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Learning About Art

    BIBLIOGRAPHY   


Building Enthusiasm About Art and Museums

Boehm, Arlene P.  Jack In Search of Art.  Boulder: Roberts

      Rinehart, 1998. 

 

Hooper, Meredith.  Dogs’ Night.  Brookfield: Millbrook Press,

      2000.

 

Hurd, Thacher.  Art Dog.  New York: Harper Collins Juvenile

       Books, 1998.

 

Knox, Bob.  The Great Art Adventure.  New York: Rizzoli,

       1993.

 

Magnier, Thierry.  Isabelle and the Angel.  San Francisco:

       Chronicle Books, 2000.

 

Mayhew, James.  Katie and the Mona Lisa.  New York:

      Orchard Books, 1999.

 

Mayhew, James. Katie and the Sunflowers.  New York:

      Orchard Books, 2001

 

Mayhew, James. Katie Meets the Impressionists.  New York:

      Orchard Books, 1999.

 

Racza, Bob.  No One Saw: Ordinary Things Through the Eyes

      of an Artist.  Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 2002. 

 

Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss.  You Can’t Take a Balloon Into

      the Metropolitan Museum. New York: Dial Books for

      Young Readers, 1998.

 

Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss.  You Can’t Take a Balloon into

      the Museum of Fine Arts.  New York: Dial Books for

      Young Readers, 2002.

 

Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss.  You Can’t Take a Balloon into

      the National Gallery.  New York: Dial Books for Young

      Readers, 2000.

 

Wellington, Monica.  Squeaking of Art: The Mice Go to the

      Museum.  New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1999.

 

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Biddle, Steve.  Origami Monsters.  Hauppage: Barron’s, 2001.

 

Dodds, Dayle Anne.  The Shape of Things.  Cambridge:

      Candlewick Press, 1994.

 

Fox, Mem.  The Straight Line Wonder.  Greenvale: Mondo,

      1996.

 

Frohardt, Darcie Clark.  Teaching Art With Books Kids Love:

      Teaching Art Appreciation, Elements of Art, and

      Principles of Design with Award-Winning Children’s

      Books. Golden: Fulcrum Resources, 1999.

 

Gowler Greene, Rhonda.  When a Line Bends… a Shape

      Begins.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

 

Kohl, MaryAnn F. and Jean Potter.  Cooking Art: Easy Edible

      Art for Young Children. Beltsville: Gryphon House, 1997. 

 

Kroll, Virginia.  Pink Paper Swans.  Grand Rapids: William B.

      Eerdmans, 1994. 

 

Le Tord, Bijou.  A Bird or Two: A Story About Henri Matisse

       Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1999. 

 

Lionni, Leo.  Little Blue and Little Yellow: A Story for Pippo,

      Ann and Other Children. New York: Harper Collins

      Publishers, 1995. 

 

Melmed, Laura Krauss.  Little Oh.  New York: Lothrop, Lee

      and Shepard Books, 1997.

 

Murphy, Chuck.  Chuck Murphy’s Bow-Wow: A Pop-Up Book

       of Shapes.  New York: Little Simon, 1999.

 

Murphy, Chuck.  Chuck Murphy’s Color Surprises: A Pop-Up

       Book.  New York: Little Simon/Simon and Schuster,

       1997.

 

O’Connor, Jane.  Henri Matisse: Drawing With Scissors

      (Smart About Art).  New York: Grosse and Dunlap, 2002.

 

Patilla, Peter.  Starting Off With Shapes.  Hauppage:

      Barron’s, 2001.

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Saunders, Mary Chloe Schoolcraft.  Spread Your Wings and

      Fly: An Origami Fold and Tell Story.  New York:

      Possibilities, 2001

 

Siomades, Lorianne.  My Box of Color.  Honesdale: Boyds

       Mills Press, 1998. 

 

Strom, Maria Diaz.  Rainbow Joe and Me.  New York: Lee

       and Low Books, 1999.

 

Wells, Rosemary.  Yoko’s Paper Cranes.  New York:

       Hyperion Books for Children, 2001.

 

Learning to Look Closely

Blizzard, Gladys S.  Come Look With Me: Animals in Art. 

      Charlottesville: Thomasson-Grant, 1992.

 

Blizzard, Gladys S.  Come Look With Me: Enjoying Art With

      Children.  Charlottesville: Thomasson-Grant, 1990.

 

Blizzard, Gladys S.  Come Look With Me: Exploring

      Landscape Art With Children. Charlottesville: Thomasson-

      Grant, 1992.

 

Micklethwait, Lucy.  A Child’s Book of Art: Discover Great

       Paintings.  New York: DK Publishing, 1999. 

 

Raimondo, Joyce.  Art Safari: An Adventure in Looking.  New

      York: Museum of Modern Art, 1997. 

 

Saccardi, Marianne.  Art in Story: Teaching Art History to

      Elementary School Children. North Haven: Linnet

      Professional Publications, 1997.

 

Yenawine, Philip.  Colors.  New York: Museum of Modern Art:

      Delacorte Press.

 

Yenawine, Philip.  Lines.  New York: Museum of Modern Art:

       Delacorte Press, 1991.

 

Yenawine, Philip.  People.  New York: Museum of Modern

       Art: Delacorte Press, 1993.

 

Yenawine, Philip.  Places.  New York: Museum of Modern

       Art: Barnes and Noble, 1999.

 

Yenawine, Philip.  Shapes.  New York: Museum of Modern

       Art: Delacorte Press, 1991.

 

Yenawine, Philip.  Stories.  New York: Museum of Modern

       Art: Delacorte Press, 1991.

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