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Lexile/Reading Level
IG990L

Genre/Category
Arts & Recreation | Nonfiction | Science

Topic
Art | Building | Creativity | Design | Reference
Format
Book

LEGO® Ideas Book.

Author: Lipkowitz, Daniel

You have what it takes! Did you ever wonder what you can do with all of those LEGO® bricks after you have created the project they came with?

Now with The LEGO Ideas Book, you can take what you already have and make something new! The book is divided into six themed chapters—transportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure, and useful makes—each with basic templates of key models and spreads to inspire you to create your own.

Hints and tips from Master Builders can help you turn your classic car into a race car or add a bridge to your castle! Don’t be concerned if you haven’t got all the bricks you need: this book also shows how to simplify details, making this a great user-friendly guide for any building ability.

Featuring all-new LEGO® building projects, tips to supplement and enhance your LEGO creations, inspirational builds, and expert advice from LEGO Master Builders, The LEGO Ideas Book will keep kids of all ages creating for hours.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 1-6 Grade

Genre/Category
Arts & Recreation | Nonfiction

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1980s
Topic
Art | Creativity | Self Expression
Geographic Region
United States - America
Format
Book

Keith Haring: I Wish I Didn’t Have to Sleep

Author: Haring, Keith

Whether you’re young or just young at heart, this collection of Keith Haring’s playful artwork will help you see his paintings through fresh eyes. Children’s reactions to art can be incredibly insightful and few artists attract a young audience as much as Keith Haring, who used thick black lines, bright colors, and striking symbols to create paintings that are as open to interpretation as they are joyful and fun. This engaging book records children’s reactions to Haring’s most imaginative drawings, and the results are as unpredictable and profound as the work itself. Along the way, the book encourages its readers to let their own imaginations run wild. By exploring Haring’s life, technique, and creativity, the book will inspire readers of all ages to express themselves, whether through art, poetry, or simply saying what is on their minds.

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Lexile/Reading Level
BR Recommended for Preschool-2 Grade

Genre/Category
Fiction | Humor | Picture Book | Realistic

Topic
Clothing | Creativity | Culture and Traditions | Jews or Jewish
Main Character
Man/Men
Award-Winning Book
Caldecott | Caldecott Medal
Format
Audiobook | Book

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Author: Taback, Simms

Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes—just like this book! When Joseph’s coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that?As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat, while they laugh at the bold, cheerful artwork and learn that you can always make something, even out of nothing.

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Lexile/Reading Level
960L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Realistic

Historical Time Period
Contemporary
Topic
Abuse | Courage | Creativity | Hiding | Survival
Geographic Region
New York | United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
ALA Notable Children's Book | ALA's Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults | Horn Book
Format
Audiobook | Book

Slake’s Limbo

Author: Holman, Felice

Desperate, driven, harassed to the breaking point, Slake decides to go underground—into the sheltering depths of the New York City Subway where he ends up staying for one hundred and twenty-one days. This is the story about survival, and about a 13-year-old misfit’s attempts to find footing in a hostile and threatening world.

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Lexile/Reading Level
AD570L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Picture Book | Realistic

Historical Time Period
Great Depression
Date
1930s
Topic
City Life | Creativity | Flowers | Gardening | Happy/Happiness
Geographic Region
New York | United States - America
Main Character
Girl(s)
Award-Winning Book
Caldecott | Caldecott Honor | Christophers Book Awards | New York Times Notable Books
Format
Audiobook | Book

Gardener , The

Author: Stewart, Sarah

Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers’ faces with the flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece — an ambitious rooftop garden — which she hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging and determined young heroine, whose story is told through letters written home, while David Small’s illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.

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Lexile/Reading Level
AD500L

Genre/Category
Art | Fiction | Picture Book | Realistic

Historical Time Period
Contemporary
Topic
Art | Creativity | School | Self-confidence | Teaching
Main Character
Girl(s)
Award-Winning Book
Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books | Christophers Book Awards | Irma S. and James H. Black Honor for Excellence in Children's Literature
Format
Book | Ebook

Dot, The

Author: Reynolds, Peter H.

With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark – and follow where it takes us.

Her teacher smiled. “Just make a mark and see where it takes you.”

Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can’t draw – she’s no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. “There!” she says.

That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti’s journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds’s delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us.

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