These bright, compact hardcovers introduce young readers andtheir parents to six visual building blocks--Lines, Shapes, Colors,People, Places and Stories--via an assortment of the greatmasterpieces of twentieth century art. Author Philip Yenawine, thelongtime Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art, iscurrently co-director of Visual Understanding in Education, adevelopmentally based education research organization. He has alsobeen affiliated with education programs at the Metropolitan Museumof Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. In ShapesYenawine asks questions like, "Can you find buildings? And roofs?"while looking at a Picasso study. Other Shapes artists includeSeurat, Gauguin, Malevich, Mondrian, Arp, Klee, Smith and Dali.Colors looks at Monet, de Kooning, Kandinsky, Albers, Stella andJohns, among others. Places includes 21 artworks by artists such asHopper, Munch, Klimt, and Bonnard, while People highlights works byBalthus, Degas, Freud, Cezanne, Neel and Rivera. Lines featur

Taro Gomi is back with a new addition to the wildly popular Scribbles, Doodles, and Squiggles series. Playful drawings of spring, summer, fall, and winter scenes plus fun-to-follow instructions will have kids of all ages doodling, drawing, and stretching their imaginations all year long!

Gomi invites children to punch out more than 60 fantastic playthings, including ring-toss games, finger puppets, boxes, picture frames, a zoo's worth of animals, and more. Full color. Consumable.

Museum ABC is a unique and colorful picturebook that introduces children to more than a hundred works of art,using the alphabet. Adults and children alike will love the visualand cultural richness of this alphabetical tour through theMetropolitan Museum's collection.

Invites the reader to complete the illustrations by drawingeyes and a mouth on one's finger and inserting it through thedie-cut hole in each page as a "finger worm."

This imaginative board book features beautiful paintings by a renowned artist paired with playful, rhyming text. Children can enter Edgar Degas's magical world of toe shoes, tutus and elegant ballerinas. Dancing with Degas is a fun introduction to art and an imaginative adventure all rolled into one!

Presenting twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, The Art of Possibility is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. The Art of Possibility combines Benjamin Zander's experience as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and his talent as a teacher and communicator with psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for designing innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment. The authors' harmoniously interwoven perspectives provide a deep sense of the powerful role that the notion of possibility can play in every aspect of life. Through uplifting stories, parables, and personal anecdotes, the Zanders invite us to become passionate communicators, leaders, and performers whose lives radiate possibility into the world

Katie just can't decide what she wants to be when she growsup. Perhaps a trip to the gallery to see five famous paintings byworld-renowned British artists might give her some ideas. And canshe help the shepherd boy from Constable's The Cornfield round upall those pesky sheep? For almost two decades, the Katie series hasbeen bringing art to life for young children.

"The Game of Light" is an inventive game of storytelling withshadows. Part of a bright and lively series of board books thatwork like a game. Full color.

A way of introducing young children to fine art. The sleepy trees, golden haystacks and joicy fruits of Van Gough will appeal to children as well as their parents. Playful rhyming texts accompany the paintings. For ages 2 to 5.

The creator of the bestselling Paper Blossoms delivers more extraordinary flowers for the table. From a butterfly garden to a hummingbird's arbour, a branch of orchids to a vase of tulips, these four new breath taking pop-up centrepieces brighten any table and fill any room with colour and lasting beauty.

Throw this irrepressible doodle book in a purse or a backpack, leave it in the back of the car or take it onto a flight, for instant mood adjustment and therapy for any case of boredom. Draw a happy-looking cake, a laughing frog, a delighted robot, and just try not to laugh out loud! Moody doodlers of all ages will love Taro Gomi's signature humor and his invitation to imagine and create--wherever the mood takes you!

This imaginative board book features beautiful paintings by a renowned artist paired with playful, rhyming text. In A Picnic with Monet, Claude Monet's light-filled paintings take children on an enchanted picnic in the countryside. This board book is a fun introduction ot art and an imaginative adventure all rolled into one!

50 Tear-Off Placemats for Mealtime Fun Break out your pens and markers, and help the whale spout and the chameleon change colour draw a dog for the doghouse, or horses for the grassy field with this really giant colouring and doodling pad of 52 big place mats Picky eaters and fidgety diners of all ages will love Taro Gomi's signature humour and invitation to imagine and create at mealtime.

Who hasn’t heard of Vincent Van Gogh? The Dutch genius of late Impressionism rings a bell even with children. His beautiful colours and twisted portraits touch everybody, both young and old. Therefore, Ludion presents The Little Van Gogh Museum. Like its predecessor in the series, its concept is to make little children learn their first words, every spread showing a work by Van Gogh (mainly from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam) with juxtaposed, chronologically ordered keywords. Meanwhile, somewhat older kids get a good introduction to his oeuvre, and of course, also parents can enjoy it. If you want to hear your child say 'Sunflower', then buy this book!

Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Georges Seurat, rhyming text tells a story from the artwork.

With Draw and Color: Horses and Ponies, aspiring artists canlearn to create masterpieces featuring these stunning creatures,from the Andalusian to the Appaloosa to the Rocky Mountain Pony.Kids use circles to start the horses’ heads, chest, and hips; ovalsfor their muzzles and profiles; and triangles for their uprightears. Then they ll use the double-sided colored pencils and shapederaser to add the final touches to equine friends. And childrenwill delight in the quizzes and fun facts for each horse and ponythat make learning simple and enjoyable.Once children get startedwith Draw and Color: Horses and Ponies, wild horses won’t be ableto keep them away!

This is no ordinary coloring book With playful drawings, funny scenarios and fun-to-follow instructions, this book is not just for coloring, but for doodling, drawing, imagining and thinking

Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Auguste Renoir, rhyming text tells a story from the artwork.

With no text, this board book takes youngsters on a visualwalk through the countryside. Readers can tell the story aloud asthey OwalkO through the book. Full color.

From circles and squares to arches and stars, Museum Shapesintroduces children to basic and complex shapes through TheMetropolitan Museum+s extensive and varied collections of art. Eachshape has two spreads devoted to it; the first spread asks whatshape a certain object is in a chosen piece of art. Once the childhas the answer, he or she can turn the page to verify the answer.Information about each piece of art and its creator appears in theback of the book. While children discover different shapes, adultswill appreciate the aesthetic value and cultural richness of thisglorious book, which features the works of a diverse range ofartists including Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and DanteGabriel Rossetti.