Action Jackson by Sandra Jordan

Jackson Pollock did something new and amazing in the art world.
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Resource: picture book
Time: 1950
Place: America

Summary:
Jackson Pollock painted like nobody else. He sprayed and splatter on the canvas laid out on the floor. Action Jackson is an imagined telling of how he painted Lavendar Mist in the summer of 1950 based on first hand accounts of others on how he acted and painted.  There is a nice two page biography in the back of the book, two and half pages of notes and sources, as well as a bibliography. It is artfully illustrated in full color by Robert Andrew Parker.

Potentially Objectionable Content:
none

Reading Level: grade 3-5
Lexile Measure: 650L
Guided Reading Level:P

Awards: Robert F. Sibert Honor book

Format Links
Book

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