Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481402986
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Excited to be in Paris, Ethan and Ella are on the hunt for a secret bakery and a stolen painting in the third book of Greetings from Somewhere, a chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella are excited to get to Paris—they’ve only ever seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower! After arriving, the twins receive an email from their beloved Grandpa Harry. He tells them that there’s a secret bakery near the Louvre museum—so secret, in fact, that you need a password to get inside. Lucky for the twins, their dad wants to take them to see some artwork at the Louvre. But while they’re browsing paintings at the museum, alarms suddenly go off, the building is evacuated, and tons of police show up outside. A painting has been stolen! And Ethan and Ella are on the case! Can they manage to find the stolen painting and the secret bakery without giving themselves away? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
The Mystery of the Stolen Painting
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481402986
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Excited to be in Paris, Ethan and Ella are on the hunt for a secret bakery and a stolen painting in the third book of Greetings from Somewhere, a chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella are excited to get to Paris—they’ve only ever seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower! After arriving, the twins receive an email from their beloved Grandpa Harry. He tells them that there’s a secret bakery near the Louvre museum—so secret, in fact, that you need a password to get inside. Lucky for the twins, their dad wants to take them to see some artwork at the Louvre. But while they’re browsing paintings at the museum, alarms suddenly go off, the building is evacuated, and tons of police show up outside. A painting has been stolen! And Ethan and Ella are on the case! Can they manage to find the stolen painting and the secret bakery without giving themselves away? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481402986
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Excited to be in Paris, Ethan and Ella are on the hunt for a secret bakery and a stolen painting in the third book of Greetings from Somewhere, a chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella are excited to get to Paris—they’ve only ever seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower! After arriving, the twins receive an email from their beloved Grandpa Harry. He tells them that there’s a secret bakery near the Louvre museum—so secret, in fact, that you need a password to get inside. Lucky for the twins, their dad wants to take them to see some artwork at the Louvre. But while they’re browsing paintings at the museum, alarms suddenly go off, the building is evacuated, and tons of police show up outside. A painting has been stolen! And Ethan and Ella are on the case! Can they manage to find the stolen painting and the secret bakery without giving themselves away? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
The Art Thief
Author: Noah Charney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416550313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Charney crafts an intellectual masterpiece--the mystery of three missing masterpieces that sends criminals and curators alike on a rollicking chase through the art galleries and auction houses of Europe.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416550313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Charney crafts an intellectual masterpiece--the mystery of three missing masterpieces that sends criminals and curators alike on a rollicking chase through the art galleries and auction houses of Europe.
The Mystery of the Stolen Painting
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481402986
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Excited to be in Paris, Ethan and Ella are on the hunt for a secret bakery and a stolen painting in the third book of Greetings from Somewhere, a chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella are excited to get to Paris—they’ve only ever seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower! After arriving, the twins receive an email from their beloved Grandpa Harry. He tells them that there’s a secret bakery near the Louvre museum—so secret, in fact, that you need a password to get inside. Lucky for the twins, their dad wants to take them to see some artwork at the Louvre. But while they’re browsing paintings at the museum, alarms suddenly go off, the building is evacuated, and tons of police show up outside. A painting has been stolen! And Ethan and Ella are on the case! Can they manage to find the stolen painting and the secret bakery without giving themselves away? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481402986
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Excited to be in Paris, Ethan and Ella are on the hunt for a secret bakery and a stolen painting in the third book of Greetings from Somewhere, a chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella are excited to get to Paris—they’ve only ever seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower! After arriving, the twins receive an email from their beloved Grandpa Harry. He tells them that there’s a secret bakery near the Louvre museum—so secret, in fact, that you need a password to get inside. Lucky for the twins, their dad wants to take them to see some artwork at the Louvre. But while they’re browsing paintings at the museum, alarms suddenly go off, the building is evacuated, and tons of police show up outside. A painting has been stolen! And Ethan and Ella are on the case! Can they manage to find the stolen painting and the secret bakery without giving themselves away? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
The Guggenheim Mystery
Author: Robin Stevens
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0525582355
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
While visiting their cousin Salim in New York City, Ted and Kat investigate the theft of a famous painting from the Guggenheim Museum for which Salim's mother is the prime suspect.--
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0525582355
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
While visiting their cousin Salim in New York City, Ted and Kat investigate the theft of a famous painting from the Guggenheim Museum for which Salim's mother is the prime suspect.--
The Art of Theft
Author: Sherry Thomas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451492471
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, is back solving new cases in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of The Hollow of Fear. As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork—or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas. But Mrs. Watson is desperate to help her old friend recover those secrets and Charlotte finds herself involved in a fever-paced scheme to infiltrate a glamorous Yuletide ball where the painting is one handshake away from being sold and the secrets a bare breath from exposure. Her dear friend Lord Ingram, her sister Livia, Livia's admirer Stephen Marbleton—everyone pitches in to help and everyone has a grand time. But nothing about this adventure is what it seems and disaster is biding time on the grounds of a glittering French chateau, waiting only for Charlotte to make a single mistake...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451492471
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, is back solving new cases in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of The Hollow of Fear. As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork—or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas. But Mrs. Watson is desperate to help her old friend recover those secrets and Charlotte finds herself involved in a fever-paced scheme to infiltrate a glamorous Yuletide ball where the painting is one handshake away from being sold and the secrets a bare breath from exposure. Her dear friend Lord Ingram, her sister Livia, Livia's admirer Stephen Marbleton—everyone pitches in to help and everyone has a grand time. But nothing about this adventure is what it seems and disaster is biding time on the grounds of a glittering French chateau, waiting only for Charlotte to make a single mistake...
