Susan Goldman Rubin
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The women of the rural community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, have been making quilts for generations, using scraps of old overalls, aprons, bleached cornmeal sacks, anything they can find. The mere scraps are transformed into spectacular works of art, each displaying a unique pattern with vibrant colors and complex geometric composition. They considered these quilts useful, to keep their families warm and comfortable. Much to their surprise, many of...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"In 1954, one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions of the twentieth Century aimed to end school segregation in the United States. Although known as Brown v. Board of Education, the ruling applied not just to the case of Linda Carol Brown, an African American third grader refused entry to an all-white Topeka, Kansas school, but to cases involving children in South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, DC"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Beatrice Alexander's family ran a doll hospital in their home in New York's Lower East Side, where she grew to love fixing and making dolls. Beatrice dreamed of becoming an artist, but her family couldn't afford to send her to sculpting school. She never stopped dreaming, even as she stayed home, graduated from high school, and got married. When World War I broke out, she came up with the idea to make unbreakable cloth dolls modeled after nurses...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c. 2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Diego Rivera offers young readers unique insight into the life and artwork of the famous Mexican painter and muralist. The book follows Rivera's career, looking at his influences and tracing the evolution of his style. His work often called attention to the culture and struggles of the Mexican working class. Believing that art should be for the people, he created public murals in both the United States and Mexico, examples of which are included."...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using toolboxes, ambulances, and other ingenious measures, Irena Sendler defied the Nazis and risked her own life by saving and then hiding Jewish children. Her secret list of the children's real identities was kept safe, buried in two jars under a tree in war-torn Warsaw. An inspiring story of courage and compassion, this biography includes a list of resources, source notes, and an index.
Author
Publisher
H. Abrams
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A biography of the filmmaker Steven Spielberg, beginning with his childhood and early passion for movies, and continuing with anecdote-filled chapters on each of his successful Hollywood films.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This comprehensive biography, written by celebrated nonfiction author Susan Goldman Rubin, explores the tumultuous and passionate life of activist, singer, and actor Paul Robeson. When faced with the decision to remain silent or be ostracized, Paul Robeson chose to sing, shout, and speak out. Sing and Shout: The Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson explores how Robeson's love of African American spirituals and deep empathy towards the suffering of others...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition. Coco Chanel focuses on the obstacles Chanel faced as a financially independent woman in an era when women were...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture book biography of American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, discussing his work as a teacher and innovator, and his lasting influence on the art world. Includes examples of his paintings.