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1) Journey
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Candlewick Press
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A young girl, having escaped from her loneliness through a door she drew on her bedroom wall, is captured by an evil emperor and must find a way to escape.
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Rithmatist Book 1
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"As wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists are humanity's only defense, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice." --
4) Birdsong
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When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of nature and art. As the seasons change, can the girl navigate the failing health of her new friend? Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett's textured images of birds, flowers, art, and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story, which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020
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When his friends are less than impressed by the crayon portraits he draws of them, Pete the cat begins doubting his artistic abilities before reconnecting with his unfailingly creative, groovy spirit and the realization that there are no mistakes in art.
10) Drawing outdoors
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2022
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""Our school has almost nothing. A blackboard, some chairs, a teacher." The teacher is there at the door waiting for them every day. And this day they are taking whatever art supplies they can come up with and going outdoors to draw. And out there, amongst the trees, the mountains, the huge boulders, the river are dinosaurs of every kind. And a squirrel. From children's book stars Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng comes this wonderful story of a...
11) Lion's lunch?
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Chicken House
Pub. Date
2010.
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When Lion comes upon Sarah walking in the jungle, he threatens to eat her unless she shows that she can do something none of the other animals can do.
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Ellie McDoodle Book 1
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011
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When Ellie McDougal's parents go out of town, she's forced to go on a camping trip with her aunt, uncle, and cousins, and her only chance for sanity is having her sketchbook with her.
13) A squiggly story
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A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers...
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011
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Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she's writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.
16) Return
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Candlewick Press
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2016.
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A lonely girl returns to her fantastical world for friendship and adventure, where only the most powerful motivations persuade her to return home.
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Magic Shop Book 2
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Magic Carpet Books/Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2007, c1991
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Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
18) Quest
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Candlewick Press
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2014.
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"On a rainy day in a city park, the girl who starred in 'Journey' and the boy introduced at the end take refuge by a doorway under a bridge. To their surprise, a king emerges from the door just long enough to pass the two a map before soldiers apprehend him. Returning to the magical Pallonezia, they find the walled city in flames, under siege."--OCLC.
19) Draw!
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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In this wordless picture book, a boy who is confined to his room fills his sketch pad with lions and elephants, then imagines himself on a safari.
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