j0290708[1] Picture Parent Resources                       

Updated August 2008

dd01797_[1]Reference                                                                                       

JR 701.1 Looking                      Looking at Art a series that describes and discusses paintings from Giotto to Pop Art. (1996)

JR 709 Gardner                        Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Tenth Edition.  A comprehensive guide to art spanning The Birth of Art through the Modern & Postmodern World. (1996)

dd01797_[1]Biographies

Several series cover the lives of numerous artists.  You may look for your artist in the Juvenile

Biography section by artist’s name, JB Perungino or search by Subject Keyword in the online

catalog by artist’s name.  To search for a recommended series, enter the series name in the

            Series box which will appear when you choose the Author/Title search:  Art for Young People; Artists in Their Time; First Impressions; Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists; Great Masters; The Life and Work of…Portraits of Women Artists for Children.

 

dd01797_[1]Tell Me a Story—A picture book list

J Fic Alcorn                                Rembrandt’s Beret (1991)

E Anholt                                    Camille & the Sunflowers (Van Gogh) (1994)

E Anholt                                    Degas & the Little Dancer (1996)

E Anholt                                    Leonardo and the Flying Boy (2000)

E Anholt                                    Matisse, The King of Color (2007)

E Anholt                                    Picasso & the Girl with the Ponytail (1998)

E Anholt                                    The Magical Garden of Claude Monet (2003)

E Arrigan                                    Mario’s Angels: a story about the artist Giotto (2006)

E Auch                                       Eggs Mark the Spot (1996)

E Beaumont                               I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! (2005)

E Boehm                                    Jack in Search of Art (1998)

E Brennan-Nelson                      Willow (2008)

E Bryant                                     Georgia’s Bones (2005)

E Brunhoff                                 Babar’s Museum of Art (2003)

E Carmack                                  Philippe in Monet’s Garden (1998)

E Catalanotto                             Emily’s Art (2001)

E Comora                                   Rembrandt & Titus: artist and son (2005)

E Croteau                                   Mr. Gauguin’s Heart (2007)

E Deeter                                     Seymour Bleu ((1998)

E Dodson                                  Badly Drawn Dog (2005)

E Domeniconi                            M is for Masterpiece (2006)

E Futterer                                   Emile (Van Gogh) (2004)

E Gogh                                      Vincent’s Colors (2005)

E Goode                                    Mama’s Perfect Present (1996)

E Guarnieri                                 A Boy Named Giotto (1999)

E Hooper                                   Dogs’ Night (2000)

E Hooper                                   Celebrity Cat (2006)

E Isadora                                    ABC POP! (Pop Art) (1999)

E Isom                                       The First Starry Night (Van Gogh) (1997)

E Jahn-Clough                            Little Dog (2006)

E Kitamura                                 Pablo the artist (2006)

E Laden                                     When Pigasso Met Mootisse (1998)

E LeTord                                   A Blue Butterfly:  a story about Claude Monet (1995)

E Lionni                                     Matthew’s Dream (1991)

E Littlesugar                               Marie in Fourth Position (Degas) (1996)

J Fic Locker                                The Young Artist (1989)

E Maltbie                                    Picasso & Minou (2005)

E Mayhew                                  Katie Meets the Impressionists (1999)

E Mayhew                                  Katie and the Mona Lisa (1999)

E Mayhew                                  Katie and the Sunflowers (2001)

E Mayhew                                  Katie’s Sunday Afternoon (Seurat) (2005)

E Micklethwait                            Children: a first art book (2006)

E Micklethwait                            Colors: a first art book (2005)

E Micklethwait                            I Spy a Lion (1994)

E Micklethwait                            I Spy Colors in Art (2007)

E Micklethwait                            I Spy Two Eyes (1993)

E Micklethwait                            I Spy an Alphabet in Art (1992)

E Micklethwait                            I Spy Shapes in Art (2004)

E Noyes                                     Hana in the Time of Tulips (Rembrandt style) (2004)

E Parillo                                     Michelangelo’s Surprise (1998)

E Pfister                                     Henri Egg Artiste (2007)

E Pilkey                                      When Cats Dream (Chagall style) (1992)

E Pittman                                   Still-Life Stew (1998)

