Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley, Morisot.” Descriptions of his process illuminate and shine alongside GrandPré’s acrylic paint and ink illustrations: readers peer over Monet’s shoulder as he works his way through 14 canvases, each for only as many minutes as it “matches what he sees,” capturing “a series of transparencies: water, air, and memory.” At times, Rosenstock’s luminous language offers gentle humor (“Monet wipes his brow it is not easy to paint air”) as GrandPré’s glowing dabs of color and visible brushstrokes offer a soft, legible introduction to the style of Monet’s radical works. The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks. As Rosenstock deftly describes Monet’s working day-waking at 3:30 a.m., being rowed on the Seine to “a flat-bottomed punt,” his studio boat-she adds daubs of biographical detail: the gardens at Giverny, Monet’s youth leading “a band of rebel artists. Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this. The idiosyncratic painting practice of Claude Monet (1840–1926) foregrounds this engrossing picture book biography by the previous collaborators ( The Noisy Paint Box). The Camping Trip That Changed America Title Barb Rosenstock Author Mordicai Gerstein Illustrator John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt Main characters Yosemite Valley wilderness, 1903 Setting John Muir is afraid what will happen to the nation's wilderness if it is not protected. The Camping Trip that Changed America Item: 007210 Description.
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