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Origami and Haiku inspired by Japanese Artwork

Origami and Haiku inspired by Japanese Artwork

From the editors at Nosy Crow, The trustees of the British Museum
Illustrator:  Nick Robinson 
Poetry and Nonfiction Book
For ages 10 and up
Candlewick Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-1536202731
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My Art Book of Love

My Art Book of Love

Shana Gozansky
Board Book
For ages 2 to 5
Phaidon Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-0714877181
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Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story

Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story

Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrator:  Eileen Ryan Ewen 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-1585364053
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Bob's Blue Period

Bob's Blue Period

Marion Deuchars
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Laurence King Publishing, 2018   ISBN: 978-1786270702
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World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from The Metropolitan Museum

World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from The Metropolitan Museum

Edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 and up
Harry N. Abrams, 2018   ISBN: 978-1419728457
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Colorama: From Fuchsia to Midnight Blue

Colorama: From Fuchsia to Midnight Blue

Cruschiform
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 10 and up
Prestel Junior, 2018   ISBN: 978-3791373287
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Silent Days, Silent Dreams

Silent Days, Silent Dreams

Allen Say
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Scholastic, 2017   ISBN: 978-0545927611
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Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordin

Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordin

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville
Illustrator:  Brigette Barrager 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2017   ISBN: 978-1481461313
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Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis

Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis

Jeannine Atkins
Poetry
For ages 13 and up
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017   ISBN: 978-1481459051
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Niko Draws a Feeling

Niko Draws a Feeling

Bob Raczka
Illustrator:  Simone Shin 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Carolrhoda Books, 2017   ISBN: 978-1467798433
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Bob the Artist

Bob the Artist

Marion Denchars
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Laurence King Publishing, 2016   ISBN: 978-1780677675
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Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig

Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig

Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrator:  Charlotte Voake 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2016   ISBN: 978-0385373258
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The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art

The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art

Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator:  Mary GrandPre 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Random House, 2014   ISBN: 978-0307978486
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Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

Barbara Herkert
Illustrator:  Vanessa Newton 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Random House, 2015   ISBN: 978-0385754644
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Grant and Tillie Go Walking

Grant and Tillie Go Walking

Monica Kulling
Illustrator:  Sydney Smith 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Groundwood Books, 2015   ISBN: 978-1554984466
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Dreaming with Rousseau

Dreaming with Rousseau

Julie Merberg, Suzanne Bober
Board Book
For ages 2 to 4
Chronicle Books, 2007   ISBN: 978-0811857123
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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor started to Draw

It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor started to Draw

Don Tate
Illustrator:  R. Gregory Christie 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Lee and Low Books, 2012   ISBN: 978-1600602603
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Emily’s Blue Period

Emily’s Blue Period

Cathleen Daly
Illustrator:  Lisa Brown 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Roaring Brook Press, 2014   ISBN: 978-1596434691
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When Emily Carr Met Woo

When Emily Carr Met Woo

Monica Kulling
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Pajama Press, 2014   ISBN: 978-1927485408
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Mr. Cornell’s Dream Boxes

Mr. Cornell’s Dream Boxes

Jeanette Winter
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2014   ISBN: 978-1442499003
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Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and his art

Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and his art

J. H. Shapiro
Illustrator:  Vanessa Brantley Newton 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Charlesbridge, 2011   ISBN: 978-1580893855
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Edward Hopper Paints His World

Edward Hopper Paints His World

Robert Burleigh
Illustrator:   Wendell Minor 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Henry Holt and Co. , 2014   ISBN: 978-0805087529
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Arlo's ARTrageous Adventure!

Arlo's ARTrageous Adventure!

