Life's pretty good on Monkey Island. All day long, the monkeys sit around talking their monkey talk and enjoying their big-time monkey dreams.
That is, except Oswego Pete, who is one slick monkey.
He's bent on finding the Easy Life—a place where a monkey never has to bend all out of shape for a banana, or do any hard work, ever.
Is it where the high grass grows at the foot of the mountain?
Or down by the seaside?
Uh-Huh Freddie, the Chief Monkey, says easy isn't always good, and a little hard work's not always bad.
Who's right?
You will learn how to find the Easy Life in this witty adventure from popular author Walter Dean Myers and artist Lee Harper.
Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Lee Harper is an illustrator, and sometimes author-illustrator, of a flock of picture books. He still likes going to school, but nowadays when he goes to school it’s as a visiting author. He drives there in a regular car but wishes he could get there on a hay wagon like Woolbur. Learn more about Lee Harper’s books and school visits at www.leeharperart.com.
Praise for Woolbur: “Wonderful artwork.” — ALA Booklist
Praise for Woolbur: “Harper’s lumpy, expressive ovines, especially the wild-wooled Woolbur, bring Helakoski’s delightful tale of independence to life.” — Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Woolbur: “Debut artist Harper’s quirky illustrations…meet the challenge.” — Publishers Weekly
Praise for Woolbur: “Woolbur is a testament to individuality. Harper’s amusing illustrations contribute to that fun with subtle details.” — School Library Journal
Praise for Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champion: “The spirit of prizefighter Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, permeates the action-filled pages.” — School Library Journal
Praise for Ida B. Wells: “Important and inspiring.” — School Library Journal (starred review)
Praise for Ida B. Wells: “Masterful.” — ALA Booklist
Praise for Ida B. Wells: “Accessible to younger elementary audiences.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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New Hope for American Art is the most comprehensive book ever published on artists from, and surrounding, the New Hope Art Colony (also known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists). This book, with its 612 pages and over 1,000 color plates of artwork include biographies of 165 individual Pennsylvania Impressionists and New Hope Modernists as well as artists from the Philadelphia Ten, a pioneering group of women all educated at Philadelphia art schools.
In this book, you'll find biographies and artwork from such artists as:
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New Hope for American Art was authored, designed and published by James M. Alterman, an expert in the field of Pennsylvania Impressionist and Modernist painting. A longtime collector and owner of two fine art galleries, Alterman wanted to create a user-friendly book intended not only to educate collectors and enthusiasts about this art but to help train one's eye. The book offers valuable tips on how to avoid common mistakes often experienced by new collectors drawn from the author's personal experiences as a collector and fine art dealer.