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Genre/Form: | Picture books for children Picture books picture books Art Juvenile works Livres d'images Juvenile literature Art and the war Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Barton, Chris. Dazzle ships. Minnneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2017] (DLC) 2016045654 |
Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Chris Barton; Victo Ngai |
ISBN: | 9781512410143 1512410144 9781591146360 1591146364 |
OCLC Number: | 959922769 |
Awards: | Obis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for C 2018. |
Target Audience: | Grades K-3.; 990L |
Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
Other Titles: | World War I and the art of confusion |
Responsibility: | Chris Barton ; illustrated by Victo Ngai. |
Abstract:
"When the British Royal Navy grew desperate to protect their ship from German U-Boat attacks, they created Dazzle ships in order to confuse the enemy of their location and destination."--Provided by publisher.
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"The color illustrations-mostly early 20th Century paintings-will enamor sailors, historians, artists, designers and anyone else dazzled by design (popularized as Op Art in the 1960s)."- Military Times Read more...
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