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Hanoch Piven
The colorful and witty illustrations of Israeli illustrator Hanoch Piven have appeared throughout the last 20 years on both sides of the Atlantic: in most major American magazines and newspapers such as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone and in many European publications from The London Times to the... show more

The colorful and witty illustrations of Israeli illustrator Hanoch Piven have appeared throughout the last 20 years on both sides of the Atlantic: in most major American magazines and newspapers such as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone and in many European publications from The London Times to the Swiss Die WeltWoche.Piven's award winning book "What Presidents Are Made of" was elected by Time Magazine as one of the 10 Best Children's Books of 2004. Several illustrations from that book are in the permanent collection of the Prints and Photographs Division of The Library of Congress in Washington DC.Piven has published 6 other children's books in the USA, the latest being "My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil" (Schwartz and Wade, Random House - 2010) and "Let's Make Faces" (Atheneum - Simon and Schuster - 2013)In Israel, Piven has gained great visibility due to his long time collaboration with the daily Haaretz and through his TV show on the pre-K channel HOP TV and on the Education Channel. His method has been implemented educators in Israel as a means to help develop creativity amongst children.Website: www.pivenworld.com
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Books for my Classroom
Books for my Classroom rated it 8 years ago
I would use this book with every grade. It is very fun and has many different examples for students to review. I could have this book in my classroom for kindergarten to third grade. I would recommend this book to every teacher I come across. I could incorporate this into a lesson in many different ...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it 11 years ago
The pictures are amusing and with all forty-four presidents inside you are sure to find some information you did not know. Each president is portrayed in a portrait that is comical but yet unique to the individual. Each page is titled by a trait of a president whether that be endless energy, picky...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 15 years ago
The art rewards a close look. The little Lenin collage for the Russian Blue is my favorite, but they're all hilarious.***2009 Dec 7Amazing. The themed collages are sooooo cool. I only managed to read a few of these last night, but I'm looking forward to having a chance to linger.
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