Evan Turk
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 28 x 28 cm.
Description
"Author and illustrator Evan Turk showcases the beauty and importance of the National Parks in this gorgeous picture book that takes readers on an amazing tour across the United States. In simple, soaring language and breathtaking art, acclaimed author-illustrator Evan Turk has created a stirring ode to nature and nation. From the rugged coast of Maine to the fiery volcanoes of Hawaii, You Are Home reminds us that every animal, plant, and person helps...
2) Heartbeat
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Separated from her mother, a young whale swims the oceans for decades until she finds a young girl who shares her vision of one planet for which all are responsible.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
"Marietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers did in the early Renaissance. Her father, Angelo Barovier, was a true master of glass. Marietta longed to create gorgeous glass too, but glass was men's work. One day her father showed her how to shape the scalding-hot material into a work of art, and Marietta was mesmerized. Her skills grew and grew. Marietta worked until she created her own unique glass bead:...
5) Hello, Moon
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
A mother and child explore the wonder of the changing moon together.
Author
Description
""The first thing I can remember," Ben said, "I drew." As an observant young child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw everything he sees-and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar for demanding workers' rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too. So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben brings with him both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what's right. As he grows, he speaks...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Description
A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll. Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told. When Grandma Della said the blues wouldn’t put food on the table, Muddy didn’t listen. And when record producers told him no one wanted to listen to a country boy playing country blues, Muddy ignored them as well. This tenacious...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
In this breathtaking companion to the award-winning Grandfather Gandhi, Arun Gandhi, with Bethany Hegedus, tells a poignant, personal story of the damage of wastefulness, gorgeuously illustrated by Evan Turk. At Grandfather Gandhi’s service village, each day is filled, from sunrise to sunset, with work that is done for the good of all. The villagers vow to live simply and non-violently. Arun Gandhi tries very hard to follow these vows, but he struggles...
12) A forest song
Author
Pub. Date
2025.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
"Beautifully illustrated by an award-winning artist, this cento poem about experiencing a forest with all of your senses will make the perfect read-aloud for nature lovers and curious explorers"--