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  Blue Balliet's books: Book 1

  Chasing Vermeer

  by Blue Balliett

  When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a... (more)
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  The Calder Game

  by Blue Balliett

  When Calder Pillay travels with his father to a remote village in England, he finds a mix of mazes and mystery . . . including an unexpected Alexander Calder sculpture in the town square. Calder is strangely drawn to the sculpture, while other people have less-than-friendly feelings towards it. Both the boy and the sculpture seem to be out of place . . . and then, on the same night, they disappear! Calder's... (more)
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  Papal Rogues

  by Ron Wilk

  Michael Squire is dead of an apparent drug overdose. His programming partner, Scottish Calder McMonagle, is skeptical. How could Michael have overdosed? Fearing for his own life--and convinced that there is more to Michael's death than what people are telling him--Calder travels to California in search of the truth. With the help of a kooky but beautiful lady friend, Calder quickly becomes aware of a... (more)
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  Alexander Calder and His Magical Mobiles

  by Jean Lipman

  Delightful volume captures the beauty and spirit of a favorite American artist.
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  The Essential Alexander Calder

  by Howard Greenfeld, Alexander Calder

  The American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was one of the most inventive and beloved artists of his time. He was best known for his mobiles--hanging, dangling, perfectly balanced innovative sculptures that twist and orbit in the breeze--and for his stabiles, stationary sculptures, often enormous, that grace and enliven public spaces around the world.
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  The Dragonslayers Apprentice

  by David Calder

  She's smarter than Xena, funnier than Guinevere, and spunkier than Catherine (a.k.a. Birdy). She's Jackie, Dragonslayer-in-training, and she's moving through the land to kick some major tail!.