A Dark Horn Blowing

A Dark Horn Blowing

Author: Dahlov Zorach Ipcar

Publisher: Viking Juvenile

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780670256594

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Stolen away from her husband and newborn child, Nora is transported to the magical realm of Erland where she is assigned the task of nursing the Erl King's sickly infant, who must be able to walk before Nora is allowed to return to her own world.


A Dark Horn Blowing

A Dark Horn Blowing

Author: Dahlov Ipcar

Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780152012014

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Stolen away from her husband and newborn child, Nora is transported to the magical realm of Erland where she is assigned the task of nursing the Erl King's sickly infant, who must be able to walk before Nora is allowed to return to her own world.


A Dark Horn Blowing

A Dark Horn Blowing

Author: Dahlov Ipcar

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780354081016

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Captive in the castle of an evil king who decides to make her his wife, Nora turns for help to the young prince she has raised, who possesses developing magic powers.


The Black Horn

The Black Horn

Author: Robert Lee Watt

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1442239395

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The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt tells the story of the first African American French Hornist hired by a major symphony in the United States. Today, few African Americans hold chairs in major American symphony orchestras, and Watt is the first in many years to write about this uniquely exhilarating—and at times painful—experience. The Black Horn chronicles the upbringing of a young boy fascinated by the sound of the French horn. Watt walks readers through the many obstacles of the racial climate in the United States, both on and off stage, and his efforts to learn and eventually master an instrument little considered in the African American community. Even the author’s own father, who played trumpet, sought to dissuade the young classical musician in the making. He faced opposition from within the community—where the instrument was deemed by Watt’s father a “middle instrument suited only for thin-lipped white boys”—and from without. Watt also documented his struggles as a student at a nearly all-white major music conservatory, as well as his first job in a major symphony orchestra after the conservatory canceled his scholarship. Watt subsequently chronicles his triumphs and travails as a musician when confronting the realities of race in America and the world of classical music. This book will surely interest any classical musician and student, particularly those of color, seeking to grasp the sometimes troubled history of being the only “black horn.”


Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa

Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa

Author: Julian Randall

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 125077411X

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The Land of Stories meets Dominican myths and legends come to life in Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa, a blockbuster contemporary middle-grade fantasy duology starter from Julian Randall. Fans of Tristan Strong and The Storm Runner, here is your next obsession. "A breathtaking journey . . . readers better hold on tight." —Kwame Mbalia, New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series Twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta “Purp” Ramirez’s world is changing, and she doesn’t care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami’s code of silence around her cousin Natasha—who vanished in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship. When Pilar hears that Lorena’s professor studies such disappearances, she hops on the next train to dig deeper into her family's mystery. After snooping around the professor's empty office, she discovers a folder with her cousin’s name on it . . . and gets sucked into the blank page within. She lands on Zafa, an island swarming with coconut-shaped demons, butterfly shapeshifters, and a sinister magical prison where her cousin is being held captive. Pilar will have to go toe-to-toe with the fearsome Dominican boogeyman, El Cuco, if she has any hope of freeing Natasha and getting back home. "Magic awaits around every corner in Zafa. Nonstop action and plenty of heart create a story worth escaping into." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review


The Art of Dahlov Ipcar

The Art of Dahlov Ipcar

Author: Carl Little

Publisher: Down East Books

Published: 2010-06-16

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1461745241

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Dahlov Ipcar is best known for her vibrant collage-style paintings of jungle and farm animals. This clearly evident love of animals is due in part to the summers she spent with her family in Maine. In 1923 the Zorach family (her parents were the famous artists William and Marguerite Zorach) bought a farm at Robinhood Cove in Georgetown, Maine. It was during a Maine summer that Dahlov met her future husband Adolph Ipcar. They married in September 1936 and after living in New York City for a short time, they moved permanently to Maine. where she still lives today.


The Cat at Night

The Cat at Night

Author: Dahlov Ipcar

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing

Published: 2023-09-05

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 1958394238

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The golden jubilee edition of a children’s classic first published in 1969. Join the farmer’s cat on his fascinating nighttime journey through fields, farms, forests, and even the city to see what only he can see after the sunsets. Legendary artist Dahlov Ipcar mesmerizingly alternates between dark night scenes and vivid color to deliver a beautifully illustrated children’s classic. Each scene is shown first as a human would see it at night in blacks and whites, and then as a cat sees it in with vivid color and fine detail. This commemorative edition features new back matter about Dahlov’s children’s books from her biographer, poet and art critic Carl Little.


Spirits White as Lightning

Spirits White as Lightning

Author: Mercedes Lackey

Publisher: Baen Books

Published: 2001-11-27

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0671318535

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Eric Banyon must face the latest plot to wipe out humanity by Aerune mac Audelaine, a lord of the Unseleighe Sidhe.


Busy-Busy Little Chick

Busy-Busy Little Chick

Author: Janice N. Harrington

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-02-19

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 0374347468

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Harrington's retelling of a little-known Central African story is perfectly matched with "New York Times"-bestselling artist Pinkney's jazzy depiction of a can-do little critter. Full color.


The Book of Ballads

The Book of Ballads

Author: Charles Vess

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-03-07

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780765312150

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Now in trade paperback, a unique collection of ballads, folktales, and magical sagas, retold in graphic-novel form by an all-star cast of modern fantasists