Belle's Wild Ride
The Artful Adventure of a Butterfly and a Cabbie
Published on 1. December 2014
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-907804-51-9 (ISBN)
Description
. Belle is no ordinary butterfly. She lives in a painting but with the help of crazy cab-driver called Red she sets off on a fast-paced journey through famous artworks, searching for her Grandma . A fun-to-read children's story, this colourful book recreates the magic of being in a museum This is an imaginative read aloud book for children which tells the story of a painted butterfly named Belle who usually lives in a painting at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. She desperately wants to visit her Grandma whose home is a painting in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Belle hatches a plan to get to Cleveland, but once there, she realizes she has no idea where to look for her Grandma; so she hitches a ride with a taxi driver named Red, who normally resides in Cleveland's Red Grooms sculpture, Looking Along Broadway Towards Grace Church. Mayhem ensues as Belle discovers that Red might think he knows where to go, but he has no idea about routes or directions. The butterfly and the cabbie embark on a fast-paced, wild ride through numerous works of art in the museum's collection, searching for Grandma in the midst of this artful adventure. AUTHOR: Mary Lee Corlett is an art historian and research associate at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Her first book about Belle, 'Belle: The Amazing, Astonishingly Magical Journey of an Artfully Painted Lady' was published in 2011. Sophie Cayless is a freelance illustrator. A member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, she is the author and illustrator of 'Sophie's Stuff' (2012).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Second Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 261 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907804-51-9 (9781907804519)
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Mary Lee Corlett is currently an art historian and research associate at the National Gallery of Art, with a career of more than twenty-five years in the museum world, beginning with her first job at the Cleveland Museum of Art. She moved to Washington D.C. in 1988 where, prior to her current work at the National Gallery, she held research positions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. She hase written about numerous modern and contemporary American artists, including Romare Bearden, Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Stackhouse. She has a life-long interest in children's literature and began writing more seriously in the genre after her daughter was born. She became a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in 2004.
Sophie Cayless is a freelance illustrator, and has drawn and painted all her life, earning a degree in illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University. This involved art history classes taught and studio projects created in the Cleveland Museum of Art itself. She worked as a naturalist and park ranger, creating interpretive graphics and leading programs, and now teaches art. She enjoys the creativity of writing and illustrating children's picture books, and serves in her local chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. Acrylic, colored pencil and scratchboard are some of her favorite media, especially used outside "en plein air”.