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• Story of Art Without Men

  An Illustrated Guide to Amazing WomenArtists

  Hessel, Katy

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  For every Caravaggio, there's an Artemisia Gentileschi - a woman making equally beautiful work, whose name isn't nearly as well known. Dive into stories of women artists with this fun, browsable guide.

• Rebellious

  the Story of Keith Haring in 12 Pictures

  Long, Michael G.

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  You've almost certainly seen Keith Haring's doodles on posters or t-shirts, but his life and work were so much more complicated than those bold line drawings. Get the full scoop here.

• Ruth Asawa

  An Artist Takes Shape

  Nakahira, Sam, 1997-

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  Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa drew inspiration from nature to create her unusual wire sculptures. This graphic novel retells the story of how her teen and young adult years led to a life in art.

• Fight AIDS!

  How Activism, Art, and Protest Changed the Course of a Deadly Epidemic and Reshaped a Nation

  Long, Michael G.,

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  When it felt like no one in the world cared about the AIDS crisis, young activists turned to art to get their message across. This story will inspire and infuriate you in equal measure.

• Photographic

  the Life of Graciela Iturbide

  Quintero, Isabel

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  Photographer Graciela Iturbide's life gets the graphic novel treatment in this powerful biography. It's worth reading just to see her photograph of a woman wearing a crown of iguanas!

• Can Posters Kill?

  Antisemitic Propaganda and World War II

  Faivish, Jerry,

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  Remember how I said up top that art can change the world for good or bad? Yeah - this is the "for bad." Anyone with an interest in World War II should pick up this book, though, for a chilling overview of how images supported the Nazis' genocidal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maybe An Artist

  a Graphic Memoir

  Montague, Liz

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  Liz is an ordinary kid who likes art...and her passion for drawing and making jokes leads her all the way to getting published in an internationally recognized magazine. A great next step for graphic novel fans outgrowing Raina Telgemeier.

• Georgia O'Keeffe

  An Eternal Spirit

  Wright, Susan (Writer of children's books),

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  From cattle skulls in the desert to lush flowers out of Hawaii, Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings are gorgeous to and evocatives. Full-page reproductions of some of her best work accompany the story of her life.