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Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring: Library Edition

Product Description: In 1944 the modern American ballet Appalachian Spring premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The collaborators behind the performance anxiously awaited the critical response to their artistic achievement: would the world understand what they had done? In Ballet for Martha, the journey to this stage and the success shared among choreographer Martha Graham, composer Aaron Copland and artist Isamu Noguchi is expressively captured by acclaimed childrenâs book authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan...read more

By Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan and Sarah Jessica Parker (narrator)

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781455877317 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, September 4, 2012), cover price $29.97 | About this edition: In 1944 the modern American ballet Appalachian Spring premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

By Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, Sarah Jessica Parker (narrator) and Gerard Schwarz (contributor)

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781455877294 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, September 4, 2012), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: In 1944 the modern American ballet Appalachian Spring premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.

Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art From Around the World

Product Description: From the winner of the Michael L. Printz Honor Award comes a poetry anthology inspired by poets and artists from around the globe.In the groundbreaking tradition of Heart to Heart, this collection examines the connections between an artistâs work and a poetâs response, putting the artist and poet literally on the same page...read more

By Jan Greenberg (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780810994713 | Harry N Abrams Inc, April 1, 2008, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: From the winner of the Michael L.

Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop

The artist's rise from poverty and obscurity to Pop icon is an absorbing tale of the American dream, where Warhol outlived his fifteen minutes of fame through his art, controversial films, hip magazine, and more. Reprint.

By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

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Hardcover:

9780385730563 | Random House Childrens Books, October 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Relates the artist's rise from poverty and obscurity to Pop icon, discussing his art, controversial films, and hip magazine.

Paperback:

9780385732758, titled "Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop" | Reissue edition (Laurel Leaf, December 1, 2007), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The artist's rise from poverty and obscurity to Pop icon is an absorbing tale of the American dream, where Warhol outlived his fifteen minutes of fame through his art, controversial films, hip magazine, and more.

Library:

9780385900799 | Delacorte Pr, October 1, 2004, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Relates the artist's rise from poverty and obscurity to Pop icon, discussing his art, controversial films, and hip magazine.

Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Teenagers can read about the most influential artist of the late 20th century.

By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

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Prebinding:

9781417796106 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2007, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories

Recounts the life of the twentieth-century African-American collage artist who used his southern childhood, New York City, jazz, and Paris to influence his bold and meaningful art.

By Romare Bearden (illustrator) and Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780810945890 | Harry N Abrams Inc, September 1, 2003, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Recounts the life of the twentieth-century African-American collage artist who used his southern childhood, New York City, jazz, and Paris to influence his bold and meaningful art.

What Does Being Jewish Mean?: Read-Aloud Responses to Questions Jewish Children Ask About History, Culture, and Religion

Answers questions commonly asked about the daily practices and beliefs of Judaism.

By Estelle B. Freedman, Jan Greenberg and Karen A. Katz

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Paperback:

9780743254137 | Touchstone Books, August 26, 2003, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Answers questions commonly asked about the daily practices and beliefs of Judaism.

9780671765743, titled "What Does Being Jewish Mean?: Read-Aloud Responses to Questions Jewish Children Ask About History, Culture and Religion" | 1 edition (Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1991), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Answers questions commonly asked about the daily practices and beliefs of Judaism

Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist

Profiles the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh from his birth in the Netherlands, through his attempts to be a clergyman, to his years of painting, and finally, to his death in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris.

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780385328036 | Delacorte Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $20.01 | also contains A Lover's Vow | About this edition: Profiles the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh from his birth in the Netherlands, through his attempts to be a clergyman, to his years of painting, and finally, to his death in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris.

9780385328067 | Delacorte Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Profiles the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh from his birth in the Netherlands, through his attempts to be a clergyman, to his years of painting, and finally, to his death in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris.

Paperback:

9780440419174 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, January 1, 2003), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Profiles the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh from his birth in the Netherlands, through his attempts to be a clergyman, to his years of painting, and finally, to his death in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris.

Library:

9780385900058 | Delacorte Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Profiles the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh from his birth in the Netherlands, through his attempts to be a clergyman, to his years of painting, and finally, to his death in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris.

Prebinding:

9780613651004 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Profiles the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh from his birth in the Netherlands, through his attempts to be a clergyman, to his years of painting, and finally, to his death in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris.

Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois

Introduces the life of renowned modern artist Louise Bourgeois, who is known primarily for her sculptures.

By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

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Hardcover:

9780810942370 | Harry N Abrams Inc, March 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Introduces the life of renowned modern artist Louise Bourgeois, who is known primarily for her sculptures.

Action Jackson

Imagines the American modern artist Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses. Reprint.

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780756789343 | Diane Pub Co, April 30, 2005, cover price $17.00

9781591129608 | Har/cas edition (Live Oak Media, December 15, 2004), cover price $25.95

9781591129646 | Har/com edition (Live Oak Media, December 15, 2004), cover price $28.95

9780070782501, titled "Services Marketing" | McGraw-Hill College, January 1, 1996, cover price $106.70 | also contains Services Marketing

Paperback:

9780312367510 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, April 17, 2007), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.

9781591129639 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, December 30, 2004), cover price $19.95

School and Library:

9780761316824 | Roaring Brook, September 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.

Library:

9780761327707 | 1 edition (Roaring Brook, September 1, 2002), cover price $23.90 | About this edition: Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.

Reinforced:

9780606277419 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.

Chuck Close Up Close

Illustrates the life and struggles of American artist Chuck Close, who overcame learning disabilities as a child and fought paralysis as an adult to beome a celebrated protrait painter.

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780789424860, titled "Chuck Close, Up Close" | Dk Ink, March 1, 1998, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A biography of the revisionist artist who achieved prominence in the late 1960s for enormous, photographically realistic, black and white portraits of himself and his friends.

Paperback:

9780789426581, titled "Chuck Close, Up Close" | Reprint edition (Dk Pub, June 1, 2000), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Illustrates the life and struggles of American artist Chuck Close, who overcame learning disabilities as a child and fought paralysis as an adult to beome a celebrated protrait painter.

Prebinding:

9780613284455 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2002, cover price $20.05 | About this edition: Illustrates the life and struggles of American artist Chuck Close, who overcame learning disabilities as a child and fought paralysis as an adult to beome a celebrated protrait painter.

Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art

Renowned poets such as Jane Yolen, Nancy Willard, and David Mura share their deeply personal feelings on twentieth-century works of art from such artists as Faith Ringgold, Man Ray, Grandma Moses, and Georgia O'Keefe, in a unique introduction to the beauty of art and poetry. (view table of contents)

By Jan Greenberg (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780810943865 | Harry N Abrams Inc, April 1, 2001, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A compilation of poems by Americans writing about American art in the twentieth century, including such writers as Nancy Willard, Jane Yolen, and X.

Frank O. Gehry: Outside in

From the Guggenheim Bilbao to the 'Fred and Ginger' building in Prague, an architect's dynamic and sometimes startling work is profiled in an accessible and inspiring biography for young readers. By the authors of Chuck Close, Up Close. 15,000 first printing.

By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

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Hardcover:

9780789426772 | Dk Ink, September 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the life and career of the acclaimed architect, showcasing his dyanamic and sometimes startling work.

Painter's Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art

Introduces ways of seeing, experiencing, and appreciating art through the examination of contemporary American works

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780385303194, titled "The Painter's Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art" | Delacorte Pr, May 1, 1991, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Introduces ways of seeing, experiencing, and appreciating art through the examination of contemporary American works

Paperback:

9780385320405, titled "The Painter's Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art" | Reprint edition (Delacorte Pr, May 1, 1994), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Introduces ways of seeing, experiencing, and appreciating art through the examination of contemporary American works

Prebinding:

9780785730491, titled "Painter's Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.95

The American Eye: Eleven Artists of the Twentieth Century

Collecting mini-biographies of eleven twentieth-century American artists and more than fifty full-color reproductions, a young reader's introduction to contemporary art covers such figures as Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol.

By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

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Hardcover:

9780385321730 | Delacorte Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Presents biographies of some of the pioneering artists who helped shape twentieth-century American art, including Georgia O'Keeffe and Andy Warhol

The Sculptor's Eye: Looking at Contemporary American Art

Reproductions of thirty-four post-World War II American sculptures accompany a text that introduces young readers to the world of art, discussing the principles and elements of art.

