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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A beautifully nuanced and poetic story, Cloth Lullaby stunningly captures the life of Louise Bourgeois and tells the story of a relationship between a mother and daughter, the birth of an artist, and how memory is stitched into us all. Before she became an artist, Louise Bourgeois was an apprentice in her family's tapestry shop, where her mother was a weaver of tapestries. Discover how Louise learned about form and color, and how memories of her...

2) Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the dog who loved her

Author

Novesky, Amy

Pub. Date

2013

Lexile measure

AD 580L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Discusses American Jazz singer Billie Holiday and her dogs, especially her pet boxer, Mister.

3) Me, Frida

Author

Novesky, Amy

Pub. Date

2010

Lexile measure

AD 660L

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27cm

Language

English

Description

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Artist Frida Kahlo finds her own voice and style when her famous husband, Diego Rivera, is commissioned to paint a mural in San Francisco, California, in the 1930s and she finds herself exploring the city on her own.

4) Love is a ball

Author

Novesky, Amy

Series

Love is

Publisher

Cameron Kids

Pub. Date

2022.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A rhyming ode to toy balls, from baseballs to tennis balls, and to the children who love them.

5) Mary Poppins

Author

Novesky, Amy

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2018]

Lexile measure

600L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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A wind brings some English children a new nanny who slides up the bannister, introduces the two oldest to her friends, and takes them on many adventures.

6) Girl on a motorcycle

Author

Novesky, Amy

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

2020.

Lexile measure

540L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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One day, a girl gets on her motorcycle and rides away. She wants to wander the world. To go...Elsewhere. This is the true story of the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world alone. Each place has something to teach her. Each place is beautiful. And despite many flat tires and falls, she learns to always get back up and keep riding.