Tuesday January 06 2009

RECOMMENDED CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Art Dog
By Thacher Hurd
The story of Arthur Dog, museum guard by day, caped artist/avenger by night.

The Art Lesson
By Tommie dePaola
Tommy grows up learning to express himself through art.

Cherries and Cherry Pits
By Vera B. Williams
Young artist Bidemmi tells the story of what she is drawing.

Diego
By Jeanette and Jonah Winter
Bilingual English and Spanish story of renowned artist Diego Rivera.

Elmo's World: Drawing
By Sesame Workshop
Elmo lets his imagination go.

I Can Color
By Ray Gibson
Step-by-step pictures show children how to draw animals, decorations, fireworks, and shapes.

I Spy: An Alphabet in Art
By Lucy Micklethwait
An A-Z of art. Each letter is illustrated by a great painting. The trick is, can you find the object hiding in the picture that begins with the featured letter?

Katie and the Mona Lisa
By James Mayhew
During a visit to an art museum, Katie steps into the Mona Lisa to find out where her smile has gone.

Mary Cassatt
By Ernestine Giesecke
An introduction to this wonderful American Impressionist painter.

Matthew's Dream
By Leo Lionni
Matthew the mouse visits an art museum, and the artist within him is born.

Picture Perfect
By Allison Inches
This Dragon Tales adventure features Cassie making a mural for the playground wall.

Warhogs Paint, A Messy Color Book
By Pamela Duncan Edwards
Painting provides opportunities for warthogs to make a mess on a rainy day.

This project is partially supported by Carbondale Community Arts Southern Arts Fund, by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.