Popular Paperbacks: Get Creative
Bang, Molly. PICTURE THIS: HOW PICTURES WORK.
Creating a work of
art can be as easy as using circles and triangles.
Barry, Lynda. ONE HUNDRED DEMONS.
When you’ve got
hundreds of demons, art can help you defeat them.
Carle, Megan and Jill. TEENS COOK! HOW TO COOK
WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT.
Teen sisters cook
it up! (YA 641.562 Carle)
Cirrone, Dorian. DANCING IN RED SHOES WILL KILL YOU.
Art, dance and censorship.
(YA Fic)
Frank, Hilary. BETTER THAN RUNNING AT NIGHT.
Freshman year at art
school involves much more than line and perspective.
Gaines, Thom. DIGITAL PHOTO MADNESS!: 50 WEIRD AND WACKY
THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA.
Stop cutting off people’s
heads!
Greenberg, Jan and Jordan, Sandra.
VINCENT VAN
GOGH: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST.
So why did this guy
cut off his ear? (j759.9492 Greenberg)
Grimes, Nikki. BRONX MASQUERADE.
Bronx high school
students discover their inner poets. (YA Fic)
Hart, Christopher. MANGA MANIA: HOW TO DRAW
JAPANESE COMICS.
Learn ways to create
your own manga. (YA 741.5 Hart)
Koja, Kathe. STRAYDOG.
Rachel’s writings
give voice to a feral collie. (YA Fic)
Lanier, Troy and Clay Nichols. FILMMAKING FOR TEENS: PULLING
OFF YOUR SHORTS.
A book for serious
teen filmmakers but appealing to artists of all ages.
Lenhard, Elizabeth. CHICKS WITH STICKS: IT'S
A PURL THING.
Four girls learn how
to knit, purl, and get along. (YA Fic)
MONSTER GARAGE:
HOW TO CUSTOMIZE DAMN NEAR ANYTHING.
Ed. by Lee Klancher.
Make your car a work
of art, inside and out. (629.26 H83)
Murillo, Kathy Cano. CRAFTY CHICA'S ART DE LA
SOUL.
Unleash your chica
potential!
Myers, Walter Dean. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD
BROTHER.
When the pressure
gets heavy, Jesse and C.J. find solace in creativity. (YA Fic)
Nikolay, Megan. GENERATION T: 108 WAYS TO TRANSFORM A T-SHIRT.
Put new life in your
old, boring T-shirts. (YA 646.4 Nikolay)
Okey, Shannon. KNITGRRL: LEARN TO KNIT WITH 15 FUN AND
FUNKY PROJECTS.
Hip knitting book
for teens. (YA 746.432 Okey)
O'Neil, Dennis. THE DC COMICS GUIDE TO WRITING COMICS.
Comic books are more
than pretty pictures; learn how to make them fly.
Partridge, Elizabeth. RESTLESS SPIRIT: THE LIFE
AND WORK OF DOROTHEA LANGE.
The face of a nation
reflected in the lens of her camera. (j921 L26p)
Salzman, Mark. TRUE NOTEBOOKS: A WRITER'S YEAR AT JUVENILE
HALL.
Creative writing allows
young men to look beyond the crimes they've committed. (362.36
Sa39t)
Sonnenblick, Jordan. DRUMS, GIRLS AND DANGEROUS
PIE.
When his little brother
is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven copes by losing himself in
his drums. (YA Fic)
Talbot, Bryan. THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT.
A girl and her rat
escape abuse.
Todd, Mark and Watson, Esther Pearl.
WHATCHA MEAN,
WHAT'S A ZINE? THE ART OF MAKING ZINES AND MINI-COMICS.
The Internet hasn't
killed the printed zine. (YA 070.5)
Vitkus, Jessica. ALTERNACRAFTS.
High-style low-budget
projects.
Yazawa, Ai. PARADISE KISS, Vol. 1.
Book smart Yukari
finds her life turned upside-down when she agrees to model for
fashion school students.
2/17/07
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