Picture Books with Classic Art

Matisse:  The King of Color- Anholt

Cezanne and the Apple Boy- Anholt

Who Stole Mona Lisa?- Knapp

Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder- Stone

Vincent Van Gogh- Lucas

Katie Meets the Impressionists- Mayhew

Katie's Sunday Afternoon- Mayhew

Katie and the Mona Lisa- Mayhew

Degas and the Little Dancer- Anholt

Van Gogh and the Sunflowers- Anholt

Picasso and the Girl with the Ponytail- Anholt

What Makes a Degas a Degas, What Makes a Cassatt a Cassatt? (Rembrandt, Monet etc)- Muhlberger (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)  This series is a step up from a child's picture book but have wonderful art in them and you can dig a little deeper if you feel so inclined!

A Chid's Book of Lullabies- McKellar

Can You Find it Inside?- Schulte (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Can You Find It Outside- Schulte (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

More Than Meets the Eye- Raczka

I Dreamed I was a Ballerina- Pavlova (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Yellowstone Moran- Judge

Through Georgia's Eyes- Rodriguez

Claude Monet:  The Painter Who Stopped the Trains- Maltbie


2 comments:

  1. I am a huge book lover so I adore your list, and I also absolutely LOVE that quote you have by Strickland Gillilan in the upper right. That one's a keeper. Thanks for the great recommendations as I too, love to read to my children.

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