Radiant Child; The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Age: 5+
Interests: artists, art, biography, New York, city life
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Radiant Child
07 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Uncategorized Tags: art, artists, biography, city life, New York
I, Juan de Pareja
26 May 2017 Leave a comment
in books 11+ Tags: art, art history, artists, biography, history, painting, racism, slavery, Spain
I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Age: 11+
Interests: history, art history, painting, Spain, biography, slavery, racism More
A Single Shard
03 Dec 2013 2 Comments
in Books, books 9+ Tags: artists, history, Korea, orphans, pottery, poverty
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
02 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, art, artists, Buddhism, cats, Japan, religion
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
illustrated by Lynd Ward
Age: 8+
Interests: cats, artists, animals, Japan, Buddhism, religion More
Beautiful Oops!
18 Nov 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: art, artists
Beautiful Oops!
by Barney Saltzberg
Age: 3+, but 5-6 year olds should find it particularly inspiring
Interests: art, artists
Chester
26 Sep 2013 2 Comments
in Books, books 5+, Canadian books Tags: artists, bad behavior, cats, comedy, mice, storytelling, writers
Chester
text and illustrations by Mélanie Watt
Age: 5+ (but older kids will find it funny too – 7,8)
Interests: cats, mice, artists, telling stories, bad behaviour, humour
The Hundred Dresses
23 Dec 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: artists, bullies, bullying, class, fashion, friendship, school, teasing
by Eleanor Estes
illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1944
80 pp., 7 chapters
Age: 7 +
Interests: school politics, teasing & bullying, peer pressure, friendship, fashion, art
Also by this author: Ginger Pye, The Moffats, The Witch Family
