Sandy's Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder

As a boy, Alexander ?Sandy? Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences.

This is the story of Sandy's Circus, as told by Tanya Lee Stone with Boris Kulikov's spectacular and innovative illustrations. Calder's original circus is on permanent display at the Whitney Museum in New York City.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/04/2008
ISBN: 9780670062683
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.80h x 9.20w x 0.40d
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2008 pg. 106
Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2008 pg. 896
School Library Journal 09/01/2008 pg. 169
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2008 pg. 615
Publishers Weekly 09/15/2008 pg. 67
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2008 pg. 20
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2008 pg. 48 - Recommended
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2008 pg. 38
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2008
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 124047 / Sandy's Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5