Creativity
- Alterknits: imaginative projects and creativity exercises. Leigh Radford. 746.432 RAD
- American sketches: great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane. Walter Isaacson. 973.099 ISA
- Art before breakfast: a zillion ways to be more creative, no matter how busy you are. Danny Gregory. 701.15 GRE
- Art lab for kids: 52 creative adventures in drawing, painting, printmaking, paper, and mixed media: for budding artists of all ages. Susan Schwake. 702.8 SCH
- The art of noise: conversations with great songwriters. Daniel Rachel. 782.4216 RAC
- The art of noticing: 131 ways to spark creativity, find inspiration, and discover joy in the everyday. Rob Walker. 153.73 WAL
- The art of possibility. Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander. 153.35 ZAN
- The art of slow writing: reflections on time, craft, and creativity. Louise DeSalvo. 808.0201 DES
- The art of the start: the time-tested, battle-hardened guide for anyone starting anything. Guy Kawasaki. 658.11 KAW
- Art thinking: how to carve out creative space in a world of schedules, budgets, and bosses. Amy Whitaker. 658.403 WHI
- The artful parent: simple ways to fill your family’s life with art and creativity. Jean Van’t Hul. 745.508 VAN
- The artisan soul: crafting your life into a work of art. Erwin Raphael McManus. 261.57 MACM
- The artist’s library: a field guide. 021.2 ART
- The artist’s way: a spiritual path to higher creativity. Julia Cameron. Y 153.35 CAM
- The artist’s way for parents: raising creative children. 155.413 CAM
- At the center of all beauty: solitude and the creative life. Fenton Johnson. 155.92 JOH
- Beyond the first draft: the art of fiction. John Casey. 808.3 CAS
- The big book of business games: icebreakers, creativity exercises, and meeting energizers. John W. Newstrom, Edward E. Scannell. 658.4 NEW
- The big thing: how to complete your creative project even if you’re a lazy, self-doubting procrastinator like me. Phyllis Korkki. 153.35 KOR
- Book of organization: the art of creating order. Jo Packham. 648.8 PAC
- Books in bloom: creative patterns and props that bring stories to life. Kimberly K. Faurot. J 027.625 FAU Parenting
- Breaking ground: adventures in life and architecture. Daniel Libeskind, 725.23 LIB
- Broken places & outer spaces: finding creativity in the unexpected. Nnedi Okorafor. 155.24 OKO
- Building character from the start: 201 activities to foster creativity, literacy, and play in K-3. Susan Ragsdale, Ann Saylor. J 372.011 RAG Parenting
- The case for make believe: saving play in a commercialized world. Susan Linn. 155.418 LIN
- Catching the big fish: meditation, consciousness, and creativity. David Lynch. 158.12 LYN
- A colorful way of living: how to be more, create more, do more the Vera Bradley way. Barbara Bradley Baekgaard. 155.333 BAE
- Coloring outside the lines: raising a smarter kid by breaking all the rules. Roger Schank. 649.1 SCH
- Creating a bu$iness you’ll love: top entrepreneurs share their secrets. 658.421 CRE
- Creative capitalism: a conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and other economic leaders. 330.122 CRE
- Creative card making for scrapbookers. 745.5941 CRE
- Creative children’s parties. Alison Boteler. 793.21 BOT
- Creative collage: making memories in mixed media. Marie Browning. 751.493 BRO
- Creative colleges: a guide for student actors, artists, dancers, musicians and writers. Elaina Loveland. 378.7 LOV
- The creative community: designing for life. Vernon D. Swaback. 307.12 SWA
- Creative correction: extraordinary ideas for everyday discipline. Lisa Whelchel. 649.64 WHE
- Creative engagement: a handbook of activities for people with dementia. Rachael Wonderlin. 616.831 WON
- The creative habit: learn it and use it for life: a practical guide. Twyla Tharp. 153.35 THA
- The creative kitchen: over 100 food gifts to make and give. 641.568 CRE
- Creative lettering: techniques & tips from top artists. Jenny Doh. 745.61 DOH
- Creative prayer: speaking the language of God’s heart. Chris Tiegreen. 248.32 TIE
- Creative quest. Questlove. 153.35 QUE
- Creative quilts: inspiration, texture and stitch. Sandra Meech. 746.46 MEE
- Creative schools: the grassroots revolution that’s transforming education. Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica. 371.207 ROB
- The creative teacher: an encyclopedia of ideas to energize your curriculum. Steve Springer. 371.3 SPR
- Creative vegetable gardening. Joy Larkcom. 635 LAR
- Creative visualization for dummies. Robin Nixon. 153.32 NIX
- Creative visualization: use the power of your imagination to create what you want in your life. Shakti Gawain. 153.3 GAW
- Creative wax carving: a modern approach to an ancient craft with 15 jewelry projects. Emilie Shapiro. 739.27 SHA
- Creative you: using your personality type to thrive. David B. Goldstein, Otto Kroeger. 155.264 GOL
- Creativity: a short and cheerful guide. John Cleese. 153.35 CLE
- Creativity, Inc.: overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true inspiration. Ed Catmull. 658.407 CAT
- Creativity: the perfect crime. Philippe Petit. 153.35 PET
- Creators: from Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney. Paul Johnson. 920 JOH
- Dancing on the head of a pen: the practice of a writing life. Robert Benson. 808.02 BEN
- The dark side of the light chasers: reclaiming your power, creativity, brilliance, and dreams. Debbie Ford. 155.2 FOR
- Dear mister essay writer guy: advice and confessions on writing, love, and cannibals. Dinty W. Moore. 808.042 MOO
- The death of the artist: how creators are struggling to survive in the age of billionaires and big tech. William Deresiewicz. 700.1 DER
- The decorator’s problem solver: 100 creative answers to your most common decorating dilemmas. Sacha Cohen. 643.7 COH
- Die empty: unleash your best work every day. Todd Henry. 650.1 HEN
- Discovering God through the arts: how we can grow closer to God by appreciating beauty & creativity. Terry Glaspey. 261.57 GLA
- The doodle revolution: unlock the power to think differently. Sunni Brown. 153.4 BRO
- Drawing lab for mixed-media artists: 52 creative exercises to make drawing fun. Carla Sonheim. 741.2 SON
- Drawing on the right side of the brain. Betty Edwards. 741.2 EDW
- Dream writing assignments: 600+ prompts for creative writing. David E. LeCount. 808.04 LEC
- Dreamers, discoverers & dynamos: how to help the child who is bright, bored, and having problems in school. Lucy Jo Palladino. 155.455 PAL
- The education of a young poet. David Biespiel. 808.1 BIE
- The Element: how finding your passion changes everything. Ken Robinson. 158.1 ROB, Spanish Lang. 158.1 ROB
- The essayist at work: profiles of creative nonfiction writers. 814.008 ESS
- The faith of a writer: life, craft, art. Joyce Carol Oates. 808.02 OAT
- Falling upwards: essays in defense of the imagination. Lee Siegel. 814 SIE
- Felt it! stitch it! fabulous!: creative wearables from fleamarketfinds. Katheryn Tidwell Bieber. 746.04BIE
- Finding water: the art of perseverance. Julia Cameron. 153.35 CAM
- Finding what you didn’t lose: expressing your truth and creativity through poem-making. John Fox. 808.1 FOX
- Finding your element: how to discover your talents and passions and transform your life. Ken Robinson. 153.9 ROB, Spanish Lang. 153.9 ROB
- First art kit: creative papercraft remedies for what ails you. Boo Paterson. 745.54 PAT
- The flavor thesaurus: a compendium of pairings, recipes, and ideas for the creative cook. Niki Segnit. 641.5 SEG
- The flower gardener’s bible: time-tested techniques, creative designs, and perfect plants for colorful gardens. Lewis & Nancy Hill. 635.9 HIL
- Fun is good: how to create joy & passion in your workplace & career. Mike Veeck. 658.314 VEE
- Thegame-changer:howyoucandriverevenueand profit growth with innovation. A.G. Lafley. 658.4 LAF
- The gecko’s foot: bio-inspiration: engineering new materials from nature. Peter Forbes. 600 FOR
- Genius: a mosaic of one hundred exemplary creative minds. Harold Bloom. 809 BLO
- The geography of genius: a search for the world’s most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley. Eric Weiner. 153.9 WEI
- Get creative! with M’Liss Rae Hawley: a beginner’s guide to color & design for quilters. 746.46HAW
- Get it done: from procrastination to creative genius in 15 minutes a day. Sam Bennett. 155.232 BEN
- Get weird: discover the surprising secret to making a difference. CJ Casciotta. 248.4 CAS
- The good among the great: 19 traits of the most admirable, creative, and joyous people. Donald Van de Mark. 158.1 VAN
- Good naked: reflections on how to write more, write better, and be happier. Joni B. Cole. 808.02 COL
- Good prose: the art of nonfiction. Tracy Kidder, Richard Todd. 808.02 KID
- Grow your handmade business: how to envision, develop, and sustain a successful creative business. Kari Chapin. 745.5068 CHA
- Hardware style: 100 creative decorating ideas using materials from every aisle of the home center store. Marthe Le Van. 745.5 LEV
- Here on the edge: how a small group of World War II conscientious objectors took art and peace from the margins to the mainstream. Steve McQuiddy. 940.5316 MACQ
- Hitchcock’s notebooks: an authorized and illustrated look inside the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock. Dan Auiler. 791.43 AUI
- How I write: the secret lives of authors. 808.02 HOW
- How creativity rules the world: the art and business of turning your ideas into gold. Maria Brito. 650.1 BRI
- How successful people think: change your thinking, change your life. John C. Maxwell. 158.1 MAX
- How to avoid making art: (or anything else you enjoy). Julia Cameron. 153.35 CAM
- How to change the world: social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas. David Bornstein. 361.2 BOR
- How to get ideas. Jack Foster. 153.35 FOS
- How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci: seven steps to genius every day. Michael J. Gelb. 153.35 GEL
- How would you move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft’s cult of the puzzle: how the world’s smartest companies select the most creative thinkers. William Poundstone. 658.311 POU
- The idea factory: Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation. Jon Gertner. 384 GER
- Imaginable: how to see the future coming and feel ready for anything–even things that seem impossible today. Jane McGonigal. 370 MACG
- Imagination: the science of your mind’s greatest power. Jim Davies. 153.35 DAV
- Imagine: how creativity works. Jonah Lehrer. 153.35 LEH
- The impact equation: are you making things happen or just making noise? Chris Brogan, Julien Smith. 658.872 BRO
- The innovators: how a group of inventors, hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution. Walter Isaacson. 004.092 ISA, Spanish Lang. 004.092 ISA
- Journal it!: perspectives in creative journaling. Jenny Doh. 745.5938 DOH
- The joy of art: a creative guide for beginning painters. Serge Clement, Marina Kamena. 751 CLE
- Knit the sky: cultivate your creativity with a playful way of knitting. Lea Redmond. 746.432 RED
- Lastingness: the art of old age. Nicholas Delbanco. 155.67 DEL
- Let me out: unlock your creative mind and bring your ideas to life. Peter Himmelman. 153.35 HIM
- Let the elephants run: unlock your creativity and change everything. David Usher. 153.35 RUS
- Light the dark: writers on creativity, inspiration, and the artistic process. 153.35 LIG
- A Lithgow palooza!: 101 ways to entertain and inspire your kids. John Lithgow. 793 LIT
- The lives of the Muses: nine women & the artists they inspired. Francine Prose. 700.92 PRO
- Living your unlived life: coping with unrealized dreams and fulfilling your purpose in the second half of life. Robert A. Johnson. 155.66 JOH
- Lost in language & sound, or, How I found my way to the arts: essays. Ntozake Shange. 814 SHA
- Made to stick: why some ideas survive and others die. Chip Heath, Dan Heath. 302.13 HEA
- Magic hours: essays on creators and creation. Tom Bissell. 153.35 BIS
- Make good art. Neil Gaiman. 153.35 GAI
- Make great art on your iPad: paint, draw, share. Alison Jardine. 776 JAR
- Make your brain smarter: increase your brain’s creativity, energy, and focus. Sandra Bond Chapman. 153 CHA
- Making a life: working by hand and discovering the life you are meant to live. Melanie Falick. 745.5 FAL
- The man who heard voices, or, how M. Night Shyamalan risked his career on a fairy tale. Michael Bamberger. 791.4372 BAM
- Mastering the process: from idea to novel. Elizabeth George. 808.3 GEO
- Messy: the power of disorder to transform our lives. Tim Harford. 153.35 HAR
- More creative lettering: techniques & tips from top artists. Jenny Doh. 745.61 DOH
- More help!: for teachers of young children: 99 tips to promote intellectual development and creativity. Gwen Snyder Kaltman. J 372.21 KAL Parenting
