A little girl makes a picture of a princess that comes to life and is carried off by the wind.

Eric Carle cr�ee ici un monde empli de vie et de couleur, un monde qui s'invente �a partir de la bonne �etoile dessin�ee par un jeune artiste. L'�etoile demande �a l'artiste un soleil, le soleil d�esire un arbre, et ainsi de suite jusqu'�a ce qu'un homme et une femme vivent, heureux, parmi les collages de toutes formes et couleurs caract�eristiques de Carle. Pendant ce temps, l'artiste, devenu un vieil homme barbu, continue �a...

Andrew's scribbles with a crayon become better and better until he is making drawings so realistic that they come right off the page.

After the girl who drew her grows older and no longer plays with her, a paper princess lets the wind carry her off to adventures which include a cat, a Christmas tree, butterflies, and a new home.

"As an artist creatively incorporates her slipups into a drawing, readers see the ways in which 'mistakes' can provide inspiration and opportunity, and reveal that both the art and artist are works-in-progress"--

Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.

"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...

Comic book artist Taro gets a magic pencil that transforms him into his favorite character, Terrie the dog, to defend the land of Doodledom, in a tale told in graphic novel form which invites young readers to solve puzzles to advance the story.

Teenager June must figure out how to exist in a world where she is the only one left with a heart--and whether she wants to keep hers at all.

"When Henrietta's mother gives her a box of colored pencils, she sets out to draw a terrifying and fantastic adventure"-- When Enriqueta's mother gives her a box of colored pencils, she sets out to draw a terrifying and fantastic adventure.