David LaRochelle
Novelty Board Book
For ages 4 to 6
Sterling Children's Books, 2013   ISBN: 978-1402792267
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Katie and the Waterlily Pond

Katie and the Waterlily Pond

James Mayhew
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 to 7
Orchard Books, 2012   ISBN: 978-1408304648
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A Mad, Wicked Folly

A Mad, Wicked Folly

Sharon Biggs Waller
Fiction
For ages 13 and up
Penguin, 2014   ISBN: 978-0670014682
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Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be

Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be

Jane Sutcliffe
Illustrator:  John Shelley 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Charlesbridge, 2014   ISBN: 978-1580892957
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Here's Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves

Here's Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves

Bob Raczka
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lerner, 2006   ISBN: 978-0761334040
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Draw with...Joan Miro

Draw with...Joan Miro

Ana Salvador
Nonfiction Art Book
For ages 7 to 9
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011   ISBN: 978-1847802729
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The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World

The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World

E.L. Konigsburg
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2009   ISBN: 978-1416953531
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More Than Meets The Eye: Seeing Art With All Five Senses

More Than Meets The Eye: Seeing Art With All Five Senses

Bob Raczka
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lerner, 2003   ISBN: 978-0761319948
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Katie and the Starry Night

Katie and the Starry Night

James Mayhew
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 to 7
Hodder & Stoughton, 2013   ISBN: 978-1408304655
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The Museum

The Museum

Susan Verde
Illustrator:   Peter H. Reynolds 
Picture Book
For ages 6 and up
Abrams, 2013   ISBN: 978-1419705946
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Bear's Picture

Bear's Picture

Daniel Pinkwater
Illustrator:  D.B. Johnson 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2008   ISBN: 978-0618759231
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The Amazing Trail of Seymour Snail

The Amazing Trail of Seymour Snail

Lynn E. Hazen
Illustrator:  Doug Cushman 
Fiction
For ages 5 to 7
Henry Holt, 2009   ISBN: 978-0805086980
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

Jen Bryant
Illustrator:   Melissa Sweet 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Random House, 2013   ISBN: 978-0375867125
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Sky Color

Sky Color

Peter H. Reynolds
Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 and up
Candlewick, 2012   ISBN: 978-0763623456
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Madeleine's Light: A Story of Camille Claudel

Madeleine's Light: A Story of Camille Claudel

Natalie Ziarnik
Illustrator:  Robert Dunn 
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Boyds Mills Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-1590788554
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Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book

Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book

MaryAnn F. Kohl, Jean Potter
Illustrator:  Rebecca Van Slyke 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 12
Bright Ring Publishing, 2003   ISBN: 093560703X
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Before They Were Famous: How Seven Artists Got Their Start

Before They Were Famous: How Seven Artists Got Their Start

Bob Raczka
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 11
Lerner, 2011   ISBN: 978-0761373001
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Tokyo Heist

Tokyo Heist

Diana Renn
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Penguin, 2012   ISBN: 978-0670013326
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Artist Ted

Artist Ted

Andrea Beaty
Illustrator:  Pascal Lemaitre 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2012   ISBN: 978-1416953746
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Counting with Wayne Thiebaud

Counting with Wayne Thiebaud

Susan Goldman Rubin
Nonfiction Board Book
For ages 2 to 4
Chronicle Books, 2007   ISBN: 978-0811857208
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Dog Loves Drawing

Dog Loves Drawing

Louise Yates
Picture Book
For ages 5 and up
Random House UK, 2012   ISBN: 978-0224083713
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Wings of an Artist: Children’s Book Illustrator’s Talk about their art

Wings of an Artist: Children’s Book Illustrator’s Talk about their art

Introduction by Julie Cummins, Activity Guide by Barbara Kiefer
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 9 and up
Abrams, 1999   ISBN: 978-0810945524
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The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle

The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle

Barbara McClintock
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2004   ISBN: 978-0618432301
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Look Closer: A Lift-the-Flap Art Adventure

Look Closer: A Lift-the-Flap Art Adventure

Caroline Desnoettes
Nonfiction Novelty Book
For ages 8 and up
Walker, 2006   ISBN: 978-0802796141
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A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet

A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet

Stephen T. Johnson
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Simon and Schuster, 2008   ISBN: 978-0689863011
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Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow

Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow

Susan Goldman Rubin
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 9 to 12
Harry N. Abrams, 2007   ISBN: 978-0810993471
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Framed

Framed

Frank Cottrell Boyce
Fiction
For ages 8 to 12
HarperCollins, 2008   ISBN: 978-0060734046
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Art Up Close: From Ancient to Modern

Art Up Close: From Ancient to Modern

Claire D'Harcourt
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Chronicle Books, 2006   ISBN: 978-0811854641
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Pablo the Artist

