My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits
$38.21
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2010
Summary
Teachers and librarians, like those who used Piven’s first book, MY DOG IS AS SMELLY AS DIRTY SOCKS, to teach similes and as a springboard for art projects, will love this follow-up set in a school.
Here’s the perfect back-to-school gift for budding artists. Like the creator’s previous picture book, My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks, this picture book encourages children to be creative and make their own object portraits. It’s a fun activity for home or for the classroom.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375853388 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375853383 |
| Author: | Hanoch Piven |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 272mm x 210mm x 8mm |
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About The Author
Hanoch Piven
Hanoch Piven is the illustrator of several children’s books, including My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks; What Presidents Are Made Of, a Child Magazine Best Book, a Parents’ Choice Award recipient, and an ABA Kids’ Pick of the List; and What Athletes Are Made Of. His work has appeared in a number of publications, including Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, and the New Yorker. Hanoch Piven received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for his object portrait of Barbra Streisand, which appears on the cover of Faces- 78 Portraits from Madonna to the Pope. Over the past five years, Hanoch has been giving “drawing with objects” workshops in the United States and abroad. He works in classrooms, hospitals (in art therapy programs), and museums.
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