13 Paintings Children Should Know (13 Children Should Know)
by Angela Wenzel
People of all ages are fascinated by Mona Lisa's beguiling smile, Van Gogh's hypnotic night sky, and Frida Kahlo's depiction of herself with a monkey. These paints and ten others are featured in the book in large reproductions with accompanying details. The readable text offers biographical information about each artist and important facts about the painting's technical and historical aspects. Games, quizzes, and colouring exercises provide additional opportunities for young readers to interact...
Bedtime Stories for Kids about Princess
It's no wonder that young people are drawn to the work of Paul Klee. The German artist was fascinated by children's drawings, and incorporated their energy and simplicity into his own work. This beautiful introduction to Klee's paintings focuses on the artist's love of colour and symbols, his light-hearted technique and his belief that music and painting were inextricably linked. Children will relate to the stories about Klee's life and struggles as an artist while learning about art. Eye-catchi...
Explore the awesome world of art through 20 awesome works from Southeast Asia! Perfect for the young and young at heart, Awesome Art dispels the notion that art is a difficult domain, introducing instead its colourful stories and personalities, as well as the diverse styles and forms artworks can take. Besides learning to understand and look at art, readers will also be able to see how art is inextricably connected to the world around us. Beautifully reproduced in full colour, the 20 artworks fe...
Illustrated throughout with photographs and colour illustrations as well as fascinating biographical information, the book takes readers through Cornell's life (1903-73) to discover how he transformed everyday objects into enchanted masterpieces. Where did he get his inspiration from? What makes these boxes so intriguing? What kinds of feelings do they inspire? A detailed exploration of specific pieces; guidelines for recognizing and appreciating Cornell's art, and step-by-step instructions for...
Sing A Song Of Hawker Food: Humpty Dumpty & Friends Have A Singapore Hawker Feast
by Lianne Ong and Janice Hui Wen Khoo
The worlds of nursery rhymes and Singapore hawker food collide in this book. Dive into fractured nursery rhymes with a local twist, featuring Singapore hawker food.Imagine Humpty Dumpty enjoying kaya toast, Jack and Jill grilling satay on a hill and the three blind mice eating chicken rice at the hawker centre. Wouldn't that be a funny sight?Cheeky illustrations highlight aspects of Singapore hawker culture that children will have fun identifying. Young readers (and not so young ones) can sing o...
Presenting a broad range of human artistic expression, the International Encyclopedia of Art set examines the art of cultures across the world, from prehistoric times to the present day. This global coverage features many cultural traditions, from folk and indigenous arts to the fine art of the West. Fully illustrated with many color and black-and-white spreads, the books include not only formal art reproductions, but reproductions of manuscripts, sketchbooks, and other material, offering a fres...
Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece
by Marc Harshman and Anna Egan Smucker
The story behind a home unlike any other, perched atop a waterfall whose music plays in every sun-dappled room, and the extraordinary architect who designed it.
'Selfies' are everywhere - from Kim Kardashian, queen of the selfie, to the Queen of England photobombing the Australian hockey team's selfie in 2014, you can't open a newspaper, or visit a news website, without seeing one. Recent technology, such as the selfie stick, and camera phones, have helped make the selfie a global trend, so you would be forgiven for thinking that this is a modern trend. But in fact, the first known selfies date from about 40,000 years ago and are hand stencils, discover...
From multiple award-winning author Candace Fleming and Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell comes the true story of a woman who always got what she wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner. A New England Book Award Finalist For years, the indomitable Isabella Stewart Gardner searched the world for magnificent artwork and filled her home with a truly unique collection, with the aim of turning it into a museum, which she established in 1903. Isabella always did things her own way. One day she'd wear bas...
Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist
by Barbara Herkert and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
A never-before-published Dr. Seuss book about creating and looking at art! Based on a manuscript and sketches discovered in 2013, this audiobook is like a visit to a museum—with a horse as your guide! Explore how different artists—including Picasso, George Stubbs, Rosa Bonheur, Alexander Calder, Jacob Lawrence, Deborah Butterfield, Franz Marc, Jackson Pollock—have seen horses and maybe even find a new way of looking at them yourself. Young listeners will find themselves delightfully tra...
A beautifully illustrated introduction to some of the best-loved Impressionist artists, including Monet, Degas, Pissarro and Manet. Discover their lives, the stories behind their paintings, and how they changed art forever. Published in association with the National Gallery, London, with over 100 stickers and links to websites to find out more.
Pablo Picasso (Little People, Big Dreams)
by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Pablo Picasso, one of the world's greatest artists in the 20th century. Little Pablo grew up in an artistic household and after drawing his first painting at nine years old. His dad was an art teacher and helped grow his son's talent, teaching him to use oil paints. He moved first to Barcelona and then to France, where he achieved significant success, and went...
The History of Western Art in Comics Part One: From Prehistory to the Renaissance
by Marion Augustin
Learning about art through the ages has never been as interesting or fun as in this humorous and very informative graphic novel. As two kids give their grandpa a tour of Paris, he starts an interesting conversation with them--about where all the art they see in their lives--from the movie house to the stadiums to museums and even the subway-- started. Dad's impromptu history lesson goes back to the first Cavemen drawings to the pyramids of Giza, and by the end of the book includes Greco-Roma...
If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists by acclaimed author and Newbery Medal-winning Patricia MacLachlan and innovative illustrator Hadley Hooper. This picture book about the young Henri Matisse describes the impact that color and light had on...
SALES HANDLE: A visually striking book about an important and extremely popular artist KEY SELLING POINTS: -- Both Chronicle and Susan Rubin have strong critical and sales track records with their art publishing. -- Perfect for book reports NOTABLE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS TO PROJECT: * Susan Rubin's past books and accolades: WITH CHRONICLE Delicious / F07 / $15.95 / 9780811851688 / 8,956 gross / 6% returns --School Library Journal starred review --Kirkus starred review Counting with Wayne Thie...
Da Vinci (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists S.)
by Mike Venezia
This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Social Studies: Culture
Picasso (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists ) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists S.)
by Mike Venezia
Taken from a series which acts as an introduction to some of the world's greatest artists and their lives and works, this book looks at Picasso. In each book, the author uses cartoons and an entertaining storyline to enhance and give the reader an insight into full-colour reproduction of each artist's most famous paintings. The reader is encouraged to look at each painting and notice changes in the artist's style during his lifetime. A section at the end of each title gives more detailed informa...
Take a fun and engaging illustrated journey through modern art history, from Impressionism to Minimalism, to meet key artists and make crafts inspired by their work.Modern Art for Kids, the debut book in the Art Stars series, is a charmingly illustrated hands-on guide packed with fun facts, amazing stories about the lives of artists, and arty-crafty activities for interactive learning. Filled with bite-sized summaries, the aim of this book is to inspire curious kids with interesting art topics a...