{"product_id":"breaking-wavesisbn-9780823447023","title":"Breaking Waves","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen Winslow Homer watches the sea, he studies it patiently, making sure to notice every detail before bringing it to life again in his paintings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fabled painter Winslow Homer always had a deep respect for the elemental power and beauty of the ever-changing ocean. Whenever he set up his easel, he was drawn back to its frothing waves smashing against rocks, gleaming like mirrors in the sunlight. He knew it took patience to get his painting just right to capture the life of the ocean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaking Waves: Winslow Homer Paints the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e describes the artist's process from season to season, readers are shown the many blues, greys, browns, and golds that Winslow Homer used to depict the changing sea. Additional content in the back of the book further explains his work and passion for the ocean.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\"With quiet intensity, the book’s words and pictures set Homer’s work and self-sufficient style of living within the frame of this fascination. Children ages 4-8 may almost feel that they have joined in the artist’s creative process. . . .\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"The watercolor and pencil illustrations are beautiful and capture the different feelings the sea can conjure. The images are at times calm and peaceful and at times thrilling and dangerous. These illustrations are reason enough to add this book to collections but, in addition to the gorgeous visuals, this work is rich with sensory language. . . . A beautiful and rich work of literary nonfiction.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—School Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A solid introduction to a major American artist.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It takes a special talent to convey the essence of an artist to children in an understandable way. Burleigh does so expertly, highlighting Winslow Homer’s fascination and love for the ocean and its waves, by pulling out and repeating words of action—splash, shimmer, calm, roar—to convey the emotion of Homer’s seascapes as he captures with paint the beauty of the Maine coast where his family vacationed.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Interspersing Homer’s actual words with imagined daily activities, Burleigh’s text brings readers into the artist’s sensibility and creative process. . . . Quite authentically Homer.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Burleigh portrays a disciplined, patient Homer over the course of five seasons, relentlessly observing storms from perilous vantage points, making notes and sketches to aid memory, and refusing to still his brush after completing fine paintings that didn’t quite rise to his own expectations. Careful viewers will note the shift between Minor’s watercolor styles: smooth and reportorial when tracking Homer’s quotidian activities away from his easel, and increasingly loose and atmospheric when addressing Homer’s intense seaside observations and efforts at perfecting his craft.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRobert Burleigh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Barry Blitt; \u003ci\u003eNight Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Wendell Minor; \u003ci\u003eBlack Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop; and Sylvia's Bookshop, illustrated by Katy Wu. His many other books include \u003ci\u003eHoops\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStealing Home\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eClang! Clang! Beep! Beep!\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWendell Minor is the illustrator of many award-winning picture books for children, including Edward Hopper Paints His World with Robert Burleigh as well as \u003ci\u003eWild Orca\u003c\/i\u003e by Brenda Peterson and the New York Times-bestselling \u003ci\u003eReaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e by Buzz Aldrin. He lives in Washington, Connecticut.","brand":"Neal Porter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303280201957,"sku":"NP9780823447023","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780823447022_0f0e0b47-8374-49c6-bf7f-524b50c9943b.jpg?v=1730753730","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/breaking-wavesisbn-9780823447023","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}