E Cooney
Hattie and the Wild Waves : A Story from Brooklyn
by Barbara Cooney
A young girl from Brooklyn, New York enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.
E DePaola
Bonjour, Mr. Satie
by Tomie DePaola
Through the diplomatic efforts of Uncle Satie, two talented Parisian artists end their feud.
E Dionetti
Painting the Wind
by Michelle Dionetti
Entranced by the paintings of the unconventional artist Vincent Van Gogh, for whom her mother is working as a housekeeper, Claudine is saddened when the townspeople turn against him.
E Johnson
Kenji and the Magic Geese
by Ryerson Johnson
One of the geese in the beloved picture on Kenji's wall flies off to join the wild geese in the sky and then returns to the picture, with interesting results.
E Laden
When Pigasso Met Mootisee
by Nina Laden
Pigasso, a talented pig, and Mootisse, an artistic bull, live across the road from one another, but when conflicts arise they build fences that ultimately become modern art masterpieces. Includes biographies of the real-life artists, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
E Lakin
Subway Sonata
by Patricia Lakin
The New York City subway provides inspiration for a writer, a composer, a choreographer, and a painter, taking them in four different artistic directions.
E Mayhew
Katie and the Sunflowers
by James Mayhew
While visiting the art museum, Katie has an adventure stepping in and out of five paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne. Includes information about Post-impressionism and the particular paintings and artists in the story.
E Sweeney
Bijou, Bonbon, and Beau: The Kittens who Danced for Degas
by Joan Sweeney
Three little kittens create a sensation when they join dancers onstage of a Parisian theater known for its ballet and for the artist who paints there.
E Weitzmann
You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum
by Jacqueline Preiss
In this wordless story, a young girl and her grandmother view works inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the balloon she has been forced to leave outside floats around New York City causing a series of mishaps that mirror scenes in the museum's artworks.
E Whatley
Wait! No Paint!
by Bruce Whatley
The three little pigs are in their usual trouble with the big bad wolf, until a mysterious Voice gets involved and mixes things up.
J 428.6 Baker
One Saturday Afternoon
by Barbara Baker
Members of a bear family have a busy day baking bread, making pictures, eating crayons, and eating the bread.
J 428.6 Chorao
Up and Down with Kate
by Kay Chorao
Kate's fantastic grandmother, who always guesses correctly what Kate has drawn, leaves Kate a special gift before moving away.
J 428.6 Ehrlich
Kazam's Magic
by Amy Ehrlich
Four stories about a young girl whose magic tricks do not always turn out as she had hoped.
J 428.6 Heling
Mouse Makes Words
by Kathryn Heling
By dropping the first letter of a variety of words and adding a new letter, Mouse makes several rhyming words.
J 428.6 Levinson
Say Cheese!
by Nancy Smiler Levinson
A monkey keeps trying to take a photograph of a giraffe couple, but the other animals insist on pushing their way into the picture.
J 428.6 Rau
Purple is Best
by Dana Meachen
Rau Sue's blue paint and Fred's red paint get mixed together and create purple, the best color of all.
J 428.6 Rylant
Mr. Putter and Tabby Paint the Porch
by Cynthia Rylant
Mr. Putter finds it a challenge to paint his front porch in the presence of his cat Tabby and his neighbor's dog Zeke.
J 428.6 Schafer
Beep! Beep! It's Beeper!
by Carole Lexa Schafer
Beeper Alien paints a picture of a house, counts things in space, bakes, and flies in patterns.
J 428.6 Tatler
Thumbprint Critters
by Sarah Tatler
Use your thumbprint to create pictures.
J 428.6 Wilhelm
I Love Colors!
by Hans Wilhelm
A playful dog makes a colorful mess when he mixes different colors of paint.
J Briggs
Hobart
by Anita Briggs
Four budding artists, a tap dancer, a poet, a singer, and an acrobat, who just happen to be pigs, live out their dreams and avoid becoming bacon.
J Catalanotto
Emily's Art
by Peter Catalanotto
Emily paints four pictures and enters one in the first-grade art contest, but the judge interprets Emily's entry as a rabbit instead of a dog.
J Giles
Breath of a Dragon
by Gail Giles
Malila draws pictures to accompany her grandmother's stories about Thai festivals, traditions, and customs.
J Harding
Alvin's Famous No-Horse
by William Harry Harding
With encouragement from his teacher and help from his classmates, eight-year-old Alvin struggles with his efforts to draw a horse for the third-grade art exhibit.
J Kirby
The secret of Thut-Mouse III, or, Basil Beaudesert's revenge
by Mansfield Kirby
Basil Beaudesert and Danny, two clever mice living in a museum of ancient art use the cat Pat-Ti-Paw's fascination with Egyptian artifacts to hoax her into the belief that Egyptian mice were more powerful than cats.
J Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
A girl and her younger brother run away from home and take up residence at the Metropolitan Museum where they come across a beautiful and mysterious statue. Determined to discover its maker, they first have to find the statue's former owner, the reclusive and mischievous Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and then sort through her incredibly mixed-up files.
J Moss
Amelia Works it Out
by Marissa Moss
Amelia draws on her artistic talent to earn money for something special that she really wants.
J Park
A Single Shard
by Linda Sue Park
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
J Shafer
The Fantastic Journey of Peter Breughel
by Anders C. Shafer
For over two years in the mid-1500s, Pieter Bruegel keeps a journal of his trip from his home in Antwerp, The Netherlands, to Rome, where he studies art before returning home again.
J Toles
My School is Worse than Yours
by Tom Toles
Raven, who attends an underground school with a robot teacher, pursues her dream of being an artist.
J 743.83 Arnosky
Sketching Outdoors in Summer
by Jim Arnosky
Provides drawings of landscapes, plants, animals, and other aspects of nature, accompanied by comments from the artist on how and why he drew them.
J 759.13 Bosch
Hieronymous Bosch
by Gary Schwartz
Discusses the life of the Dutch artist and explores his complex works.
J 398 Brooke
A Brush with Magic
by William J. Brooke
Liang, an orphan boy with a magic paintbrush that brings to life whatever he paints, travels to the court of the Emperor of China to find his fortune and true love.
J 736 Diehn
Making books that fly, fold, wrap, hide, pop up, twist, and turn : books for kids to make
by Gwen Diehn
Presents instructions for making various kinds of books including those that carry messages across space and time as well as those that save words, ideas, and pictures.
J 791.43 Hamilton
Special Effects in Film and Television
by Jake Hamilton
Presents a behind-the-scenes look at some of the magic of the movies including the puppetry techniques used in ET, the animation in Toy Story, and much more.
J 701.1 Knox
The Great Art Adventure
by Bob Knox
Two children visit the wacky Museum of World Art, where paintings come to life, and they see such works as Egyptian paintings, Roman mosaics, Tibetan scrolls, and American Indian buffalo skin paintings.
J 709 Krull
Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought)
by Kathleen Krull
Biographical information on the artist's lives and eccentricities - artistic gossip.
J 759.4 Monet
Linnea in Monet's Garden
by Christina Bjork
The art and life of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet and his garden through the eyes of a little girl.
J 759.449 Rembrandt
A Weekend with Rembrandt
by Pascal Bonafoux
The seventeenth-century Dutch painter talks about his life and work as if entertaining the reader for the weekend. Includes reproductions of the artist's works and a list of museums where works are on display.
J 708 Thomson
The Nine-ton Cat
by Peggy Thomson
A behind-the-scenes look at the National Gallery of Art including its private spaces, workshops, offices, and labs where visitors rarely enter.
J-B Carle
Flora and Tiger : 19 Very Short Stories from my Life
by Eric Carle
The author recalls experiences from his childhood in Germany and his later life in the United States, all in some way connected with various animals.
J-B Cole
On the Bus with Joanna Cole : a Creative Autobiography
The author discusses her life, how she came to be a writer, where she gets her ideas from, and what is involved in producing a book.
J-B Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci for Kids : His Life and Ideas : 21 Activities
Presents a biography of this prolific artist and inventor through projects in cartography, animal art, bird observation, and mask making.
J-B Degas
Edgar Degas : Paintings That Dance
by Maryann Cocca-Leffer
Written as a report by a fictitious student.
J-B Katsushi
The Man Who Painted a Mountain
by Deborah Kogan
Ray Hokusai painted the famous Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. This picture-book biography tells of his life and struggles.
J-B Matisse
Henri Matisse : Drawing with Scissors
by Jane O'Connor
Presents the life and work of Henri Matisse in the form of a child's school report.
J-B O'Keefe
My Name is Georgia : a Portrait
by Jeanette Winter
Presents, in brief text and illustrations, the life of the painter who drew much of her inspiration from nature.
J-B Savion!
Savion! My Life in Tap
by Savion Glover
Examines the life and career of the young tap dancer who speaks with his feet and who choreographed the Tony Award-winning Broadway show "Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk."
J-B Snicket
Lemony Snicket : The Unauthorized Biography
The elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, and other miscellaneous documents as well as photographs and illustrations.
J-B West
The Boy Who Loved to Draw : Benjamin West
by Barbara Brenner
Recounts the life story of the Pennsylvania artist who began drawing as a boy and eventually became well known on both sides of the Atlantic.