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Author
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A guide to the art, artists, and culture of graffiti from the 1970s to today, as told by the taggers themselves. This major co-publication with the Museum of Graffiti chronicles the worldwide graffiti movement from its birth in the 1970s, through the street and train painting of the 1980s, to its emergence as an artistic genre admired in museums and sold at auction. With hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of graffiti art from the 1970s to today,...
2) Graffiti
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of painted graffiti and explores the work of early artists as well as current ones.
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Graffiti is largely illegal in most American communities, but that hasnt stopped street artists from rendering large and very public demonstrations of exquisite art. Some graffiti artists, among them Shepard Fairey, Jim Clay Harper, Danielle Bremner, and the mysterious British artist Banksy have become world famous. The Art of Graffiti discusses what todays artists are doing, how they attract a following, and what they are saying through their artwork...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
School principal Mrs. Abrego and nemesis Bucho both ask detective Mickey Rangel to help unmask the vandal who has been writing messages all over the school walls.
El director del colegio La señora Abrego y némesis Bucho tanto piden detective Mickey Rangel para ayudar a desenmascarar al vandalismo que ha estado escribiendo mensajes por todas las paredes de la escuela.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
Someone's been painting graffiti on the walls. It's up to Cameron to find out who and prove that he can be a great detective just like his dad. With help from his best friend, Tarann, it's up to him to solve this paint puzzle!
10) Zee's way
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Language
English
Description
When a store owner catches him painting graffiti on the store's wall, Zee must choose between making a statement and making art.
11) Graffiti
Author
Series
Problem-oriented guides for police. Problem-specific guides volume guide no. 9
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
12) El plan de Zee
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
When a store owner catches him painting graffiti on the store's wall, Zee must choose between making a statement and making art.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
Description
When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a school in the suburbs, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could...
16) Night fall
Author
Series
Quantico files volume 1
Language
English
Description
"When authorities contact the FBI about bodies found on freight trains-all killed the same way-Alex Donavan is forced to confront her troubled past when she recognizes the graffiti messages the killer is leaving behind. In a race against time, Alex must decide how far she will go-and what she is willing to risk-to put a stop to the Train Killer"--
Author
Series
Duplexity volume part 1
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 560L
Language
English
Description
"When street smart graffiti artist, Danny, is jolted into a parallel world, only Eevee, an alluring science geek has the know-how to get him home, but as he falls for her, his motives grow foggy"--
18) Unfadeable
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--
19) Graffiti Paris
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, Paris has been at the forefront of revolutionary artistic movements. For the past twenty years, graffiti in Paris has evolved into a tremendously diverse genre, now known as street art, which includes a range of media, from posters, stickers, and silkscreens, to paintings, mosaics, murals, stencils, and photocopies. Photographer and art historian Fabienne Grévy has photographed Parisian street art since its emergence and in this...