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Pocket Full of Colors by Amy Guglielmo

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Pocket Full of Colors

The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville

Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · August 29, 2017

Reading lane: Artists' Lives for Kids

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Brigette Barrager team up to tell the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary Blair.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Color Outside the Lines

Meet an artist whose vivid imagination refused to stay inside the lines.

Come here for

  • A lively introduction to Mary Blair’s work and trailblazing career
  • Colorful details that bring her artistic imagination into focus

Expect

  • A joyful portrait of an illustrator, designer, and animator
  • A story of making art on her own terms

Book Details

Authors
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published
August 29, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Artists' Lives for Kids · Biographies of Women for Kids
Reading lane
Artists' Lives for Kids

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Publisher Categories

  • Cartooning for Kids

  • Artists' Lives for Kids

  • Biographies of Women for Kids

About This Book

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Brigette Barrager team up to tell the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary Blair. Mary Blair lived her life in color: vivid, wild color. From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn’t play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling emerald skies, peach giraffes with...

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Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Brigette Barrager team up to tell the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary Blair. Mary Blair lived her life in color: vivid, wild color. From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn’t play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling emerald skies, peach giraffes with tangerine spots, and magenta horses that could fly. She painted her world.

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