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Join award-winning author Lisa Rogers for Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony!

Celebrate the creative process of pioneering American abstract painter Joan Mitchell in this beautifully illustrated STEAM picture book, perfect for all kinds of young creators.

Following a read along of Rogers’ book, kids will participate in an art activity where they’ll paint what they’re feeling–just like Joan Mitchell.

Lisa Rogers is the award-winning author of Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony, called “simply marvelous” by Kirkus Reviews in a starred review and which received a California Reading Association Eureka! Silver Honor Award; Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage, which received the Golden Kite Honor Award, the Julia Ward Howe Notable Book Award, and three starred reviews; Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows, an Oklahoma Book Award finalist and Texas Topaz selection; 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow,” which received two starred reviews and was called “a fine introduction to a celebrated American poet” by The New York Times; and the bestselling Elvis Presley: A Little Golden Book Biography.

Lisa was inspired to write for children during her career as an elementary school librarian. Find her at lisarogerswrites.com.