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To the Harbour order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Stanley Palmer
Honour Award NZ Post Book Awards 2008.
Highly revered painter and printmaker, Stanley Palmer, has produced a stunning collection of monoprints based on his childhood recollections of the Manukau Harbour. Capturing the time and place with his evocative story and illustrations, the resulting beautifully crafted book is part children’s book – part memoir.


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Let's Get Art: Children Look at Contemporary New Zealand Art order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Brad Irwin
This ground-breaking picture book combines work from the hottest of young contemporary artists with illustrations from up-and-coming artist John Ward Knox and text from impressive young lecturer and art educator Brad Irwin. Squarely aimed at children, this work follows four children as they look at different artworks in a gallery and try to work out what contemporary art is. It's simply and clearly written and focuses on actual comments Brad Irwin collected from New Zealand school children. The artworks are from a number of disciplines - painting, scultpture, installations, video work etc and the artists include the well-known such as Michael Paraekowhai, Yvonne Todd and Shane Cotton and the emerging such as Todd Stratton and Sriwhana Spong. John Ward Knox is a multi-talented artist and lecturer at Elam School of Art, and his illustrations and design have great movement and energy. There is no other book on the market like this - even ... more

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Alphab'art : Find the Letters Hidden In the Paintings order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Anne Guery & Olivier Dussutour
A fun introduction to both the alphabet and the work of famous artists. One letter of the alphabet is concealed in each of these 26 paintings. Readers can search the paintings of Giotto, Chagall, Picasso, Dali, Klee and many more to discover the letter hiding within, as well as learning how to read the detail of a painting and understand it.

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Art Book For Children order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
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Author: Gilda Williams Ruggi
A perfect introduction to art for children everywhere, The Art Book For Children brings the clarity and innovation of Phaidon’s bestselling Art Book to our youngest readers ever.
An A to Z guide of 30 great artists and their most famous works, it is designed for both parent and child to enjoy together.
The book encourages the children to look and use their imagination to understand why artists choose to create the work they do and in the way that they do it.
From Leonardo’s iconic Mona Lisa to Andy Warhol’s equally iconic Marilyn, and from Jeff Koons’ exuberant, flower-encrusted Puppy to Grant Wood’s severe American Gothic, 30 works appearing in the original Art Book have been selected for The Art Book For Children for their significance in art history as well as their appeal to children.

The giants of art history such as Van Gogh, Matisse, Rembrandt, Turner and Velazquez are all here, but the Children’s ... more

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Art Book For Children #2 order quantity
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NZ$ 35.00 each
Hardback
Author: Amanda Renshaw
A perfect introduction to art for children everywhere, the second volume of "The Art Book for Children" brings the clarity and innovation of Phaidon's bestselling "Art Book" to even more young readers. Another 30 artists, from Raphael and Thomas Gainsborough to Winslow Homer and Gerhard Richter, have been selected from the original "Art Book" for their significance in art history as well as their appeal to children.

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Artful Reading order quantity
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author: Bob Raczka
Bob Raczka has introduced countless children to the pleasures of looking at art. In this book, he adds a new element to the experience?the joy of reading. You?ll see all kinds of readers here, in works of art ranging in time from Antonello Da Messina's St. Jerome in His Study (1475) to Jacob Lawrence's The Library (1960), and ranging in style from Rossetti's The Day Dream to Picasso's Two Girls Reading. But no matter the era or the style, each and every painting tells a story about a reader. Art lovers and book lovers alike will enjoy this look at the fine art of reading.

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Art Through Music order quantity
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NZ$ 60.00 each
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Author: Claire Tinker
The "Belair World of Display" series provides primary school teachers with practical and inspirational ideas to help display their pupils' work in music linked to art and design and also including cross-curricular links to other subjects. "Art through Music" contains a wealth of practical activities linked to a musical focus with the outcomes mainly through art and design and design and technology. Each theme contains suggestions for listening and practical musical activities. These ideas are original and suitable for whole class or small group work.

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Dogs' Night order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Meredith Hooper
Once a year, the dogs in the paintings in the National Gallery have an exciting night out. They all have a few hours to run up and down the grand staircases, to chase each other and to go exploring. One night, however, four of the dogs have too much to eat and sleepily climb back into the wrong works of art. The gallery has never been so popular - people come flooding in from far and wide. What a sensation! This fun-filled story, with superb illustrations by Alan Curless, and reproductions of National Gallery paintings, provides a charming introduction to great art for young children.

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Essential Artists : Degas order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
Paperback
Author: David Spence
A comprehensive, informative and highly readable introduction to the world of Degas. Written by David Spence, an expert in the field, this book is based on the very latest research. Over 100 beautiful colour images and illustrations bring the world of Degas to life, and shed new light on the masterpieces he created.

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Favourite Classic Artists order quantity
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NZ$ 25.00 each
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Author: Liz Gogerly
"Favourite Classic Artists" is a collection of short biographies providing a brief insight into the art world. This book has an accessible, user-friendly approach with photographs of the artist's work, quotations from artists and contemporaries and a selection of answers to questions about the artists and their work. Complicated artistic terms are explained in the glossary. Weblinks provide access via the Waylinks website to interesting web pages providing additional useful information. The collection features the following artists: Constable, Turner, Rembrandt, Manet, Renoir, Rodin, Cezanne, Klimt, Cassatt, Van Gogh, Picasso, Degas, Buonarroti, Caravaggio and Goya.

 
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