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