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As featured on Humans of New York "Hartland's joyful folk-art
illustrations bop from the gray-toned jazzy vibrancy of a bustling
city neighborhood to the colorful harvest of a lush urban farm."
--The New York Times "An inspiring picture book for youngsters with
meaningful ties to the environment, sustainability, and community
engagement." --Booklist Discover the incredible true story of
Harlem Grown, a lush garden in New York City that grew out of an
abandoned lot and now feeds a neighborhood. Once In a big city
called New York In a bustling neighborhood There was an empty lot.
Nevaeh called it the haunted garden. Harlem Grown tells the
inspiring true story of how one man made a big difference in a
neighborhood. After seeing how restless they were and their lack of
healthy food options, Tony Hillery invited students from an
underfunded school to turn a vacant lot into a beautiful and
functional farm. By getting their hands dirty, these kids turned an
abandoned space into something beautiful and useful while learning
about healthy, sustainable eating and collaboration. Five years
later, the kids and their parents, with the support of the Harlem
Grown staff, grow thousands of pounds of fruits and vegetables a
year. All of it is given to the kids and their families. The
incredible story is vividly brought to life with Jessie Hartland's
"charmingly busy art" (Booklist) that readers will pore over in
search of new details as they revisit this poignant and uplifting
tale over and over again. Harlem Grown is an independent,
not-for-profit organization. The author's share of the proceeds
from the sale of this book go directly to Harlem Grown.
This clever celebration of words and their meanings features a
strong cowgirl who wrangles words alongside cattle. Lexie is the
best wrangler west of the Mississippi-word wrangler, that is. She
watches over baby letters while they grow into words and ties
shorter words together into longer ones; she herds words into
sentences, hitches sentences together, and pens them all in to tell
a story. But lately, something seems off at the ranch. First the d
goes missing from her bandana, leaving her with a banana to tie
around her neck, and soon afterward every S-T-A-R in the sky turns
into R-A-T-S. There's no doubt about it-there's a word rustler
causing this ruckus, and Lexie plans to track him down . . . even
if it means riding her horse through the sticky icing of a desert
that's suddenly become a giant dessert. This fantastic spin on
"cowboy" stories populates Lexie's ranch with lively letters and
words, alongside the typical cattle and horses, and stars a smart,
confident, charismatic heroine. Rebecca Van Slyke's creative, silly
wordplay pairs perfectly with Jessie Hartland's lively
illustrations, and there's even a glossary of helpful terms for
up-and-coming word wranglers.
Discover the true story of how a 1969 fire in one of the most
polluted rivers in America sparked the national Earth Day movement
in this nonfiction picture book by award-winning author Barry
Wittenstein and beloved illustrator Jessie Hartland. After the
Industrial Revolution in the 1880s, the Cayuhoga River in
Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire almost twenty times, earning Cleveland
the nickname "The Mistake on the Lake." Waste dumping had made
fires so routine that local politicians and media didn't pay them
any mind, and other Cleveland residents laughed off their
combustible river and even wrote songs about it. But when the river
ignited again in June 1969, the national media picked up on the
story and added fuel to the fire of the recent environmental
movement. A year later, in 1970, President Nixon created the
Environmental Protection Agency--leading to the Clean Water and
Clean Air Acts--and the first Earth Day was celebrated. It was a
celebration, it was a protest, and it was the beginning of a
movement to save our planet.
Keesia and Henri Matisse have the same birthday—New Year’s Eve! That’s why she picks him for her artist report. She finds out that over his long career Matisse made paintings, sculpture, books, costumes, and her favorite—his cut-outs, or what Matisse called “drawing with scissors.” The report is filled with about 20 of Matisse’s masterpieces as well as artwork that Keesia has created in his “style” (cut-out leaves, drawings through windows, fauvist animals). As she follows Matisse through his life she discovers why he is considered one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.
Out on the playground, kids are skipping rope and making trades. In
the library, they're whispering, fi dgeting, and giggling. In the
classroom, they're learning their lessons....or spinning tales
about why they haven't turned in their homework. Throughout this
collection of nineteen poems -- ideal for reading aloud in pairs,
but just as much fun with one or many -- words, pictures, and
voices erupt in an irresistible invitation to join an exhilarating
ride around school. So hop on the bus! The pencils are tapping, the
clock is ticking, and reports are due...tomorrow?
Enter the world of Steve Jobs -- disrupter, icon, hero -- and be
inspired by his fascinating life presented here as a graphic novel.
This fast-paced and entertaining biography is a perfect complement
to text-heavy books on Steve Jobs like Walter Isaacson's biography.
Steve Jobs is the subject of a major movie project this Autumn, and
this graphic telling of his life-story presents him as the ultimate
American entrepreneur, who brought us Apple Computer, Pixar, Macs,
iPods, iPhones and more. It's a unique and stylish book, sure to
appeal to the legions of readers who live and breathe the perfect
blend of technology and design that Jobs created. Jobs's remarkable
life reads like a history of the personal technology industry. He
started Apple Computer in his parents' garage and eventually became
the tastemaker of a generation, creating products we can't live
without. Through it all, he was an overbearing and demanding
perfectionist, both impossible and inspiring. Capturing his
unparalleled brilliance, as well as his many demons, Jessie
Hartland's engaging biography illuminates the meteoric successes,
devastating setbacks, and myriad contradictions that make up the
extraordinary life and legacy of the insanely great Steve Jobs.
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