Pablo the Artist

Satoshi Kitamura
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2006   ISBN: 978-0374356873
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Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting

Hugh Brewster
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 10 and up
Kids Can Press, 2007   ISBN: 978-1554531370
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Drawing From Memory

Drawing From Memory

Allen Say
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 11 and up
Scholastic Press, 2011   ISBN: 978-0545176866
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Jacob Lawrence in the City

Jacob Lawrence in the City

Nonfiction Board Book
For ages 2 to 4
Chronicle Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-0811865821
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Magritte's Imagination

Magritte's Imagination

Susan Goldman Rubin
Nonfiction Board Book
For ages 2 to 4
Chronicle Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-0811865838
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The Paint Box

The Paint Box

Maxine Trottier
Illustrator:  Stella East 
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2004   ISBN: 1550418084
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Tell Me a Picture

Tell Me a Picture

Quentin Blake
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 12
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2006   ISBN: 1845076877
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Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw

Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw

Deborah Kogan Ray
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 11
Penguin, 2008   ISBN: 0670062928
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The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan

The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan

Christy Hale
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Lee & Low Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-1600603631
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Name That Style: All About Isms in Art

Name That Style: All About Isms in Art

Bob Raczka
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 11
Lerner, 2009   ISBN: 978-1580138246
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The Secret World of Walter Anderson

The Secret World of Walter Anderson

Hester Bass
Illustrator:  E.B. Lewis 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 and up
Candlewick, 2009   ISBN: 978-0763635831
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The Master's Apprentice

The Master's Apprentice

Rick Jacobson
Illustrator:  Rick Jacobson , Laura Fernandez 
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Tundra Books, 2008   ISBN: 978-0887767838
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Heist Society

Heist Society

Ally Carter
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Hyperion Book, 2010   ISBN: 978-1423116394
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Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Be

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Be

Jessica Abel, Matt Madden
Nonfiction
For ages 14 and up
First Second Books, 2008   ISBN: 978-1596431317
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Children's Book of Art

Children's Book of Art

From the editors and writers at DK
Nonfiction
For ages 9 to 12
DK , 2009   ISBN: 978-0756655112
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Artsy Babies Wear Paint (An Urban Babies Wear Black Book)

Artsy Babies Wear Paint (An Urban Babies Wear Black Book)

Michelle Sinclair Colman
Illustrator:  Nathalie Dion 
Board Book
For infants to age 3
Tricycle Press, 2011   ISBN: 978-1582463711
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Touch the Art: Catch Picasso's Rooster

Touch the Art: Catch Picasso's Rooster

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo
Novelty Board Book
For ages 4 to 6
Sterling, 2009   ISBN: 978-1402759048
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Ballyhoo Bay

Ballyhoo Bay

Judy Sierra
Illustrator:  Derek Anderson 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2009   ISBN: 978-1416958888
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123 I Can Build!

123 I Can Build!

Irene Luxbacher
Nonfiction Craft Book
For ages 4 to 8
Kids Can Press, 2009   ISBN: 978-1554533152
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Danny's Drawing Book

Danny's Drawing Book

Sue Heap
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Candlewick, 2008   ISBN: 978-0763636548
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Can You Find It, Too?

Can You Find It, Too?

Judith Cressy
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, 2004   ISBN: 978-0810950467
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Art

Art

Patrick McDonnell
Picture Book
For ages 4 and up
Little Brown, 2006   ISBN: 978-0316114912
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Mystery

Mystery

Arthur Geisert
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Houghton Mifflin, 2003   ISBN: 978-0618272938
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Miffy the Artist

Miffy the Artist

Dick Bruna
Picture Book  Series
For ages 2 to 4
Abrams, 2009   ISBN: 978-1854378231
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Touch the Art: Tickle Tut's Toes

Touch the Art: Tickle Tut's Toes

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo
Novelty Board Book
For ages 4 to 6
Sterling, 2009   ISBN: 978-1402759055
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Touch the Art: Brush Mona Lisa’s Hair