E Reynolds                                 The Dot (2003) and Ish (2004)          

E Ringgold                                 Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad (1992)

E Ringgold                                 Tar Beach (African-American) (1991)

E Rylant                                     All I See (1988)

E Stanley                                    The Gentleman & the Kitchen Maid (1994)

E Sabuda                                    Uh-Oh, Leonardo! (2003)

E Scieszka                                   Seen Art? (2005)

E Sweeney                                  Bijou, Bonbon & Beau (Degas) (1998)

E Sweeney                                  Suzette and the Puppy (Cassatt) (2000)

E Vande Griek                            The Art Room (Emily Carr) (2002)

E Waldman                                The Starry Night (Van Gogh) (1999)

E Warhola                                  Uncle Andy’s (Andy Warhol) (2003)

E Weitzman                                You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Met… (1998)

E Weitzman                                You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts (2002)

E Wheatley                                 Luke’s Way of Looking (2001)

E Willard                                    Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch (1991)

J 398.20947 Afanasyev                 The Fool & the Fish (1990)

J 398.20952 Levine                      The Boy Who Drew Cats (Japanese Folk Tale) (1994)

J 398.2454 Birrer                         The Lady & the Unicorn (1987)

 
dd01797_[1]Art Styles

 

African-American

          E Hartfield                        Me and Uncle Romie ((2002)

          E Ringgold                        Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky (1992)

          E Ringgold                        Tar Beach (1991)

 

Representational

          E Locker                           The Mare on the Hill (1995)

 

Impressionism

          E Anholt                           Camille & the Sunflowers (1994)

          E Dahan                           Squiggle’s Tale (2000)

          Juv Fic Knight                   Charlotte in Giverny (2000)

E LeTord                          A Blue Butterfly (Monet) (1992)

E LeTord                          A Bird or Two (Matisse) (1999)

          E Mayhew                         Katie Meets the Impressionists (1999)

 

Expressionism

          E McCully                         Mirette on the High Wire (1992)

          E Williams                         A Chair for My Mother (1982)

 

Surrealism

          E Browne                         Voices in the Park (1998)

          E Browne                         Willy the Dreamer (1998)

          E Browne                         Willy’s Pictures (2000)    

          E Edwards                        Alphabeasts (2002)        

          Juv Fic Garland                 Dinner at Magritte’s (1995)

          E Thomson                      Imagine a Day (2005)

 

Folk Art

          E Cooney                         Island Boy (1988)

          E Hall                               Ox-Cart Man (1979)

                                                           

dd01797_[1]Non-fiction

JB Katsushika                             Hokusai the man who painted a mountain (2001)

J 232.901 L’Engle                        The Glorious Impossible (1990)

J 513 Tang                                  Math-terpieces (2003)

J 700.89 Children                         Children of Promise...(1991)

J 700.9 Cels                                 Arts and Literature in the Middle Ages (2005)

J 700.952 Hamanaka                    In Search of the Spirit...treasures of Japan (1999)

J 701 Raczka                               Art Is… (2003)

J 701.1 Greenberg                       Painter’s Eye...contemporary American art (1991)

J 701.1 Knox                               The Great Art Adventure (1993)

J 701.1 Libby                               Using Art to Make Art (2000)

J 701.1 Micklethwait                    A Child’s Book of Art (1999)

J 701.1 Micklethwait                    Discover Great Paintings: great pictures, great fun (1999)

J 701.1 Renshaw                          Art Book for Children Book 1 (2005)

J 701.1 Renshaw                          Art Book for Children Book 2 (2007)

J 701.1 Williams                           Stories in Art  (1992)

J 701.1221 Wolfe                         Oxford First Book of Art (2000)

J 701.4 Yenawine                        Key Art Terms for Beginners (1995)

J 704.03 Butler                            A Drawing in the Sand… African American Art (1998)

J 704.0396 Rolling                       Discovering African American Art for Children (2005)

J 704.9425 Metro                         Metropolitan Children (1984)

J 709 Corrain                               The Art of the Renaissance (1997)

J 709 Encyclopedia                      Encyclopedia of Artists (Six Volumes) (2000)

J 709 Janson                                History of Art for Young People (1997)

J 709 Mason                                In the Time of Michelangelo (2001)

J 709 Mason                                In the Time of Picasso (2002)

J 709 Mason                                In the Time of Renoir (2001

J 709 Mason                                In the Time of Warhol (2002)

J 709 Raczka                               Where in the World? (2006)

J 709 Sayer                                  Cave Paintings to Picasso (2004)

J 709 Toohil                                Accents on Artists (1996) A fact-filled pronunciation guide.

