Catherine Nichols

Presents a history of Alice's adventures in Wonderland, discussing works that were inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic tale.

A Visual Journey Through Lewis Carroll's Mad, Mad World

Alice's Wonderland

Animal Planet

ANIMAL PLANET Adventures chapter books present nonfiction information within a familiar narrative format to bring the best of the animal world to young readers. A storm is coming to coastal North Carolina. Amy and Elliott - volunteers at the local dog shelter - have a job to do. The rescued puppies need to get to higher ground, and fast! The kids scramble to get the puppies into their cages, and then the van of volunteers and dogs is on its way. But they are one puppy short. Did it run off in the rain? Is it back at the shelter? An old book, a series of riddles, and a spooky storm all lead to a mystery only the kids can solve.

Puppy Rescue Riddle (Animal Planet Adventure Chapter Book #3)

Claude Monet

Discusses the life, work, and legacy of nineteenth-century French Impressionist artist Claude Monet.

A life of luxury on the Earl of Godolphin's estate ends suddenly for Sham, an arabian stallion, and his attendant Agba when Sham fights with the Earl's prized stallion Hobgoblin.

From King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry

Battle of the Stallions

The Arabian stallion Sham and his faithful attendant, the mute stable boy Agba, arrive in England under the care of kindly Quaker Jethro Coke, but their contentment ends quickly when Sham is sold to an innkeeper and Agba is thrown into prison.

The Innkeeper's Horse

Eugen Blume

Matilda Felix

Gabriele Knapstein

The Hamburger Bahnhof–Museum für Gegenwart– Berlin presents the first comprehensive exhibition in Germany devoted to the legendary Black Mountain College. Founded in 1933 in North Carolina, USA, Black Mountain rapidly rose to fame on account of its progressive teaching methods and the many prominent figures who taught and studied there. Its influence upon the development of the arts in the second half of the 20th century was enormous; the performatisation of the arts, in particular, that emerged as from the 1950s derived vital impetus from the experimental practice at Black Mountain. The founders wanted to establish a democratic, experiential, interdisciplinary educational facility in line with the forward-thinking pedagogical ideas of philosopher John Dewey. The exhibition traces the history of this university experiment in its main outlines. In the first few years of its existence, the college was strongly shaped by German and European émigrés – among them several former Bauhaus members such as Josef and Anni Albers, Alexander “Xanti" Schawinsky and Walter Gropius. After the Second World War, the creative impulses issued increasingly from young American artists and academics, who commuted between rural Black Mountain and the urban centres on the East and West Coast. Right up to its closure in 1957, the college remained imbued with the ideas of European modernism, the philosophy of American pragmatism and teaching methods that aimed to encourage personal initiative as well as the social competence of the individual.0Within an architectural environment designed by the architects' collective raumlabor_berlin, the exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof is showing works both by teachers at the college, such as Josef and Anni Albers, Richard Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Shoji Hamada, Franz Kline, and Jack Tworkov, and by a number of Black Mountain students including Cy Twombly. 0Exhibition: Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin Germany (05.06-27.09.2015).

An Interdisciplinary Experiment, 1933-1957

Black Mountain

A hungry eagle flies slowly above the rain forest canopy, looking for its next meal. Will it spot the emerald boa coiled on a tree branch? It's tricky¿-these snakes are bright green with white markings, helping them blend in with the leaves. This camouflage often fools eagles into passing right by the snakes. The emerald boa stays safe by hiding in plain sight! Packed with fascinating facts and photos that will test children's detective skills, this book will engage emergent readers as they learn how emerald boas are adapted for survival. A section of the book highlights other snakes that are camouflaged to look like their leafy green homes.

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