Great Books about Artists for students - excellent condition and low prices!
Posted by Francie on 8/19/08

Monet and the Impressionists for Kids by Carol Sabbeth –
includes 21 activities and information about Monet.
Paperback, excellent condition, like new. Name inside.
$17.95 original price. $5.45

Matisse Art Activity Pack - $9.95 original price.
Paperback, excellent condition, like new. Full Color book
about Matisse, focusing on his use of collage. Stencils and
Colored paper provided for students to use. $2.35

Color your own Matisse Paintings by Muncie Hendler – Dover
publication, $3.95 original price. Paperback, excellent
condition, cover has small tear at top. Name inside.
Includes blackline reproducible drawings of Matisse’s
paintings for copying so that students can color the
drawings. $1.95

Imagine That! Activities and Adventures in Surrealism by
Joyce Raimondo $6.95 original price This paperback book
encourages children to look closely at, ask questions
about, and thoroughly explore famous works of art. Six
surrealists are each represented by one masterpiece
(including Dalí, Max Ernst, and Frida Kahlo) Each
reproduction is accompanied by a short introduction and
questions that require readers to take the time to examine,
ponder, and imagine; two or more related hands-on art
activities are also presented. One of the strengths of this
book is the inclusion of artwork produced by children. The
pictures in the limelight have been carefully chosen to
reflect a variety of surrealist elements, and each is a
springboard for a different kind of project; kids will work
in watercolor, collage, crayon resist, and clay sculpture
as they learn about art history and how art enriches and
reflects life. For classroom or home use, this is an
intelligent approach that is also a riot of color and fun.
Excellent condition, like new. $3.85

Vincent Van Gogh – Artists in their Time, 44 pages
Paperback, excellent condition, like new. 31 pages Filled
with colorful illustrations and information about Van
Gogh’s life. Ages 6-up. $2.45

Paul Gauguin by Ernest Raboff – Art for Children.
Hardcover, excellent condition, like new. 31 pages Filled
with colorful illustrations and information about Gauguin’s
life. Each of these stellar offerings in the Art for
Children series consists of a short biography, full-color
reproductions of representative works and a vivid
interpretation of the artist's body of work. Ages 6-up.
ISBN 0-397-32225-9 $2.45

Henri Rousseau by Ernest Raboff – Art for Children.
Hardcover, excellent condition, like new. 31 pages Filled
with colorful illustrations and information about
Rousseau’s life. Each of these stellar offerings in the Art
for Children series consists of a short biography,
full-color reproductions of representative works and a
vivid interpretation of the artist's body of work. Ages
6-up. ISBN 0-397-32225-9 $2.45

Frida by Jonah Winter Paperback, excellent condition, small
edge wear on cover. With a spare narrative more akin to
poetry than prose, the author touches on important events
in his subject's childhood Frida's loneliness and the polio
that kept her bedridden for months, as well as a bus
accident, at age 18, that nearly killed her. He then shows
how, each time, art helped her to transcend her injuries
("She turns her pain into something beautiful") and to
unleash her magically surreal vision of the world in
paintings. Floating figures, fantastical creatures and
celestial bodies with human features cavort across the
pages. Ages 4-10. $2.25

My Name is Georgia – a portrait by Jeanette Winter. $16.00
original price. Hardcover with dust jacket, excellent
condition, like new. Would make a great gift! In prose as
vivid as an O'Keeffe painting, Winter traces the life of
this extraordinary woman who dedicated herself from
childhood to her craft. The author captures readers'
attention from the start by showing the creative seeds
planted early on. Winter's poetic text carries readers
effortlessly through the painter's years at art school in
Chicago and New York ("I walked down in the canyons of
steel") to her final home in New Mexico, where her subjects
were the bleached bones, vast sky and red desert hills.
Winter's strength of line and saturated colors are a
luscious blend of folk art simplicity and her singular
palette. A superb and inspiring introduction for children
to an exceptional American artist. Ages 6-10. $5.95

My Name is Georgia – a portrait by Jeanette Winter. $6.00
original price. Paperback, excellent condition, like new.
Same as the book listed above, but this book is a
paperback. $2.95

The Bentwood Box – An Activity Book by Nan McNutt; $8.65
from Amazon This best-selling series offers the only
activity books that teach children about Northwest Coast
Indians. These volumes are reviewed for cultural accuracy
by tribal members, and Northwest Native artists create all
the artwork. Each book includes various games and
activities, plus a teaching guide. Colored illustration on
the cover of the book can be used to make a box. Paperback
in excellent condition, like new. $3.85

Georgia O’Keeffe – Getting to Know the World’s Greatest
Artists – written and illustrated by Mike Venezia
Paperback, excellent condition, like new. Grade 2-4
Includes reproductions of O’Keeffe’s paintings. Simple text
about her life and paintings that can be read by students.
$6.95 from Amazon. $2.55

Van Gogh – Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists –
written and illustrated by Mike Venezia Paperback,
excellent condition, name inside Grade 2-4 Includes
reproductions of Van Gogh’s intense chromatic portraits and
landscapes. Simple text about Van Gogh’s life and paintings
that can be read by students. $6.95 from Amazon. $2.35

Roy Lichtenstein – Getting to Know the World’s Greatest
Artists – written and illustrated by Mike Venezia
Paperback, very good condition, crease on top corner. Grade
2-4 Includes reproductions of Lichtenstein’s comic
book-style art. Simple text about Lichtenstein’s life and
paintings that can be read by students. $6.95 from Amazon.
$1.75

Usborne Art ideas – Drawing Faces – Internet linked. 63
pages, filled with great ideas for making portraits.
Step-by-step details and various styles of portraiture.
Paperback, cover shows some wear. In very good condition.
$2.25

Famous Artists – Monet – An Introduction to the Artist’s
Life and Work. Published by Scholastic. Colorful biography,
includes many of his paintings, with an explanation of the
style and techniques used by Monet. Paperback in excellent
condition. Name inside. 32 pages $2.10

Native American Crafts of the Northwest Coast, the Arctic,
and the Subarctic by Judith H. Corwin Paperback, in good
condition. Small section at lower corner has water damage.
All else in very good condition. 48 pages. $1.25

Indian Life in Pre-Columbian North America Coloring Book by
John Green, published by Dover. $3.95 original price.
Paperback in excellent condition, name inside. 49 pages.
$1.85

Rattle Your Bones – Skeleton Drawing Fun by David Clemesha
Paperback in excellent condition, name inside. 60 pages.
$1.75

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Activity Book by osa Brown
Paperback, filled with great activities. 88 pages. Name
inside. Front inside binding showing. $.85

Collage and Construction by Harvey Weiss. Ex-library book
Hardcover in very good condition. $1.60

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