Applebee, Arthur N., editor.
The Language of Literature
. Evanston, Il.: McDougal Little, 2001. This is a wonderful textbook, which includes a wide variety of short stories, poetry, memoirs and other works by some well-known and some not so well known authors.
Hjerter, Kathleen G.
Doubly Gifted: The Author as Visual Artist
. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. Hjerter’s book is a great source for this project. The book contains examples of art from scores of writer/artists.
Narratives of African American Art and Identity
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The David C. Driscoll Collection
. San Francisco: Pomegrante, 1998. This is a useful source of African American art for use in the classroom.
Sandys, Ceilia.
The Young Churchill: The Early Years of Winston Churchill
. New York: Dutton Publishing, 1995. This book is a wonderful look at early years of one of the world’s most well known writer/artists.
Smith, Edward Lucie.
Lives of the Great Twentieth Century Artists.
New York: Rizzoli International, 1986. This is a collection of biographical sketches on twentieth century artists.
Thurber, James.
Collecting Himself
. New York: Harper and Row, 1989. A posthumously published collection of Thurber works.
Thurber, James.
Fables for our Time
. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939. This book provides more than two-dozen illustrated Thurber fables along with some poems.
Thurber, James.
My Life and Hard Times
. New York: Harper and Row, 1961. A collection of autobiographical sketches from the author’s life makes this illustrated volume an enjoyable read.
Thurber, James.
The Thurber Carnival
. New York: Harper and Row, 1945. A huge collection of Thurber pieces compiled from nine previously published works.
Thurber, James.
Thurber and Company
. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. More illustrated work from the Thurber collection.
Thurber, James.
Thurber on Crime
. New York: Warner Books, 1991. This book is a collection of Thurber crime pieces.