By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

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Hardcover:

9780385309028 | Delacorte Pr, October 1, 1993, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Discusses the nature, subject matter, and techniques of modern sculpture and presents such contemporary artists as Red Grooms, Viola Frey, and George Segal

Just the Two of Us

Not wanting to move from her Manhattan home, Holly persuades her mother to establish herself in their new Des Moines home while Holly spends the summer with the eccentric Applebaum family

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780374361983 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1988, cover price $14.00

Paperback:

9780374439828 | Reprint edition (Sunburst, April 1, 1991), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Not wanting to move from her Manhattan home, Holly persuades her mother to establish herself in their new Des Moines home while Holly spends the summer with the eccentric Applebaum family

Pig-Out Blues

Sixteen-year-old Jodie Firestone embarks on an eating binge after her futile attempts to crash diet and obtain the role of Juliet in a school drama club production

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780374359379 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1982, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A slightly overweight, broke, and bored fifteen-year-old slowly learns to handle her two major problems--her eating habits and her mother.

Paperback:

9780374458195, titled "The Pig-Out Blues" | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1990), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Jodie Firestone embarks on an eating binge after her futile attempts to crash diet and obtain the role of Juliet in a school drama club production

9780440969778, titled "The Pig-Out Blues" | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, March 1, 1985), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Jodie Firestone embarks on an eating binge after her futile attempts to crash diet and obtain the role of Juliet in a school drama club production

The Iceberg and It's Shadow

Anabeth experiences conflicting loyalties over two friends when her newest outgoing friend, Mindy ostracizes the introverted Rachel

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780374336240 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1980, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Anabeth experiences conflicting loyalties over two friends when her newest outgoing friend, Mindy, ostracizes the introverted Rachel

Paperback:

9780374435509 | Reissue edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1989), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Anabeth experiences conflicting loyalties over two friends when her newest outgoing friend, Mindy ostracizes the introverted Rachel

Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie

Beth Goodall, a shy and honest young girl, becomes involved with handsome, exciting Jason, but arguments with her sister force her to take a hard look at Jason's shoplifting history

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780374310127 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1, 1985, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A shy and honest girl, Beth Goodall becomes involved with handsome, exciting Jason, but arguments with her sister force her to take a hard look at Jason's shoplifting history

Paperback:

9780671621865, titled "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie" | Reprint edition (Simon Pulse, June 1, 1986), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: A shy and honest girl, Beth Goodall becomes involved with handsome, exciting Jason, but arguments with her sister force her to take a hard look at Jason's shoplifting history.

Exercises of the Heart

Home life after her mother's stroke seems unbearable to young Roxie Baskowitz, who finds a haven at Glo Stern's house, but when a crisis forces Roxie to see Glo's family in a new light, Roxie turns to her mother for support

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780374322373 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 1, 1986, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Roxie cannot get along with her mother, whose slow recovery from a stroke has made home life difficult, and envies her best friend until a crisis of conscience threatens to change that relationship forever.

The Teenager's Guide to the Best Summer Opportunities

Product Description: Book by Greenberg, Jan

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780916782597 | Harvard Common Pr, February 1, 1985, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Book by Greenberg, Jan

Paperback:

9780916782580 | Harvard Common Pr, February 1, 1985, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Book by Greenberg, Jan

No Dragons to Slay

Seventeen-year-old Thomas Newman loses his newly acquired confidence when he develops cancer, until he is befriended by Ana Zacharian, a young archaeologist

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780374355289 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1983, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A high school senior with cancer learns some new perceptions from his friendship with a beautiful young archaeologist.

Paperback:

9780374455095 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1984), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A high school senior with cancer learns some new perceptions from his friendship with a beautiful young archaeologist.

A Season In-Between

Vulnerable and sensitive Carrie Singer struggles to come to terms with her father's illness and imminent death and with her own adolescent confusions

By Jan Greenberg

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Hardcover:

9780374365646 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1979, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: At a time when her life is consumed by the exhausting task of growing up, Carrie's stable home life is drastically altered.

Paperback:

9780440977100, titled "A Season in Between" | Dell Pub Co, September 1, 1981, cover price $1.75 | About this edition: Vulnerable and sensitive Carrie Singer struggles to come to terms with her father's illness and imminent death and with her own adolescent confusions

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