Runaway Girl:The Artist Louise Bourgeois by Jan Greenberg

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Written for young teenagers, this is an intimate look at the life and work of sculptor Louise Bourgeois. Family photographs and reproductions of Bourgeois's work are interspersed with exclusive interviews, selections from the artist's journals and clear text.

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Runaway Girl:The Artist Louise Bourgeois by Jan Greenberg

Written for young teenagers, this is an intimate look at the life and work of sculptor Louise Bourgeois. Family photographs and reproductions of Bourgeois's work are interspersed with exclusive interviews, selections from the artist's journals and clear text.
Jan Greenberg is the author of five books on American art and architecture and seven works of fiction for young readers. Her many awards include an ALA Notable, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Booklist Editor's Choice, IRA Teacher's Choice, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor. She was the editor of "Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art," which received the Michael L. Printz Honor Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature from the American Library Association. She lives in St. Louise, Missouri. Sandra Jordan is an editor and a photographer as well as a writer of award-winning books.
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ISBN 13 9780810942370
ISBN 10 0810942372
Title Runaway Girl:The Artist Louise Bourgeois
Author Jan Greenberg
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Abrams
Year published 2003-03-01
Number of pages 80
Prizes Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2005
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.