Joanne Linden

Scrap Metal Swan: A River Clean-Up Story Joanne Linden

When community members work together with trucks and ships to clean up the town's riverfront, an artist and her child hammer, chisel, weld and zap the found materials into something beautiful. Young makers will find inspiration in the playful, rhyming text and mixed media illustrations, while endnotes provide recycled-art activity ideas. AGES: 3 to 7 AUTHOR: Joanne Linden grew up in Kinney, a small town in northern Minnesota, USA, where everyone knew each other and children spent their free time at the small library or playing outside. Joanne loved to read picture books. She still does! Today, she lives in the woods of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA, and is the author of many books for children. When Estrellita Caracol was a child, she loved stars, books and cutting out shapes from paper... and none of that has changed! She studied graphic design until she realised that what she liked the most was telling stories through her art. Estrellita lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with her son and three cuddly cats. She loves to travel and make collages with artists young and old wherever she goes. SALLING POINTS: . Shows how neighbors can work together to improve their community. . Gives readers a close-up look at sculptors at work and models finding inspiration for creativity in unlikely places. Endnotes provide ideas for art projects using recycled materials. . Emphasises the benefits of keeping our community water bodies clean and creating art from recycled or found materials. . Young vehicle lovers will delight in the land and water vehicles used to help clean up the shore. . Endnotes introduce many types of visual artists and provide ideas for art projects using recycled materials.