Category: Children Publisher: Nelson Publishing & Marketing
ISBN-10: 1933916060
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 26
Copyright: 2007
ISBN-13: 9781933916064
Children's poetry and photographs about the whimsical art of Tyree Guyton and is famed Heidelberg Project located on the low east side of Detroit, Michigan.
This book is filled with poetry and informational text, along with photgraphs of the art installments on Detroit's famed Heidelberg Street. These whimsical art installations are constructed of cast off materials such as car hoods, doors, vacuum cleaners, stuffed animals, and toys. The area is covered with multi-colored polka dots which represents the many colors of people coming together. The book highlights the messages of these artscapes which are situated on the street, in the trees, on the houses, and in the yards, free for all to enjoy.
Excerpt
The artwork on the city street
Will surely please your eye.
Look carefully around you,
Look low and way up high.
On the rooftops, in the treetops,
All the spaces in between.
Artistic life surrounds you
Just waiting to be seen.
Meet Yoo Hoo, a charming dragon with an appetite for adventure—and pizza! Unlike other dragons who live in caves or hoard treasures, Yoo Hoo prefers the comforts of his castle’s kitchen, where he whips up his favorite meal, pizza, alongside his trust
Princess Geneveive has a wonderful home, with humans who love her. She and her humans try to talk to each other but Genevierve dosn't speak human and her humans don't speak dog. Genevieve often wishes she had another dog to talk to.
One day in th