This is one of a series of books on modern art created to help very young people learn the basic vocabulary used by artists, a sort of ABC of art. This book explores how people are depicted by artists and how they help to convey meaning in art. By looking at the people portrayed in this book and discussing their various characteristics, adults encourage children to develop creative thinking skills. Notes at the back of each book provide brief background information that adults will find useful when talking with children about the images reproduced in these books.

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.

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!

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."

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.

New board books in the best-selling Mini Masters series feature beautiful paintings from Cassatt and Picasso and rhyming text introducing budding artists to these famous masters.

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!

These enchanting books introduce children to four perennially popular subjects: animals, letters, numbers and toys. Each book features thirty engaging games with activities involving colouring, recognition, classification, counting, searching and more, as well as one double spread of stickers. This beautifully designed collection will both educate and entertain all children of three and over. (Carries EU Toy Safety Directive 'CE' logo).

"Brad" explores the ups and downs of van Gogh's life and art inthis colorful report, featuring Brad's funny cartoons alongsidereproductions of classic paintings like Starry Night.

(Praise for the Art Book for Children Volume One) 'A Perfectintroduction to art for parents and children to enjoy together' TheGuardian 'Parents will find this a wonderful book to share withtheir child' Junior 'Stylish and exciting without being silly' TheSunday Times

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

Join Katie as five famous Pointillist paintings come alive forher! On a hot, sunny day, a painting of some bathers in a coolriver proves too tempting for Katie, and so she dives straight intothe picture! But Katie doesn't just cause a splash - she causes aflood! Paddling with new friends might be fun, but how will Katiestop the water pouring into the gallery? A wonderful introductionand explanation of the Pointillist art style, featuring fivemasterpieces from three famous artists: Bathers at Asnieres byGeorges Seurat Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte byGeorges Seurat Port of Honfleur by Georges Seurat Woman Hanging upthe Washing by Camille Pissarro Portrait of Felix Feneon by PaulSignac

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

Here in the latest addition to our contemporary art board-book series, Henri Matisse's exuberant cut-paper art leaps off the page, accompanied by simple, lyrical text sure to delight the very young.

Katie meets a real princess and discovers the incredibleSpanish artists including Velazquez! Katie's very excited - herbirthday is coming, and she'll be having a fancy dress party! WhatKatie would like more than anything, is to dress up as a princess,but Grandma can't seem to get her costume quite right! Perhaps atrip to the art gallery will provide some inspiration ...Join Katieon her adventure inside five famous paintings as she gets to be areal princess for a day! The five masterpieces featured are:Portrait of the Infanta Margarita by Velazquez, Don Manuel Osoriode Zuniga by Goya, The Parasol by Goya, A Peasant Boy Leaning on aSill by Murillo, Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver byVelazquez

Following the amazing success of One Red Dot and Blue 2, DavidCarter has done it again! He's back with 600 Black Spots, his mostclever scavenger hunt pop-up yet. Readers can spend countless hoursof fun searching for the black spots throughout the pages--but becareful! Tricks and surprises abound in this endlesslyentertaining, keep-you-on-the-spot book!

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.

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