Pocket Full of Colors
The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire
Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · August 29, 2017
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Brigette Barrager team up to tell the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary Blair.
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- Who it’s for
- Meet an artist whose vivid imagination refused to stay inside the lines.
- Themes
- Artistic individuality, Gender barriers in the arts, Imaginative use of color
- Genres
- Artists' Lives for Kids, Biographies of Women for Kids, Painting for Kids
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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.
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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.
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
Where it sits
| Artists' Lives for Kids | 93% |
|---|---|
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 73% |
| Painting for Kids | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Cartooning for Kids
- Artists' Lives for Kids
- Biographies of Women for Kids
- Authors
- Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- August 29, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Artistic individuality · Gender barriers in the arts · Imaginative use of color
- Reading lane
- Cartooning for Kids