Art and Artists

A collection of books about art and artists of all kinds
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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