Between the lines : how Ernie Barnes went from the football field to the art gallery by Wallace, Sandra Neil 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 916713 Available

Dewey: 796.332/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4 LG RC: 3.8 3-5 Lexile: 660

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Subjects: Barnes, Ernie,|d1938-2009 Football players - United States - Biography Painters - United States - Biography Football players as artists Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century

Summary: The remarkable story of Ernest "Ernie" Barnes--a star NFL football player who wanted only one thing--to make art.

People's painter : how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art by Levinson, Cynthia 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 567468 Available

Dewey: 759.13/BAges: 4-8   
F&P: W

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Subjects: Shahn, Ben,|d1898-1969 - Biography Painters - United States - Biography Social justice in art Immigrants

Summary: As a young child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw everything he sees-and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar for demanding workers' rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too. So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben brings with him both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what's right.