(Part 2) Best children performing arts books according to redditors
We found 341 Reddit comments discussing the best children performing arts books. We ranked the 127 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
These books were hands down my favorites as a kid (and still are to be honest)
Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
They still make them....
Star Wars The Last Jedi Incredible Cross-Sections https://www.amazon.com/dp/1465455523/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_TR9JBbCPA86R8
You first have to decide which continuity you are most interested in. There's old school G1 that started back in 1984 (which itself is at least two different continuities, the cartoon and the comic book. Three if you count the UK comics.) There's the Cybertron series that your Starscream is from which is part of the Unicron trilogy. And there's the Bay-formers movies. While the first two have a little in common, the movie franchise has almost nothing in common with the rest of them other than the basic concept for a few characters. If you're only concerned with the movies, watching the previous 4 is an easy endeavor. If you really want to know more about the lore/history associated with the entire brand, that's a much greater task.
Two possibilties: Dive in to http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuities, and don't be afraid to just start link clicking until you've got a feel for how all the different continuities are related to one another.
The other possibility: Though a bit dated, the Ultimate Transformers Guide is a very good jumping off point: https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Ultimate-Guide-Simon-Furman/dp/0756603145 It's a little G1 centric, but G1 serves as the basis for just about every other continuity.
http://www.amazon.com/Actress-Computer-Engineer-Barbie-Pictureback/dp/0449816192
Sigh... written by a woman none the less. ffs... I was hoping to find a snopes artical about this.
Are you thinking of the children's book Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick?
[from Amazon] Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing. Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories -- Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures -- weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry.
"Taking Flight" I think.
https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Flight-Orphan-Star-Ballerina/dp/0385755147
>Discover the world of Star Wars’ Jedi through this fun and fully interactive reading experience.
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>Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi is the ultimate in-universe guide to the world of the Jedi, transporting young readers to a galaxy far, far away through interactive features, fascinating facts, and captivating insights. With thrilling original illustrations and amazing special features including lift-the-flaps, textures, and more, Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi is guaranteed to thrill the saga’s legions of young fans.
Yeah, it's definitely Jediography. They have just changed the name of the book on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Secrets-Marc-Sumerak/dp/1683837029/
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EDIT: removed IDW's Transformers
That is such a good idea! I'll have to remember that if I have a kid. Here are some of my favorites (new and old). I'm not sure how unusual they are (many are Caldecott winners) but they might help.
The Paper Bag Princess
Wolf in the Snow
Drawn Together
Any of Chris Van Allsburg's texts (some are very popular, like Jumanji)
Imogene's Antlers
Dreamers
Mirette on the High Wire
A House that Once Was
Where's My Teddy?
There's Something in My Attic
There's a Nightmare in my Closet
It's actually a book. https://www.amazon.com/Shrek-Essential-Guide-DK-Guides/dp/B008SMKNWC
The Hilda series by Luke Pearson is really great. I think Hilda and the Troll is the first one, but I don't think they necessarily need to be read in order.
Also, all the Raina Telgemeier. She has Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts, as well as graphic novel versions of the Babysitter's Club books that are fantastic. And Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson.
She also has a book about her journey: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Flight-Orphan-Star-Ballerina/dp/0385755147
Leia was trained. She was Luke's first student, she just didn't complete it.
If you're more into world-building than story, I think you'd really enjoy some of the reference books. I'm especially thinking of the visual dictionaries which expand on the characters, planets, and tech from the movies. There's also the Galactic Maps and Complete Locations books too, which really are world building books.
The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary
Rogue One Visual Dictionary
The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary
Star Wars Galactic Maps
Star Wars Complete Locations
The Secrets of Jin-shei is about a group of sworn sisters (alchemist, poet, etc) in a fantasy China.
Peony in Love is about a girl in 17th century China who spends half the book as a hungry ghost.
If you don't mind historical fiction, Empress Orchid is one of my favorite books and about the last empress of China. I found it very similar to The Goblin Emperor in that someone young and out of place is thrust into a position of power and spends the entire book learning to navigate a new culture and its politics.
Some kids' books on fantasy China if you want ridiculously fast reads: Clever-Lazy and The Firework Maker's Daughter, both about inventions.
>Instead of working let's read bad reviews of things we already hate in order to reaffirm that we still hate them.
Ooooohhhh......
Actually, this reminds me of a book I just read, Skinny. What the voice says to the character is different, but its ever-presence is similar.
Star Wars: Luke Skywalker and The Secrets of the Jedi https://www.amazon.de/dp/1683837029/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HRCSDb1C35ZXY
The page I mentioned is actually shown in the preview pics. :D
So not this or this?
A response/parody/remix of this other recent viral "hit".
There is actually someone who makes cookbooks for the Wizarding World. I just bought one and have loved every recipe I've made from it so far.
Harry Potter: https://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Harry-Potter-Cookbook-Knickerbocker/dp/1440503257
Fantastic Beasts: https://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Harry-Potter-Cookbook-Presents-ebook/dp/B01N3NZVEE
uh huh :) <3
Last year for the fiftieth they grabbed a YA author for each of the 11 Doctors.
Neil Gaiman had Eleven, Patrick Ness for Five, Charlie Higson was Nine, etc.
It's awesome! This is the Colfer one <3
Granted.
People constantly lurk this page
https://www.amazon.com/Funny-New-York-Times-bestseller/dp/031620692X
https://www.amazon.com/I-Funny-Middle-School-Story/dp/031620692X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=ifunny&amp;qid=1566941970&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=ifunny&amp;sr=8-3
The Phantom Tollbooth
Here are two I think that could work that were my favorites growing up:
Dave at Night: An orphan boy goes to live at an orphanage in New York City where everyone is mean to him. He sneaks off into the streets of harlem every night and discovers parties, jazz, a whole cast of characters (takes place in the 1920s).
Chasing Redbird: A young girl lives with her aunt and uncle for the summer and decides to clear the trail behind their house while confronting her own demons (she feels responsible for some tragedies that have happened).
This book.
Death Star's crew, officers, support and maintenance personnel exceed a million beings, not including a security force of more than 25,000 stormtroopers and a support crew of more than 400,000 droids [1].
Death Star II has 560 internal levels which could contain 2,471,647 passengers and crew [2].
Source:
[1] [Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide] (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ultimate-Updated-Expanded/dp/0756692482)
[2] [Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know] (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Absolutely-Everything-Journey/dp/1465437851)
This one specifically
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Last-Incredible-Cross-Sections/dp/1465455523
Don't understand why there is no digital version, I'd love it on my iPad
Personally I like Drummer Hoff a Caldecott Medal winner to boot.
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I would love some art! Could you do a Harry Potter-themed painting anime style? That would be so rad.
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Thank you so much for this contest! Someone is going to be very happy!