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Children's Booklist - Famous Artwork for Young Children


Title: The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau
Author: Jon, Agee
Summary: An unknown artist becomes an overnight sensation when his painting comes to life.


Title: Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story About Vincent Van Gogh
Author: Laurence, Anholt
Summary: Despite the derision of their neighbors, a young French boy and his family befriend the lonely painter who comes to their town and begin to admire his unusual paintings.


Title: Ella's Trip to the Museum
Author: Elaine, Clayton
Summary: When Ella visits a museum with her school group, she shows them how to look at art in a magical way.


Title: Dinner at Magritte's
Author: Michael, Garland
Summary: Young Pierre spends the day with surrealist artists Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali.


Title: The First Starry Night
Author: Joan, Isom
Summary: Jacques encounters and befriends Vincent Van Gogh when he comes to stay in the boarding house where he works.


Title: Marie in Fourth Position: The Story of Degas' The Little Dancer.
Author: Amy, Littlesugar
Summary: After she models for the artist and sculptor Edgar Degas, Marie feels transformed into a butterfly and becomes known all over the world as The Little Dancer.


Title: Isabelle and the Angel
Author: Thierry, Magnier
Summary: Isabelle, a pretty pig with artistic aspirations, visits the museum and is shown all the paintings and statues by the little Angel, an experience that changes her life.


Title: Katie and the Mona Lisa
Author: James, Mayhew
Summary: At the art museum, while her grandmother dozes, Katie steps into the painting of the Mona Lisa and together they have adventures with the characters from four other well-known Renaissance paintings. Includes informationabout the artists.


Title: Katie and the Sunflowers
Author: James, Mayhew
Summary: 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.


Title: Katie meets the Impressionists
Author: James, Mayhew
Summary: On a visit to the museum, Katie climbs into five Impressionist paintings and has wonderful adventures.


Title: Anna's Art Adventure
Author: Bjorn, Sortland
Summary: On her search for the art museum's bathroom, Anna meets famous artists, becomes part of some of their paintings, and makes her own art.


Title: Bijou, Bonbon and Beau: The Kittens Who Danced for Degas
Author: Joan, Sweeney
Summary: 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.


Title: Once Upon a Lily Pad: Froggy Love in Monet's Garden
Author: Joan, Sweeney
Summary: Hector and Henriette, the most famous frogs in France, befriend an old painter in a battered straw hat named Monet.


Title: Suzette and the Puppy: A Story about Mary Cassett
Author: Joan, Sweeney
Summary: Having met a tall lady and her captivating little dog in a park in Paris, Suzette is later delighted when the lady comes to paint her portrait and brings the dog with her.


Title: You Can't Take a Baloon into the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Jacqueline Presis, Weitzman
Summary: 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.


Title: You Can't Take a Baloon into the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts
Author: Jacqueline Presis, Weitzman
Summary: While a brother and sister, along with their grandparents, visit the Museum of Fine Arts, the balloon they were not allowed to bring into the museum floats around Boston, causing a series of mishaps at various tourist sites.


Title: You Can't Take a Baloon into the National Gallery
Author: Jacqueline Presis, Weitzman
Summary: While a brother and sister, along with their grandmother, visit the National Gallery of Art, the balloon they were not allowed to bring into the museum floats around Washington, D.C., causing a series of mishaps at various tourist sites. Images of thirty-two famous Americans appear among the illustrations.


Title: Edgar Degas: Paintings That Dance
Author: Maryann, Cocca-Leffler
Summary: Written as a report by a fictitious student.


Title: Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
Author: Jane, O'Connor
Summary: Presents the life and work of Henri Matisse in the form of a child's school report.


Title: Linnea in Monet's Garden
Author: Christina, Bjork
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Title: Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies
Author: True, Kelly
Summary:


Title: Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers and Swirly Stars
Author: Joan, Holub
Summary: