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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 secrets658.421 CRE
  • Creative capitalism: a conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and other economic leaders330.122 CRE
  • Creative card making for scrapbookers745.5941 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 give641.568 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 writers814.008 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 quilters746.46HAW
  • 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 authors808.02 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 dreamsDVD Children R
  • The war of art: winning the inner creative battle. Steven Pressfield. CD 153.35 PRE
  • Barney’s read with me, dance with meDVD Children B
  • Drawing on the right side of the brain: seven lessons to enhance creativity and artistic self-confidenceDVD 741.2
  • For the love of artDVD 649.68
  • Regina‘s big mistakeDVD Children R
  • A touch of greatnessDVD 371.399
  • Where’s Wilbur? DVD Children A

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

  • Artist to artist: 23 major illustrators talk to children about their artJ 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 creativityJ 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 poesiaSpanish Lang. 808.1 QUI