Best of 2021: Children's Nonfiction Books about Art and Activities - Christchurch City LibrariesLike this list

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• Atlas of Amazing Architecture

  the Most Incredible Buildings You've (probably) Never Heard of

  Allen, Peter, 1964-

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  Beautifully brought to life with detail packed illustrations celebrating all things architecture.

• How to Build An Orchestra

  Auld, Mary

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  Find out what makes up an orchestra and learn about its different instruments. A beautifully illustrated book produced in association with the London Symphony Orchestra.

• The World of Adventure Sports

  Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979-

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  With fun illustrations throughout, this bright and colourful guide is a great introduction to adventure sports for both kids and adults alike.

• Donovan Bixley's Draw Some Awesome

  Drawing Tips & Ideas for Budding Artists

  Bixley, Donovan, 1971-

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  Donovan takes his readers through warm-up exercises, mark making, sketchbooks, imagination exercises, inspirational shapes, drawing animals, faces, character creation, detail, copying, perspective, thumbnails, shading, shadows, composition, making…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Find Tom in Time. Ancient Greece

  Burke, Fatti, pseud

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  A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 6+, developed in consultation with the British Museum.

• Be a Super Awesome Artist

  Carroll, Henry

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  20 fun challenges to make you a super-awesome artists.

• Be a Super Awesome Photographer

  Carroll, Henry

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  20 exciting and instant photo challenges to help you create your own masterpieces.

• Art Play!

  Donnelly, Meredith Magee

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  Get ready for an art adventure! Using paint, colored paper, clay, and other basic art supplies, preschoolers learn to tap into their natural artistic abilities with fun-filled projects shown through easy-to-follow, colourful photos.

• Sleuth & Solve. History

  20+ Mind-twisting Mysteries

  Escandell, Víctor, 1971-

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  Read the clues, work on solving them, and then lift the flap to reveal the answer to each mystery.

• The Official Harry Potter Baking Book

  Farrow, Joanna

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  Host a Great Hall-inspired feast for your friends.

• A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom

  Ferraro-Fanning, Angela

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  Weaving together the cooking, crafting, and planting projects with little snippets of seasonal information and self-sufficient wisdom.

• We Can

  Portraits of Power

  Gordon, Tyler

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  From teenage artistic prodigy Tyler Gordon, this is a picture book filled with gorgeous portraits of-and information about--the people who inspire him, from Kamala Harris to LeBron James.

• Vincent Van Gogh

  He Saw the World in Vibrant Colors

  Guglielmo, Amy

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  See how iconic artists like Vincent van Gogh were influenced by their environments in this beautiful series produced in collaboration with The Met See the world through Vincent van Gogh's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.

• Bedtime With Art

  Hahn, Sabrina

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  Journey from sunset to moonrise through artworks by Mary Cassatt, Gustav Klimt, Katsushika Hokusai, and many others.

• Before They Were Artists

  Famous Illustrators as Kids

  Haidle, Elizabeth, 1974-

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  This vibrantly illustrated graphic novel anthology brings to life the childhood experiences of artists and illustrators such as Wanda Gag, Maurice Sendak, and Jerry Pinkney. Stylish illustrations paired with small vignettes and anecdotes from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Modern Art Explorer

  Harman, Alice

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  Modern Art Explorer is a witty and brilliantly illustrated introduction to modern art for children that takes readers undercover to discover the stories behind thirty famous artworks.

• 100 Things to Know About Art

  Hodge, Susie, 1960-

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  Featuring materials, elements, methods, art movements, styles and places this book covers a wide range of topics and themes, as well as some key artists of the past and present.

• You Can Get Active

  Henebury, Kate

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  Easy-peasy activities to do at home or outdoors.

• Forest Craft

  a Child's Guide to Whittling in the Woodland

  Irvine, Richard (Forest School educator)

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  With an emphasis on safety and adult supervision, Forest Craft presents a range of simple and fun projects that children can make and enjoy hours of play with afterwards.

• Kids' Cookbook. Vol. 2

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  A book to inspire young chefs to get creative and get cooking.