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Capturing the Magic of Children in Your Paintings

Capturing the Magic of Children in Your Paintings

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The irrepressible nature of children makes them charming subjects for paintings, as well as a real challenge to actually paint. In this book, suitable for artists working in all of the most popular mediums, Jessica Zemsky shares the lessons she’s learned in her many years of painting children, including: * Nine step-by-step demonstrations that illustrate her personal techniques * Special guidelines for portraying children being themselves–at play, with siblings or pets–rather than in formal portraits * Advice for everything from finding natural poses to rendering the varied textures of children’s skin and hair * Tips for working in watercolor, acrylic, gouache, oil and pastel * Plus delightful anecdotes and firsthand lessons

Capturing the Magic of Children in Your Paintings

A Child’s Introduction to Ballet: The Stories, Music, and Magic of Classical Dance

A Child’s Introduction to Ballet: The Stories, Music, and Magic of Classical Dance

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The latest volume in Black Dog’s successful book-and-CD series combines the mesmerizing stories of the world’s great ballets with fun facts, dancing how-tos, history, profiles— all accompanied by charming original watercolors.

From Swan Lake and The Nutcracker to Peter and the Wolf and Fancy Free, the of twenty-five of the world’s best-loved ballets are told, accompanied by corresponding tracks on an enclosed CD. These are the charming stories that bring ballet to life on the stage, along with the music that has made them into enduring classics.

Surrounding the stories is a captivating, illustrated history of ballet, each page filled with information, artwork, and profiles of the world’s great dancers, choreographers, and composers. There are even instructions on ballet positions and the key moves that every dancer needs to know.

The musical selections included on the CD are keyed to specific points in the text, making the book uniquely interactive, educational, and fun.

A Child’s Introduction to Ballet: The Stories, Music, and Magic of Classical Dance

Powerful Magic: Learning From Children’s Responses To Fantasy Literature

Powerful Magic: Learning From Children’s Responses To Fantasy Literature

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This dynamic book delves deeply into children’s responses to literature, and in particular, to works of fantasy. Through close observation over time of children’s natural and spontaneous reactions to books they are assigned or choose themselves, Nina Mikkelsen demonstrates how children and adults can engage as equal partners in learning, and also provides important insights into how adults can create settings in which children can experience the joy of literature. Featuring important implications for both literary theory and classroom practice, Powerful Magic: Explores how literature influences children’s lives and why children find fantasy so compelling. Focuses on what can be learned from children’s responses rather than on what adults might think is important to teach children about literature. Presents rare longitudinal research into children’s reading of texts, inside and outside the classroom. Provides an excellent model of the required kind of listening and thinking needed to study children’s responses to literature.

Powerful Magic: Learning From Children’s Responses To Fantasy Literature

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