J 709.04 Oliver                            New Media, New Messages 1980-2000 (2001)

J 709.04  Woolf                           Picture This Century: an intro to 20th cent. Art (1993)

J 709.2 Degas                              Edgar Degas:  Dance Like a Butterfly (2002)

J 709.2273 Greenberg                  The American Eye—eleven artists of the 20th cent. (1995)

J 709.73 Greenberg                     Sculptor’s Eye:  looking at contemporary American art (1993)

J730.92 Fritz                               Leonardo’s Horse (2001)

J 741.6 Bang                               Picture This:  How Pictures Work (2000)

J 745.4 Kohl                                Discovering Great Artists (1996)

J 750.1 Richardson                      Looking at Pictures (1997)

J 750.11 Barbe-Gall                     How To Talk to Children about Art (2005)

J 750.11 Cressy                            Can You Find It, Too? (2004)

J 750.11 Raczka                           Unlikely Pairs:  fun with famous works of art (2006)

753 How                                     How to Read a Painting:  Lessons from the Old Masters (2004)

J 758.4 Capek                              Artistic Trickery:  the tradition of Trompe L’oeil Art (1995)

J 759 Homer                               A Weekend with Winslow Homer (1993)

J 759 Raczka                               More Than Meets the Eye: seeing art with all five senses (2003)

J 759 Schulte                               Can You Find It Inside? (2005)

J 759 Schulte                               Can You Find It Outside (2005)

J 759 Thomson                           Grisly & Gruesome (2003)

J 759.05 Wallis                             Impressionists  (2003)

J 759.054 Sabbeth                       Monet and the Impressionists for Kids (21 activities) (2002)

J 759.06 Raczka                           No One Saw:  Ordinary Things Through the Eyes of an Artist

J 759.13 Homer                           Winslow Homer, The Gulf Stream (1982)        

J 759.4 Bjork                               Linnea in Monet’s Garden ((1999)

J 759.4 Picasso                            A Day with Picasso (1999)

J759.4 Seurat                               Seurat and La Grande Jatte (2004)

J 759.49 Craft                              Pieter Brueghel’s The Fair (1975)

J 759.4918 Rubin                         The Yellow House: Vincent VanGogh and Paul Gauguin(2001)

J 759.5 Leonardo                         Leonardo Beautiful Dreamer (2003)

J 759.5 Leonardo                         Leonardo da Vinci for Kids (1998)

J 759.951 Cheng                          A Young Painter...Wang Yani (1991)

J 760.092 Lawrence                     Jacob Lawrence American Scenes, American Struggles (1996)

J 793.73 Cressy                            Can You Find It? (2002)

J 922.22 Mayer                            The Twelve Apostles: their lives and acts (2000)

J 927.0945 Barter                         Artists of the Renaissance (1999)

J 940.21 Day                               Your Travel Guide to Renaissance Europe (2001)

J 940.21 Matthews                       The Renaissance (2000)

 

dd01797_[1]Art Series:

A First Discovery Art Book

J 701.1 Delafosse                         Portraits (1993)

J 750.11 Delafosse                       Landscapes (1995)

J 750.11 Delafosse                       Paintings (1995)

 

A First Look at Art

J 704.949 Thomson                     Celebrations (2005)

J 704.9 Thomson                        Creatures (2004)

J 704.9 Thomson                        Families (2004)

J 709.4 Thomson                        Myths (2005)

J 709.4 Thomson                        Places (2004)

J 704.9 Thomson                        Weather (2004)

 

Adventures in Art                    

J 701.8 Wenzel                            Do You See What I See?: art of illusion (2001)

J 709.2 Degas                              Edgar Degas:  Dance Like a Butterfly (2002)

J 732 Stelzig                                Can You Spot the Leopard (African Masks) (1997)

J 759.9492 Gogh                         Visiting Vincent Van Gogh (1997)

