Scrap Metal Swan
A River Clean-Up Story
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. Art project inspired by Steve Bateman, a graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and Design, who is based out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Key Selling Points:
- COMMUNITY & TEAMWORK: Shows how neighbors can work together to improve their community.
- STEAM: 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.
- SUSTAINABILITY: Emphasizes the benefits of keeping our community water bodies clean and creating art from recycled or found materials.
- TRANSPORTATION: Young vehicle lovers will delight in the land and water vehicles used to help clean up the shore.
- ENDNOTES: Endnotes introduce many types of visual artists and provide ideas for art projects using recycled materials.