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Author: Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300063417
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
"This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300063417
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
"This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.
The Mystery of the Stolen Blue Paint
Author: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140546729
Category : Paint
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When her can of blue paint mysteriously disappears, Belinda is determined to find out which one of the children took it.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140546729
Category : Paint
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When her can of blue paint mysteriously disappears, Belinda is determined to find out which one of the children took it.
The Mona Lisa Mystery
Author: Pat Hutchins
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241326796
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A very funny middle-grade adventure by renowned author-illustrator Pat Hutchins. Class 3 of Hampstead Primary School are off on a school trip to Paris! Morgan is the first to spot the bearded man in the black Citroen car, cruising behind their school bus, and feels sure he is following them. The plot thickens when a second mysterious bearded man appears on the ferry boat, Soon Class 3 find themselves entangled with a group of art thieves intent upon stealing the Mona Lisa...!
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241326796
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A very funny middle-grade adventure by renowned author-illustrator Pat Hutchins. Class 3 of Hampstead Primary School are off on a school trip to Paris! Morgan is the first to spot the bearded man in the black Citroen car, cruising behind their school bus, and feels sure he is following them. The plot thickens when a second mysterious bearded man appears on the ferry boat, Soon Class 3 find themselves entangled with a group of art thieves intent upon stealing the Mona Lisa...!
Art & Crime
Author: Stefan Koldehoff
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1644213265
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Here are stories of high-stakes, brazen art crimes from around the world with new insights on ongoing cases by two journalists counted among the most 100 influential people in the art business. "True crime fans and aficionados of culture will appreciate this dive into the dark side of the art world." —Publishers Weekly The art world is one of the most secretive—and largely unregulated—of global businesses, and the list of its crimes run long and deep. The extent of the economic and cultural damage that results from criminality in the global art scene rarely comes to light. By turns thrilling, disturbing, and unbelievable, the cases explored in this book include "artnapping"—stealing art to collect a ransom—tax fraud, forgery, money laundering, and illegal excavations. The book includes coverage of: The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre A 2017 sensational case of a 220 lb Canadian gold coin from Berlin's Bode Museum The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist A section on the thriving market for Mondigliani forgaries The ill-gotten art collection of former First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos Art stolen by the Nazis during WWII, and the enduring business of forgeries of Hitler's own paintings President Donald Trump's practice of using his charitable fund to buy art, including a portrait of himself True crime and art history lovers will devour this thoroughly researched and fascinating book.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1644213265
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Here are stories of high-stakes, brazen art crimes from around the world with new insights on ongoing cases by two journalists counted among the most 100 influential people in the art business. "True crime fans and aficionados of culture will appreciate this dive into the dark side of the art world." —Publishers Weekly The art world is one of the most secretive—and largely unregulated—of global businesses, and the list of its crimes run long and deep. The extent of the economic and cultural damage that results from criminality in the global art scene rarely comes to light. By turns thrilling, disturbing, and unbelievable, the cases explored in this book include "artnapping"—stealing art to collect a ransom—tax fraud, forgery, money laundering, and illegal excavations. The book includes coverage of: The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre A 2017 sensational case of a 220 lb Canadian gold coin from Berlin's Bode Museum The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist A section on the thriving market for Mondigliani forgaries The ill-gotten art collection of former First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos Art stolen by the Nazis during WWII, and the enduring business of forgeries of Hitler's own paintings President Donald Trump's practice of using his charitable fund to buy art, including a portrait of himself True crime and art history lovers will devour this thoroughly researched and fascinating book.
The Mystery of the Gold Coin
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442497181
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442497181
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve.