Biography & Autobiography - Art
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Brush with Greatness: Claude Monet
$14.99 Read moreLearn about the amazing life and works of art of Claude Monet as told through the eyes of a (fictitious) train station attendant, Gabriel. Tasked with keeping the area where Monet painted outside of a
- Author: Orr, Tamra B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890941619
- Language: English
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Brush with Greatness: Vincent Van Gogh
$14.99 Read moreLearn about the often-troubled life of Dutch-born painter, Vincent van Gogh, as told through the eyes of his (fictious) young assistant, Peter. Peter chronicles van Gogh’s earliest works in the Nether
- Author: Democker, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890941633
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown: A Picture Book
$19.99 Add to cartA lyrical and inspiring picture book about the life of Frida Kahlo–told through the language of flowers–and how she blossomed into a celebrated, beloved artist
Like a seed / Frida sprouted /
And bu- Author: Armendia-S?nchez, Nydia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1949480356
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
$10.95 Read moreA celebration of one of the world’s most influential painters, Frida Kahlo, and the animals that inspired her art and life–now available in paperback!
Pura Belpr? Illustrator Honor, 2018
ALA Notable- Author: Brown, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0735845476
- Language: English
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The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art
$18.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art cl- Author: Rosenstock, Barb
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0307978486
- Language: English
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Dragonflies of Glass: The Story of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls
$19.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning kids’ nonfiction author Susan Goldman Rubin, and radiantly illustrated by Susanna Chapman, the picture book Dragonflies of Glass celebrates the innovation, determination, and ambiti… [more below]
- Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 141975436X
- Language: English
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The Wire Zoo: How Elizabeth Berrien Learned to Turn Wire Into Amazing Art
$18.99 Add to cartThis inspirational picture book biography tells the story of how neurodivergent artist Elizabeth Berrien created three-dimensional wire sculptures and went on to become the “godmother” of contemporary… [more below]
- Author: Wing, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 166594076X
- Language: English
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Black Artists Shaping the World: Picture Book Edition
$16.95 Add to cartFeaturing full-color reproductions of fourteen artworks and illustrations of the artists at work, this picture book is an ideal introduction to contemporary art for young children, and a fantastic too
- Author: Jackson, Sharna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0500653402
- Language: English
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Love Is Hard Work: The Art and Heart of Corita Kent
$18.99 Add to cartThe story of how a Catholic nun became one of the twentieth century’s most significant artists and activists is brought to life in a colorful picture book biography.
“To be fully alive is to work for- Author: Paley, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1536220329
- Language: English
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Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker
$18.99 Add to cartA poetic and moving picture book biography celebrating the life and work of the visionary Japanese American woodworker George Nakashima.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, George Nakashima began a l- Author: Thompson, Holly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 082345049X
- Language: English
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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover the life and legacy of celebrated Mexican artist Diego Rivera in this picture book by award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh.
A Pura Belpr? Illustrator Award Winner! STARRED REV- Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0810997312
- Language: English
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A Storm of Horses
$19.95 Read moreAn inspiring picture book about Rosa Bonheur, the most famous female painter of her century, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the artist’s birth
In a stunning ode to underrepresente- Author: Sanderson, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1623718481
- Language: English
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Amazing Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions: You Can Build Yourself
$15.95 Add to cartAmazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers to the life, world, and incredible mind of Leonardo da Vinci through hands-on building projects that explore his inventio
- Series: Bible Time
- Author: Anderson, Maxine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0974934429
- Language: English
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Monet Paints a Day
$16.99 Read moreIn November 1885, impressionist painter Claude Monet vacationed in tretat, France, where he spent his days outside, painting scenes of the seaside village. One morning he rose early and carried all o… [more below]
- Author: Danneberg, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2012
- ISBN10: 158089240X
- Language: English
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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
$11.95 Read moreThe inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban lif
- Author: Tate, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1643790552
- Language: English
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Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
$21.99 Read moreAward-winning creators, Amy Novesky and Isabelle Arsenault, present a picture book biography of a beloved artist in Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois.
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was- Author: Novesky, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1419718819
- Language: English
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My Name Is Georgia
$10.99 Read moreFrom the time she was just a young girl, Georgia O’Keeffe viewed the world in her own way. While other girls played with toys and braided their hair, Georgia practiced her drawing and let her hair fly
- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 015204597X
- Language: English
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Who Was Norman Rockwell?
$6.99 Read moreBrush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title.
Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous wa- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0448488647
- Language: English
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Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn’t Sorry.
$17.95 Read moreA clever, quirky read-aloud biography of a leading modern artist, for kids
Artist Yves Klein always thought about how he could surprise his audience. One day, he decided that he would only paint in one
- Author: Gilberti, Fausto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1838660143
- Language: English
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Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
$8.99 Read moreKeesia and Henri Matisse have the same birthday–New Year’s Eve That’s why she picks him for her artist report. She finds out that over his long career Matisse made paintings, sculpture, books, costu… [more below]
- Series: Smart about Art
- Author: O’Connor, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 18 2002
- ISBN10: 044842519X
- Language: English
