Frank Carlson Library

Explores Roy Lichtenstein's work, life, and his groundbreaking influence on the art world. In Roy's long career as a teacher, artist, and innovator, he changed the way that people thought about art and how artists thought about their subjects.

"The story of how a doodling kid grew up to become Dr. Seuss"

Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young...

Audubon's young apprentice describes the experiences he shared with his master during their eighteen month trip down the Mississippi studying and drawing the birds they found along the way.

A biography of the well-known actor and martial arts master, Bruce Lee, from his childhood in Hong Kong to his untimely death at the age of thirty-two.

A brief biography of the artist and sculptor accompanies fifteen color reproductions and critical interpretations of his work.

A biography of Harry Houdini concentrating on his earlier years and the training that made him a master magician and escape artist.

A photo-illustrated biography for early readers on UFC champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey. Describes her childhood, her early skill in judo and how she became the first woman to compete for and win the UFC title.

Enraptured by the circus performers he saw at a show in his small hometown in Wisconsin, the life of a young Harry Weiss is immediately transformed; changing his name to Harry Houdini and working diligently from that day forth, becomeing one of the world's greatest performers and escape artists of all time.