J 759.9493 Bruegel                       Pieter Bruegel’s Tower of Babel (1998)

J 759.9493 Magritte                     Now You See It—Now You Don’t (Surrealism) (1998)

J 760.0922 Kutschbach                The Blue Rider (German Expressionism) (1996)

J 940.1 Beckett                            The Duke and the Peasant (1997)

JB Chagall                                   Marc Chagall—Life Is A Dream (1998)

JB Monet                                    Claude Monet—the Magician of Colour (1997)

 

Art Explorers

J 709.04 Raimondo                      Make it Pop! Activities and Adventures in Pop Art (2006)

J 709.04 Raimondo                      What’s the Big Idea? Activities and Adventures in Abstract Art (2008)

J 709.04 Raimondo                      Imagine That!  Activities & Adventures in Surrealism (2004)

J 759.054 Raimondo                    Picture This!  Activities & Adventures in Impressionism (2004)

J 760.09 Raimondo                      Express Yourself!  Activities & Adventures in Expressionism (2005)

 

Art for Children Series

J 704.9 Baumbusch                      Animals Observed (1999)

J 704.9 Baumbusch                      Looking at Nature (1999)

J 704.942 Baumbusch                  Figuring Figures (1999)

J 704.942 Baumbusch                  The Many Faces of the Face (1999)

 

Art for Children (Chelsea House Series)

J 759.4 Brueghel                          Brueghel:  a gift for telling stories (1995)

J 759.4 Chagall                            Chagall:  my sad and joyous village (1994)

J 759.4 Degas                              Degas:  the painted gesture (1994)

J 759.4 Gauguin                          Good Day, Mister Gauguin (1995)

JB Leonardo                               Da Vinci:  the painter who spoke with birds (1994)

J 759.4 Matisse                            Matisse:  painter of the essential (1995)

J 759.4 Roussea                           Rousseau:  still voyages (1995)

J 759.4 Picasso                            Picasso:  a day in his studio (1994)

J 759.6 Miro                                Miro:  earth and sky (1994)

 

Art in History

J 709.01 Hodge                           Prehistoric Art (1998)

J 709.32 Hodge                           Ancient Egyptian Art (1998)

J 709.37 Hodge                           Ancient Roman Art  (1998)

J 709.38 Hodge                           Ancient Greek Art (1998)

 

Art Revolutions

J 709 Bolton                               Impressionism (2000)

J 709.0403 Bolton                       Cubism (2000)

J 709.0406 Bolton                       Surrealism (2000)

J 709.0407 Bolton                       Pop Art (2000)

 

Artists in Profile

J 759.05 Wallis                             Impressionists (2003)

J 759.13 Mason                           Pop Artists (2003)

J 760.09 Holme                           Expressionists (2003)

 

Come Look with Me (World of Art)

J 701.1 Blizzard                           Come Look with Me:  World of Play (1992)

J 701.1 Richardson                      Come Look with Me:  the Artist at Work (2003)

J 704.0396 Rolling                       Come Look with Me: Discovering African American Art (2005)

J 709.8 Lane                                Come Look with Me:  Latin American Art (2007)

J 750 Coyne                                Come Look with Me:  Discovering Women Artists (2005)

J 750.11 Blizzard                         Come Look with Me:  Enjoying Art with Children (1990)

J 758.1 Blizzard                           Come Look with Me:  Exploring Landscape Art (1992)

J 758.3 Blizzard                           Come Look with Me:  Animals in Art (1992)

 

Dorling Kindersley

J 701.82 Cole                               Perspective (2000)

J 750.11 Cumming                       Annotated Art…paintings explored and explained (1995)

J 750.11 Welton                          Looking at Paintings (1994)

 

How Artists See

J 701.1 Carroll                             Animals:  mammal, fish, bird, reptile (1996)

J 701.1 Carroll                             People:  boy, girl, man, woman (1996)

J 704.9 Carroll                             Cities:  streets, buildings, shops, transportation (1999)

J 704.9 Carroll                             Play:  sports, games, toys, imagination (1999)

J 704.9 Carroll                             Work:  farm, factory, office, home (1997)

J 707.9 Carroll                             Families:  mother, father, sister, brother (1997)

J 760 Carroll                                The Elements:  earth, air, fire, water (1996)

J 760.01 Carroll                           The Weather:  sun, wind, snow, rain (1996)

 

How to Look at Art

J 750 Richardson                         Showing Motion in Art (2000)

J 750 Richardson                         Using Shadows in Art (2000)

J 750.1 Richardson                      Showing Distance in Art (2000)

J 752 Richardson                         Using Color in Art (2000)

J 757 Richardson                         Looking at Faces in Art (2000)

J 758 Richardson                         Telling Stories in Art (2000)

 
Looking At Paintings

J 757 Roalf                                  Families (1992)

J 757 Roalf                                  Self-portraits (1993)

J 757.5 Roalf                               Children (1993)

J 758.1 Roalf                               Landscapes (1992)

J 758.3 Roalf                               Cats (1992)

 
Smart About Art

JB Kahlo                                     Frida Kahlo:  the aritist who painted herself (2003)

JB Matisse                                   Henri Matisse:  drawing with scissors (2002)

JB Monet                                    Claude Monet:  sunshine and waterlilies (2001)

JB Picasso                                   Pablo Picasso:  breaking all the rules (2002)

 
Start with Art

J 704.9432 Lacey                         Animals (1999)

J 704.9432 Lacey                         People (1999)

J 704.9435 Lacey                         Still Life (2000)

J 704.9436 Lacey                         Landscapes (2000)

J 704.949 Lacey                           Sports & Leisure (2000)

 

 

What Makes a…

  J 759’s         What Makes a…? A favorite choice of Picture Parents.  Explains how and why we recognize a variety of artists and their styles.  (1993-1994) J759.13 Cassatt,  J759.4 Degas, J759.4 Monet, J759.4 Picasso,  J759.5 Leonardo, 759. 5 Raphael, J759.6 Goya, J759.9492 Gogh, J759.9492 Rembrandt, J759.9493 Bruegel.

 

Who & When

J 700 Eighteenth                                                   The 18th Century: artists, writers, and composers (1998)

J 700 Impressionism                                     Impressionism and Post-impression (1998)

J 700 Renaissance                                                  The Renaissance:  artists and writers (1998)

J 700 Seventeenth                                                  The 17th Century:  artists, writers and composers (1998)

 

dd01797_[1]Non-print sources: 
 
            Art videos: The videos may be more appropriate for your own use--refresh your memory on the Renaissance, or learn a few new facts about a particular artist.  Feel free to browse the 700’s and 759’s in the AV area.  Located on the First floor behind the Cup & Chaucer coffee shop. 

 

Vertical Files: The library provides a small collection of art images that can be checked out, as well as a set of activity books related to artists: Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, and VanGogh. See the Youth Services staff for help locating the files.

 

Library Databases: The library subscribes to online databases that provide resources useful for Picture Parent: See database flier for tips on searching.

 

Art Museum Image Gallery: Art images from distinguished museums around the world, rights-cleared for educational use to print or display on screen.  You will be asked to enter your library barcode.

CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online. Rights-cleared art images for educational use that you can print or show on screen.  Scroll down to CAMIO & click on it.   Log in with either your MI driver's license/state id OR your library card number.

SIRS Renaissance: Full-text articles on art history and criticism, includes painting, sculpture, and photography images. You will be asked to enter your library barcode.

 

Websites:  The library offers public computers with internet access.  A library card or computer access card is needed to log on.

 

http://ipl.org/div/kidspace/              Start off at this site and click on “Art” under the “Art & Music” heading, from there you can enter “Art” then “Art History”, or “Artists”.  Explore Leonardo’s workshop, be an Art Detective, get trapped in a painting http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/ find a photo of Matisse or browse Van Gogh for kids.

 

 

 

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/    The Web Museum.  Need a definition of Fauvism?  Not sure of the dates for Baroque? Also includes biographical information on artists, time period in which they painted, and thumbnail prints that enlarge for more detail. 

http://www.nga.gov/kids/                Visit National Gallery of American Art for information on artists, online art activities, and kits and resources for teachers.  Great interactive games for kids at home.

 

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/for-kids.htm A wide variety of web offerings on art appreciation, interactive art history and more!

 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Offers coloring sheets of famous paintings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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