Synopsis: Using well-known pieces of art as a starting point, readers learn about a variety of art techniques and materials from photomontage to portrait to collage. Kids are encouraged to learn more about them by producing their own work. Hands-on projects, using readily-available materials, help readers explore painting, drawing, sculpting, printing and many other media.

Synopsis: An introduction to painting which covers the works of noted artists.

Synopsis: This book explores the choices and attitudes of thirty different artists. It helps stimulate children's own creativity and imagination by asking them to wonder why artists create things in the way that they do. It explores the various ideas, meanings, roles and functions of art by looking at painting, sculpture, photography and prints and helps develop children's understanding of colour, form, texture and pattern.

Synopsis: Artists have so many clever ways of showing you new and different ways of seeing. How do they show high speed movement? What do they do to create 3D effects? How do they create portraits whose eyes follow you around the room? How do they make textures that you want to reach out and touch? This fifth book of an outstanding, award-winning series for children on art explores all the techniques used by artists to tease, puzzle or thrill you.…

Synopsis: Abbeville Kids expands its award-winning series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world. In How Artists See Work children can see how Patrick Desjarlait showed in one painting the many tasks that go into making maple syrup; how the Limbourg Brothers created the feeling of a hot July day on a medieval farm; how Jacob Lawrence used bright, bold colors…

Synopsis: Abbeville Kids expands its award-winning series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world. In "How Artists See Families", children can see how Carmen Lomas Garza captured the simple pleasure of a family eating watermelon on the front porch; how Kikugawa Eizan used curved lines to show the gracefulness with which a mother carries her young son; how John…

Synopsis: Mice visit a museum and admire famous works of art in the different galleries, each of which is devoted to a specific subject or theme, in a picture book that includes information about the paintings and where they may be found in real life.

Synopsis: Elmer, the patchwork elephant, has been a favorite of children around the world since the first book debuted in 1989. Elmer's Special Day is the latest book in this classic series. It's almost Elmer Day again for the elephants, and they are getting their colorful parade outfits ready. But in their excitement they are making an awful lot of noise and upsetting the other animals. So Elmer changes the rules and invites every single animal to join…

Synopsis: A classic fable about the search for identity, from Caldecott Honor winning picture book creator Leo Lionni.Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a “little piece,” which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. “I must be a piece of somebody. I must belong to someone else,” he thinks. How Pezzettino learns that he belongs to no one but himself is the joyous and satisfying…

Synopsis: When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens -- with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words. -- Provided by publisher.

Synopsis: Just add Ed Emberley's simple ''alphabet'' to your thumbprints and fingerprints, and you can create funny thumbprint faces, animals, and bugs, as well as colorful fingerprint pictures including frogs, trains, and flowers. Easy and fun, these books provide hours of art-full entertainment.

Synopsis: Pearl was given a set of colors for her birthday. Now all she wants to do is paint. Pearl would rather paint than eat or sleep. Everyone's worried about Pearl, except Aunt Peg. She knows a true artist when she sees one. Illustrated with bright, playful imitations of the signature styles of master painters. Full color.

Synopsis: Two cow friends, Minnie and Moo, decide to drive the farmer's tractor all the way to the moon

Synopsis: A spiritual story about the far-reaching effects of private actions.Mole has always led a simple life, but lately he feels something is missing. When he first hears someone playing a violin, Mole realizes that he longs to make beautiful music, too.Through practice and patience, Mole learns to play. And even though he plays alone, in the privacy of his underground home, his music has an effect on others that is more magical than Mole will ever…

Synopsis: Both parents and children will love Iggy Peck, Architect, a fun-filled, inspiring, colorful New York Times bestselling picture book, from author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts, about the power of teamwork and the importance of celebrating individual gifts and self-expression.Watch Iggy Peck in the Netflix television series Ada Twist, Scientist!“Read it at bedtime (it’s a quick read!), chuckle with your children, and send them to…

Synopsis: After the sun sets, on clear nights points of light begin to appear in the sky. But when we look up at the night sky, what are we seeing?Basic facts about the stars, as well as how we look at and learn about them, are introduced through simple text and bold illustrations. From ancient names for constellations to modern innovations in telescope technology, this book covers a broad range of ideas without overwhelming the reader. It introduces and…

Synopsis: Can the three Billy Goats Gruff cross the troll’s bridge without being eaten? Find out in the perfect introduction to the beloved must-have classic by two-time Caldecott Honor-winner Paul Galdone.The three Billy Goats Gruff are hungry! They want to go over the bridge and up the hillside to a fine meadow full of grass and daisies where they can eat and eat and eat.But under the bridge lives a troll who's as mean as he is ugly… How will they ever…

Synopsis: Scary incidents at midnight give Biff the dog and his master a frightening time but all turn out to have good explanations