Who loves the fall?Passers, Punters, Pumpkin huntersTrickers, Treaters, Turkey eaters.It's hard when summer ends, but the hearty season that follows overflows with holidays, sports, and fun. In this companion to Spring Things, the author and illustrator pay tribute to fall.Judy Stead's vibrant paintings help bring to mind the tastes, sounds, and colors that are autumn. Bob Raczka's rhyming verse is an invigorating celebration of fall.

Who Loves the Fall?

Bob Raczka

scholastic

A book that celebrates all things summer--from playing at the park to swimming at the pool to catching fireflies. Children will delight in the rhymes that captures summertime fun.

Summer Wonders

Scholastic, by arrangement with A. Whitman & Company

Spring Things

Nature is busy budding and flowering; baby animals are being born; gardeners are planting; and everywhere children are running and playing. In rhyming text, the author celebrates

When you think of art, do you think of painting and sculpture? Bob Raczka shows us that even these traditional artistic mediums can be created in untraditional ways. Art can also be draped, chiseled, pasted and drizzled. But unusual approaches to painting and sculpture are only the beginning. We learn that art comes in many forms a wall or a ceiling, a lamp or a rug, a goblet or a musical instrument. Simple rhyming verse pairs beautifully with reproductions of twenty-seven works of art, ranging from 17,000-year-old cave paintings to some very interesting contemporary creations. Each piece is as unique as the artist themselves, and each is included here to expand our notions of what art is.

Art Is

Bt Bound

Have you ever drawn a picture of yourself? If you have, then you know what a self-portrait is. Most artists make self-portraits as a way to practice. By drawing or painting or even photographing their own faces, they learn how to look at the world around them. And as the lucky viewers of their work, we learn what they thought about themselves. In Here's Looking at Me, Bob Raczka introduces us to fourteen famous artists who have made self-portraits. And as you'll see, they all have very different styles and settings. In fact, as you browse through this unique collection, you'll quickly discover that there is no right way or wrong way to make a picture of yourself. Only your way.

Here's Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves

Teen & Young Adult

Perfection Learning

Grade 1-6-Raczka stimulates an awareness of the breadth and diversity of art. He encourages children to use all of their senses when looking at paintings-a concept that makes art much more fun. Beginning with Levi Wells Prentice's very realistic Apples in a Tin Pail, the author asks, "-have you ever tasted a painting?" Indeed, one cannot help sensing the sweet, pungent juiciness of the fruit. Divided into sections according to the most obvious sense appeal, these paintings from museums and galleries around the U.S. and Europe evoke the sound of ships' cannons in the War of 1812, exude the odor of well-worn shoes, allow viewers to feel the luxurious fur of an ermine, or baffle the eye. Each work is beautifully reproduced in full color. The last two pages identify the artists and describe their artistic style or specialty. A fine addition for most collections.Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ

More than Meets the Eye Seeing Art With All 5 Senses

The Millbrook Press

This book lets you do more than look at beautiful art. It shows you how to feel it, taste it, smell it, hear it, and touch it! Looking at art with the right attitude can let you hear a cannon boom or know what it feels like to stroke an ermine. You can smell a stinky pig or enjoy the tastes of teatime. In another unique tour through the world of art, Bob Raczka shares his enthusiasm for his subject with youngsters while introducing them to the work of many of the world's finest artists.

More Than Meets the Eye: Seeing Art with All Five Senses (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures)

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

Millbrook Press ™

Museums have very logical ways of displaying works of art. Usually they group works by artist, by movement, or by time period, so that impressionist works or classical works can be viewed together. And many museums are devoted to displaying only a certain type of art. In Unlikely Pairs, Bob Raczka offers us an exhibit like no others, organized solely for fun. The painting of a seventeenth-century Dutch artist sits next to that of a twentieth-century American. Classical sculpture is paired with modern painting. The result is a rollicking romp through a most unusual exhibit. The reader is challenged to figure out the relationship between the various unlikely pairs and in so doing will look very carefully and perhaps even learn something new about different artists and styles along they way.

Unlikely Pairs: Fun with Famous Works of Art (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures)

The Art of Freedom, How Artists See America

Action Figures: Paintings of Fun, Daring, and Adventure (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures)

Here’s your ticket to see some of the most colorful characters of the art world in action. Bob Raczka presents ringmasters, cannon blasters, dragon slayers, baseball players, and more - all captured on canvas by some of the world’s most well-known artists. In these eighteen action-packed paintings, Raczka covers a wide range of times, places, and artistic styles. From Saint George and the Dragon (1470) by Paolo Uccello to Watson and the Shark (1782) by John Singleton Copley to BLAM (1962) by Roy Lichtenstein, this is art that will get your heart racing!

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

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