This delightful book is a colorful reminder of the many things that visual art can be, become, and do. Whether it's weaving or making pottery or working on your computer or turning junk into something unexpected and wonderful, An ABC of What Art Can Be is an invitation to look around and think creatively-outside the boring box. After all,
A is for artist, creator of art,
Making all sorts of things with the hands and the heart.
The playful rhymes and dazzling collages are reminders that each of us is unique and can produce a work of art that's equally unique. In this lively book readers will find an ABC that's unlike any other. It includes four pages of "fun stuff"--easy-to-do activities inspired by the text and illustrations. Ages four and up.

Summer vacation is here and Tammy Pierce is back with more sometimes ordinary, often humiliating, occasionally poignant and usually hilarious exploits Her hopes, dreams, agonies and defeats are brought to vivid, comedic life by Watson s lovingly grotesque drawings, filled with all the '80s essentials too much mascara, leg warmers with heels and huge hair, etc. as well as timeless teen concerns like acne, dandruff, and the opposite sex (or same sex, in some cases). Unlovable addresses the mysteries of high school through Tammy s naivete; girls and women in particular will find much that resonates, but men will also relate to Unlovable s universal humor and loser cast of characters. Tammy s life isn t pretty, but it is endlessly endearing and funny."