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Book Recommendations

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Book Recommendations

Good for all ages

Drawn & Quartered: Reshuffle the History of Art 234,256 Ways.Bullfinch Press, 1997

Grades K-3

The following can also be enjoyed by older, independent readers and make a great sibling activity.

I Spy: An Alphabet in Art 
Mulberry Books, 1992

Museum ABC: Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Little Brown & Company. 2002.

Can You Find It?  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
 arry N. Abrams, 2002

Can You Find it Outside? The Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Harry N. Abrams, 2005

Katie’s Sunday Afternoon 
James Mayhew, Orchard Books (Scholastic Inc.), 2004

Feed Matisse’s Fish Touch the Art Series
 Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., 2006

Grades 3-5

The following can be for independent readers but may also be read to young children.

Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Smart about Art Series
 Grosset & Dunlap,  2002

13 Art Mysteries Children Should Know, Wenzel, Angela
 Prestel: Munich, London, New York,  2011

Vermeer’s Secret World: Adventures in Art, Etienne, Vincent
 Prestel: Munich, Berlin, London, New York, 2008

What Makes a Bruegel a Bruegel?  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Viking, 1993

Da Vinci,Getting to Know The World’s Greatest Artists Series
 Children’s Press, 1989.

Gauguin Art Activity Pack, Musée d’Orsay Chronicle Books, 1997

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