- Most likely to succeed: preparing our kids for the innovation era. Tony Wagner, Ted Dintersmith. 371.207 WAG
- The Mozart effect: tapping the power of music to heal the body, strengthen the mind, and unlock the creative spirit. Don Campbell. 615.851 CAM
- Never say you can’t survive. Charlie Jane Anders. 808.02 AND
- 101 dance games for children: fun and creativity with movement. Paul Rooyackers. 796.13 ROO
- Originals: how non-conformists move the world. Adam Grant. 153.35 GRA, CD 153.35 GRA
- The origins of creativity. Edward O. Wilson. 153.35 WIL
- Pallet craft: 20 creative makes using wooden pallets. Emma Basden. 684.08 BAS
- The paper garden: an artist {begins her life’s work} at 72. Molly Peacock. 745.546 PEA
- Play: how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul. Stuart Brown. 155 BRO
- Poke the box: when was the last time you did something for the first time? Seth Godin. 650.1 GOD
- Pray like a gourmet: creative ways to feed your soul. David Brazzeal. 248.32 BRA
- Pretty quilled cards: 25+ creative designs for greetings & celebrations. Cecelia Louie. 745.5941 LOU
- The prosperous heart: creating a life of “enough”. Julia Cameron. 158.1 CAM
- Queen Bey: a celebration of the power and creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. 782.4216 QUE
- Reading like a writer: a guide for people who love books and for those who want to write them. Francine Prose. 808.02 PRO
- Reality hunger: a manifesto. David Shields. 818 SHI
- Re-creative: 50 projects for turning found items intocontemporarydesign. Steve Dodds. Y745.5DOD
- The rise: creativity, the gift of failure, and the search for mastery. Sarah Lewis. 153.35 LEW
- The runaway species: how human creativity remakes the world. Anthony Brandt, David Eagleman. 153.35 BRA
- Scribbling in the sand: Christ and creativity. Michael Card. 233.5 CAR
- Sharpie art workshop: techniques & ideas for transforming your world. Timothy Goodman. 741.26 GOO
- Shelf expression: 70 projects & ideas for creative storage & display. Marthe Le Van. 648.8 LEV
- Shortcut: how analogies reveal connections, spark innovation, and sell our greatest ideas. John Pollack. 808.032 POL
- Show your work!: 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered. Austin Kleon. Y 153.35 KLE
- Sign me up!: the parents’ complete guide to sports, activities, music lessons, dance classes, and other extracurriculars. Stacy M. DeBroff. 649.5 DEB
- Simple screenprinting: basic techniques & creative projects. Annie Stromquist. 745.73 STR
- Small things considered: why there is no perfect design. Henry Petroski. 620.0042 PET
- Spark: how creativity works. Julie Burstein. 153.35 BUR
- Steal like an artist: 10 things nobody told you about being creative. Austin Kleon. Y 153.35 KLE
- Steering the craft: a twenty-first century guide to sailing the sea of story. Ursula K. Le Guin. 808.02 LEG
- Still writing: the pleasures and perils of a creative life. Dani Shapiro. 808.02 SHA
- Stop motion animation: how to make and share creative videos. Melvyn Ternan. 777.7 TER
- Stretch: unlock the power of less– and achieve more than you ever imagined. Scott Sonenshein. 153.35 SON
- Surprise: embrace the unpredictable and engineer the unexpected. Tania Luna, LeeAnn Renninger. 152.4 LUN
- Sweat the technique: revelations on creativity from the lyrical genius. Rakim. 782.4216 RAK
- Tell to win: connect, persuade, and triumph with the hidden power of story. Peter Guber. 302.2 GUB
- That used to be us: how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back. Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum. 973.932 FRI
- Theatre games and beyond: a creative approach for performers. Amiel Schotz. 792.028 SCH
- Things a little bird told me: confessions of the creative mind. Biz Stone. 006.754 STO
- The thinking life: how to thrive in the age of distraction. P. M. Forni. 153.42 FOR
- The 3rd alternative: solving life’s most difficult problems. Stephen R. Covey. 158 COV
- The three “only” things: tapping the power of dreams, coincidence, & imagination. Robert Moss. 154 MOS
- Tinker dabble doodle try: unlock the power of the unfocused mind. Srini Pillay. 153.4 PIL
- Together again: a creative guide to successful multigenerational living. Sharon Graham Niederhaus, John L. Graham. 646.78 NIE
