Sandy's Circus - A Story About Alexander Calder

Informationen zum Autor Tanya Lee Stone has written many biographies for young readers. She lives in Burlington, Vermont. Klappentext As a boy, Alexander ?Sandy? Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences. This is the story of Sandy?s Circus, as told by Tanya Lee Stone with Boris Kulikov?s spectacular and innovative illustrations. Calder?s original circus is on permanent display at the Whitney Museum in New York City. Zusammenfassung As a boy, Alexander ?Sandy? Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences. This is the story of Sandy?s Circus, as told by Tanya Lee Stone with Boris Kulikov?s spectacular and innovative illustrations. Calder?s original circus is on permanent display at the Whitney Museum in New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Boris Kulikov, Tanya Lee Stone, Tanya Lee Stone, Stone Tanya Lee
• Assisted by: Boris Kulikov (Illustration), Kulikov Boris (Illustration)
• Publisher: Viking USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2008
• EAN: 9780670062683
• ISBN: 978-0-670-06268-3
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 276 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Art, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / Sculpture, People & places (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Natural history (Children's/Teenage)