• Biographies - 4 bks.

Get to know different kinds of actors: Sydney McNeal, a young star in the Broadway show Lion King, a young actor in television's American Dreams; actors who are never seen; actors …

Meet some famous artists and find out what inspired them when they were young. Learn about artists who have made a mark in history, look at ways artists influence our daily lives, …

From Albert Bierstadt's famous views of Yosemite to the bright images on fruit crate labels, artists helped shape and promote the image of California as an earthly paradise during …

Meet dancers of all kinds: deaf dancers and wheelchair dancers, young girls and elderly men; a Navajo fancy dancer who follows the footsteps of her ancestors, and a man who uses di …

Features to include: Susan Milius article, "Face the Music - Why are we such a musical species - and does it matter?", bass sounds and emotions (church organs, haunted houses), mus …

Handmade objects created by American families to fulfill useful needs or simply for their decorative value, is folk art. Sailors, ship carvers, sign makers traveling painters and s …

The guitar is played by gypsies in makeshift camps and classical musicians in famous concert halls, tossed around by rock stars, and strummed gently by folk singers. Try some Flame …

Take a discerning look at a group of American landscape artists whose works reflected their individual beliefs about painting. Meet Thomas Cole, Jasper Cropsey, Frederick Church, a …

Get the beat on the rise of jazz and how it was given shape by slaves and immigrants in this enthusiastic volume that looks at this rich and vital American phenomenon. With origins …

Melody, harmony, composition and song. Snake charmers, folklorists, fiddlers and bands. Sitars, guitars, gamelans and drums. One man bands, bagpipes, orchestras and strings. There' …

How does music make sense to the ear and brain? What makes the sound of a distant trumpet beautiful? What is sound, tone, melody, harmony, rhythm, and how do we hear them? How does …

Meet some kids who have fun being serious about music, and join a group of students as they learn to write music. Learn what it's like to be a conductor or a jazz musician. Find o …

Master storyteller Nina Jaffe recounts ten myths about drums and drummers from the world over, showing us both the universal power of drums and the richness of our many folk tradit …

The photographs of Matthew Brady and Edward Curtis, two of this country's early photographers, as well as those of Imogene Cunningham, Alfred Steiglitz, and others are displayed th …

Get your dancing shoes ready - FOOTSTEPS has a terrific issue on Blues music just waiting for you! You'll meet B.B. King and his favorite guitar, Lucille. You'll find out just when …

Welcome to the South and it's myriad collection of writers, painters, sculptors, craftspeople, songwriters, photographers and architects. Cast an eye at how products found in the n …

Heard of trickster tales? How about Brer Rabbit and the Flying Africans? Reading folktales and folklore can be fun and exciting, but what makes them even better is understanding ju …

"The play's the thing..." William Shakespeare wrote in his famous play Hamlet, almost 500 years ago. In the December issue of APPLESEEDS, we take you behind the scenes in a communi …

Thinkers, writers, philosophers and artists made up the transcendental movement of the nineteenth century. The beliefs of the strong individuals who are regarded as a group were ex …

Meet kids who are working reporters, explore about the publishing process, and investigate ideas of markets for writers-to-be. Interviews with well-known authors are included as a …