- The treehouse: eccentric wisdom from my father on how to live, love, and see. Naomi Wolf. B Wolf
- The trickster’s hat: a mischievous apprenticeship in creativity. Nick Bantock. 155.35 BAN
- True notebooks: a writer’s year at juvenile hall. Mark Salzman. 364.36 SAL
- The true secret of writing: connecting life with language. Natalie Goldberg. 808.042 GOL
- Unthink: rediscover your creative genius. Erik Wahl. 153.35 WAH
- A whack on the side of the head: how you can be more creative. Roger von Oech. 153.35 VON
- What about the baby?: some thoughts on the art of fiction. Alice McDermott. 814.54 MACD
- What we ache for: creativity and the unfolding of your soul. Oriah Mountain Dreamer. 153.35 MOU
- What’s your creative type?: harness the power of your artistic personality. Meta Wagner. 153.35 WAG
- Where good ideas come from: the natural history of innovation. Steven Johnson. 303.48 JOH
- A whole new mind: moving from the information age totheconceptualage. Daniel H. Pink. 153.35PIN
- Wired to create: unraveling the mysteries of the creative mind. Scott Barry Kaufman, Carolyn Gregoire. 153.35 KAU
- Wonderbook: an illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction. Jeff VanderMeer. 808.3 VAN
- Write better: a lifelong editor on craft, art, and spirituality. Andrew T. Le Peau. 808.02 LEP
- Writers have no age: creative writing for older adults. Lenore McComas Coberly, Jeri McCormick, Karen Updike. 808.04 COB
- Your creative brain: seven steps to maximize imagination, productivity, and innovation in your life. Shelley Carson. 153.35 CAR
- Your creative career: turn your passion into a fulfilling and financially rewarding lifestyle. Anna Sabino. 700.23 SAB
- Your inner critic is a big jerk: and other truths about being creative. Danielle Krysa. 153.35 KRY
FICTION
- Blinding light. Paul Theroux. Fic THE
- Portrait of an artist, as an old man. Joseph Heller. Fic HEL
DVDS & AUDIOBOOKS
- Appelemando’s dreams. DVD Children R
- The war of art: winning the inner creative battle. Steven Pressfield. CD 153.35 PRE
- Barney’s read with me, dance with me. DVD Children B
- Drawing on the right side of the brain: seven lessons to enhance creativity and artistic self-confidence. DVD 741.2
- For the love of art. DVD 649.68
- Regina‘s big mistake. DVD Children R
- A touch of greatness. DVD 371.399
- Where’s Wilbur? DVD Children A
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- Artist to artist: 23 major illustrators talk to children about their art. J 741.642 ART
- The arts and crafts busy book. Trish Kuffner. J 745.5 KUF Parenting
- Bottle houses: the creative world of Grandma Prisbrey. Melissa Eskridge Slaymaker. EB Prisbrey
- Cool collage: the art of creativity for kids! Anders Hanson. J 745.54 HAN
- Discovering great artists: hands-on art for children in the style of the great masters. MaryAnn F. Kohl, Kim Solga. J 702.8 KOH Parenting
- Holly Bloom’s garden. Sarah Ashman. Pic ASH
- Ilovetofingerpaint! Jennifer Lipsey. J751.49LIP
- In print!: 40 cool publishing projects for kids. Joe Rhatigan. J 741.6 RHA
- The jumbo book of art. Irene Luxbacher. J 702.8 LUX
- Library mouse. Daniel Kirk. Pic KIR
- Milli, Jack, and the Dancing Cat. Stephen Michael King. Pic KIN
- 101greatgiftsfromkids:fabulousgiftseverychild canmake. Stephanie Mueller. J745.5MUEParenting
- Origami activities: Asian arts & crafts for creative kids. Michael G. LaFosse. J 736.982 LAF
- Sing my song: a kid’s guide to songwriting. Steve Seskin. J 782.42 SES
- The star catchers: stories for you to read to your child to encourage calm, confidence, and creativity. J 808.83 STA Parenting
- To be an artist. Maya Ajmera. E 700 AJM
- Word after word after word. Patricia MacLachlan. J MACL
SPANISH LANGUAGE / EN ESPAÑOL
- ¡Crear o morir!: la esperanza de Latinoamérica y las cinco claves de la innovación. Andrés Oppenheimer. Spanish Lang. 650.1 OPP
- El elemento: descubrir tu pasion lo cambia todo. Ken Robinson. Spanish Lang. 158.1 ROB
- Encuentra tu elemento: el camino para descubrir tu pasión y transformar tu vida. Ken Robinson. Spanish Lang. 153.9 ROB
- Los innovadores: los genios que inventaron el future. Walter Isaacson. Spanish Lang. 004.092 ISA
- Quiero ser poeta: ejercicios e instrucciones para escribir poesia. Spanish Lang. 808.1 QUI