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Yayoi Kusama

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Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Just the Series: Ready-To-Read Level 3: You Should Meet

Series and Publisher: Ready-To-Read Level 3: You Should Meet

Annotation: Get to know Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations... more

Genre: [Biographies]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #299912

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 08/31/21

Illustrator: Badiu, Alexandra,

Pages: 47 pages

ISBN: 1-534-49565-7

ISBN 13: 978-1-534-49565-4

Dewey: 921

LCCN: 2021015058

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Kusama, Yayoi. Juvenile literature.
Kusama, Yayoi.
Artists. Japan. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Women artists. Japan. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Artists. Japan.
Women artists. Japan.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2021)

The Japanese artist, fashion designer, and writer Yayoi Kusama "never stopped following her dreams." Readers learn about Kusama's childhood and career, from Japan to New York City and back; the focus is on her creativity and determination in the face of obstacles (for example, plagiarism of her work by male peers, including Andy Warhol). The cleanly designed early reader features illustrations bursting with color, many pages featuring Kusama's signature polka dots. Some loosely related facts about Japan, art, and artists, along with a comprehension quiz, are included.

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Horn Book (Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2021)

Word Count: 2,403

Reading Level: 5.2

Interest Level: 1-4

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.2 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 517366 / grade: Lower Grades

Lexile: 870L

Guided Reading Level: O

Fountas & Pinnell: O

Get to know Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”

Meet Yayoi Kusama. When Yayoi Kusama was a little girl, she told her parents she wanted to be an artist. Her parents forbade her and tore up her drawings. But that didn’t stop her. When she couldn’t afford art supplies, she used old paper sacks and mud to create her art. Eventually, she convinced her parents to let her go to art school and study painting. In 2006, she became the first Japanese woman to receive the Praemium Imperiale. It is one of the highest honors given by the Japanese imperial family. Ten years later, she received the Order of Culture, another prestigious award given to people who make important contributions to Japanese culture. Today, she is one of the most famous artists in the world.

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