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Found 3 from your keywords: subject="Themes, motives"
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Cloth Lullaby : the Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
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Amy NoveskyIsabelle Arsenault

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise’s own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tap…

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9781419718816
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40 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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730.92 NOV
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From slave ship to freedom road
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Julius Lester

Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. From the Middle Passage to the auction block, from the whipping post to the fight for freedom, this book presents not just historical facts, but the raw emotions of the people who lived them. Inspired by Rod Brown's vivid paintings, Julius Lester has written a text that places each o…

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0439056535
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40 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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759 LES
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Stephen Biesty's incredible cross-sections
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Stephen Biesty's

This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings. Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section slice or exploded view reveals what's going on inside. See the people swarming inside …

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9781465483898
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48 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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620 BIE