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Linda's How the West Was
Drawn books for $16.95 plus
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and/or Papa's Changes
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How The West Was Drawn:
Cowboy Charlie's Art
How The West Was Drawn:
Frederic Remington's Art
How The West Was Drawn:
Women's Art
Reading this interactive self-
guided tour of thirteen Russell
art works is like following one
of my art museum tours.
Children discover, on-their-own
or with a parent, the joys of
looking at art. Readers find a
hidden creature, discover
Cowboy Charlie's unique
clothes style and read a
painting like a comic strip. Best
of all, readers learn the tools
to help them delve deeper into
other art works they encounter
in the future.
Young readers learn art
appreciation and life in the Old
West through Remington's
fourteen images. Paintings
include cowboys breaking
horses, Indians at war, and
cavalry soldiers in retreat. His
bronze sculptures freeze
moments of intense action.
Again, readers learn the tools
to help them delve deeper into
other art works they encounter
in the future.
This award winning book
celebrates the accomplishments
of 14 female artists and the
beauty of the American West.
Despite social norms that
belittled women’s talents, these
ladies mastered traditional still
life, portrait, landscape
techniques and pioneered new
art forms that garnered high
praise. Selections include
Georgia O’Keeffe’s stunning
painting, Sally James Farnham’s
realistic bronze, Grace
Carpenter Hudson’s luminous oil
painting of Pomo Indians, and
Edith Hamlin’s wall mural of the
Pueblo people. Aspiring young
painters, sculptors, and art
enthusiasts will marvel at the
magnificent oil paintings,
watercolors, and sculptures
while learning about different
technical, historical, and
cultural elements of art.
Papa’s Changes
Dementia Through A Child’s Eyes
I really appreciate the way
Papa's Changes celebrates
who Papa was by making shifts
in what a child does with him
that still honors who he was
and what he liked. We have a
saying “I am who I was, I’m
just different.
---Kathryn Quinlan,
Mentor/Trainer for Teepa Snow’s
Positive Approach® to Care.
I highly recommend this book
for both children and adults
as it shows us how to maintain
our relationships and live
graciously alongside dementia.
“PAPA’S CHANGES” shows a
strong, loving and respectful
bond between a young girl and
her grandfather who has
dementia. Linda L.
Osmundson’s simple words
combined with the
illustrations of Laura Peters,
will make you smile and hope
your own child, actually every
child, grows up to have a
compassionate heart like this
little girl.
---Lori La Bey, CEO and Founder
Alzheimer’s Speaks – Shifting
Dementia Care from Crisis to
Comfort
With resilience and
tenderness, Linda Osmundson,
shares how any of us who love
someone living with dementia
can make minor changes in
how we interact so that
meaningful connection is
maintained and encouraged.
Her sweet story about Papa’s
granddaughter shows all of us
how to choose creativity and
compassion over regret and
frustration. Papa’s Changes
is a hopeful life lesson for all
of us in realizing that our
loved ones with dementia
really CAN live with lifelong
well-being, as long as we, the
people without dementia, are
the ones to do the changing.
---Cyndy Luzinski, Founder and
Executive Director of Dementia-
Friendly Communities of Northern
Colorado
I'll never look at art the
same way again.
Janea Williams
Dallas, Texas
My eyes were thrilled with
what they saw today.
Third grader at Edmondson
Elementary
Loveland, Colorado
The HOW THE WEST WAS
DRAWN series fills a void in
the fine arts and social
studies curriculum which
exists in many schools!!
These books should be in
EVERY school.
Paula Rossino
retired principal and
principal coach
Chicago, Illinois
"How the West Was Drawn"
uses kid-friendly questions
about Charles Russell's art
work to guide young readers
back to the time when the
cowboy was king. Learning
history was never such fun!
Ellen Javernick
Garfield Elementary
Loveland, Colorado
With engaging interactive
questions, Linda Osmundson
not only teaches about the
life and art of Charles
Russell, but provides tools
that readers can use in
future art “investigations.”
The success of this book
hinges upon these accessible
yet provocative lists of
questions that bring the
artist to life and offer a
sense of accomplishment
that encourages a love of
art and learning.
Maureen Corey
Curator of Art
Loveland Museum/Gallery
Linda Osmundson brings the
old west alive in How the
West Was Drawn. Every
student and adult who reads
this interactive book will
immediately want to paint
their own stories. Yee-haw
to Linda and Russell!
Debbie Dadey
author, former librarian and
elementary teacher
Furlong, PA
PRAISE FOR PAPA’S CHANGES
DEMENTIA THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES
PRAISE FOR HOW THE
WEST WAS DRAWN;
COWBOY CHARLIE'S ART
A child adjusts their activities to
accommodate her grandfather’s
declining abilities as he suffers
through dementia.
Linda Osmundson
Freelance Writer/Author
BONNIE:
IN-BETWEEN
After her parents’ divorce, ten-
year-old Bonnie moves with baby
brother J.J. and Momma to her
grandparent’s Texas farm. Daddy
moves to Chicago. When he sends
a ticket for Bonnie to visit, she
packs her suitcase and swallows
her fear of flying. Determined to
make her family whole again, she
secretly plans to bring him home.
But Daddy has his own plan. A plan
that will change her life.