Touch the Art: Brush Mona Lisa’s Hair

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo
Board novelty book
For ages 4 to 6
Sterling Publishing, 2006   ISBN: 978-1402735660
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Touch the Art: Pop Warhol’s Top

Touch the Art: Pop Warhol’s Top

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo
Board novelty book
For ages 4 to 6
Sterling, 2006   ISBN: 978-1402735691
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Touch the Art: Make Van Gogh’s bed

Touch the Art: Make Van Gogh’s bed

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo
Board novelty book
For ages 2 to 5
Sterling, 2006   ISBN: 978-1402735677
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Blue

Blue

Philippe Dupasquier
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Andersen Press, 2005   ISBN: 1842703234
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Me, Frida

Me, Frida

Amy Novesky
Illustrator:  David Diaz 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Abrams , 2010   ISBN: 978-0810989696
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In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage

In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage

Alan Schroeder
Illustrator:  JaeMe Bereal 
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lee and Low Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-1600603327
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Four Pictures by Emily Carr

Four Pictures by Emily Carr

Nicolas Debon
Graphic Novel
For ages 10 and up
Groundwood Books, 2003   ISBN: 0888995326
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Willow

Willow

Denise Brennan-Nelson
Illustrator:  Cyd Moore 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Sleeping Bear Press, 2008   ISBN: 978-1585363421
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Babar's Museum of Art

Babar's Museum of Art

Laurent de Brunhoff
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 to 7
Harry N. Abrams, 2003   ISBN: 0810945975
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Feed Matisse’s Fish

Feed Matisse’s Fish

Julie Appel, Amy Guglielmo
Nonfiction novelty board Book
For ages 3 to 6
Sterling, 2006   ISBN: 978-1402735684
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Charlotte in Giverny

Charlotte in Giverny

Joan MacPhail Knight
Illustrator:   Melissa Sweet 
Picture Book  Series
For ages 7 to 10
Chronicle Books, 2000   ISBN: 978-0811823838
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No One Saw: Ordinary things through the eyes of an artist

No One Saw: Ordinary things through the eyes of an artist

Bob Raczka
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lerner, 2002   ISBN: 0761316485
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Art & Max

Art & Max

David Wiesner
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Clarion Books, 2010   ISBN: 978-0618756636
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Noonie's Masterpiece

Noonie's Masterpiece

Lisa Railsback
Illustrator:  Sarajo Frieden 
Fiction
For ages 9 to 12
Chronicle Books, 2010   ISBN: 978-0811866545
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Hello Rousseau! Get to know Rousseau through Stories, Games, and Draw-it-yoursel

Hello Rousseau! Get to know Rousseau through Stories, Games, and Draw-it-yoursel

Catherine de Duve
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 9
Birdcage Press, 2006   ISBN: 978-1599600024
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The A to Z guide to Letter Art

The A to Z guide to Letter Art

Illustrator:  Patricia Doherty 
Nonfiction Drawing Book
For ages 10 to 16
American Girl, 2008   ISBN: 978-1593694111
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Paint by number kit

Paint by number kit

Dan Robbins
Novelty Craft Kit
For ages 12 and up
Chronicle Books, 2005   ISBN: 978-0811847889
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M is for Masterpiece: An Art Alphabet

M is for Masterpiece: An Art Alphabet

David Domeniconi
Illustrator:  Will Bullas 
Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 to 9
Sleeping Bear Press, 2006   ISBN: 978-1585362769
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Monet and the Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas

Monet and the Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas

Carol Sabbeth
Nonfiction
For ages 9 to 12
Chicago Review Press, 2002   ISBN: 978-1556523977
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Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story

Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story

Anne Elizabeth Rector, Kathleen Krull
Illustrator:  Anne Elizabeth Rector 
Nonfiction
For ages 10 and up
Little Brown, 2004   ISBN: 0316072044
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Paris in the Spring with Picasso

Paris in the Spring with Picasso

Joan Yolleck
Illustrator:  Marjorie Priceman 
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Random House, 2010   ISBN: 978-0375837562
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Chasing Degas

Chasing Degas

Eva Montanari
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2009   ISBN: 978-0810938786
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I Am An Artist

I Am An Artist

Pat Lowery Collins
Picture Book
For ages 6 and up
Lerner, 1994   ISBN: 978-1562947293
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Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter

Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter

Lois V. Harris
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Pelican Publishing, 2007   ISBN: 978-1589804524
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Katie’s Sunday Afternoon

Katie’s Sunday Afternoon

James Mayhew
Picture Book  Series
For ages 3 to 6
Scholastic, 2004   ISBN: 978-0439606783
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The Imaginary Garden

The Imaginary Garden

Andrew Larsen
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 7
Kids Can Press, 2009   ISBN: 978-1554532797
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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A story of John James Audubon

The Boy Who Drew Birds: A story of John James Audubon

Jacqueline Davies
Illustrator:   Melissa Sweet 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Houghton Mifflin, 2004   ISBN: 978-0618243433
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Artist in Overalls: The Life of Grant Wood

Artist in Overalls: The Life of Grant Wood

John Duggleby
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Chronicle Books, 2005   ISBN: 0811849082
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The Dot

The Dot

Peter H. Reynolds
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 and up
Candlewick Press, 2003   ISBN: 978-0763619619
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Masterpiece

Masterpiece

Elise Broach
Illustrator:  Kelly Murphy 
Fiction
For ages 10 and up
Henry Holt and Co., 1969   ISBN: 978-0805082708
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Knights and Castles: Exploring History through Art

Knights and Castles: Exploring History through Art

Alex Martin
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Creative Publishing, 0000   ISBN: 1587284413
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Look! Zoom in on Art

Look! Zoom in on Art

Gillian Wolfe
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 10
Frances Lincoln (UK), 2003   ISBN: 978-0711220218
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Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light

Robert Burleigh
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 10
Abrams, 2005   ISBN: 978-0810958678
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Look! Seeing the Light in Art

Look! Seeing the Light in Art

Gillian Wolfe
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 10
Frances Lincoln, 2006   ISBN: 978-1845074678
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Cave Paintings to Picasso

Cave Paintings to Picasso

Henry M. Sayre
Nonfiction
For ages 6 and up
Chronicle, 2004   ISBN: 978-0811837675
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The Mona Lisa Caper

The Mona Lisa Caper

Laura Fernandez
For ages 6 to 9
Tundra Books, 2005   ISBN: 978-0887767265
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A Day with no Crayons

A Day with no Crayons

Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrator:  Chad Cameron 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Rising Moon, 2007   ISBN: 978-0873589109
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Dan’s Angel: A Detective’s Guide to the Language of Paintings

Dan’s Angel: A Detective’s Guide to the Language of Paintings

Alexander Sturgis
Illustrator:  Lauren Child 
Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Kane Miller Book Publishes, 2003   ISBN: 978-1929132478
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Museum Trip

Museum Trip

Barbara Lehman
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Houghton Mifflin, 2006   ISBN: 978-0618581252
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The Stolen Smile

The Stolen Smile

J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrator:  Gary Kelley 
Picture Book
For ages 7 to and up
The Creative Company, 2004   ISBN: 978-1568461922
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Ish

Ish

Peter H. Reynolds
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 and up
Candlewick Press, 2004   ISBN: 978-0763623449
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Ms. McCaw learns to Draw

Ms. McCaw learns to Draw

Kaethe Zemach
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Scholastic, 2008   ISBN: 978-0439829144
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Once upon a picture

Once upon a picture

Sally Swain
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 9
Allen and Unwin, 2007   ISBN: 978-1741751062
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Colors: A First Art Book

Colors: A First Art Book

Lucy Micklethwait
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 2 to 4
Frances Lincoln, 2005   ISBN: 978-1845073961
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Vinnie and Abraham

Vinnie and Abraham

Dawn Fitzgerald
Illustrator:   Catherine Stock 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Charlesbridge, 2007   ISBN: 978-1570916588
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What in the World: The Mona Lisa

What in the World: The Mona Lisa

Jill Kalz
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 12
The Creative Company, 2005   ISBN: 978-1583412725
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Hugo and Miles In I’ve Painted Everything: An adventure in Paris

Hugo and Miles In I’ve Painted Everything: An adventure in Paris

Scott Magoon
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Houghton Mifflin, 2007   ISBN: 978-0618646388
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