The Book Catalog
Picture Study

Come Look with Me:
Exploring landscape art with children

Gladys Blizzard
Lickle Publishing; Hardcover; 32 pp.

Best Books for Children, 6th edition. A continuation in the Come Look With Me series, Exploring Landscape Art with Children is an introduction to different styles of landscape painting as seen through the work of 12 important artists. A brief biographical sketch of the artist and a series of open-ended questions designed to make the most of a child’s natural curiosity accompany each full-color reproduction.

Come Look with Me: World of play

Gladys Blizzard
Lickle Publishing; Hardcover; 32 pp.

Best Books for Children, 6th edition. Blizzard has chosen twelve fascinating works of art on the most child-friendly of themes: people at play. Works range from an ancient Minoan fresco and a classic Winslow Homer, to a wacky modern basketball game sculpted by Red Grooms in painted wood. Blizzard’s thought-provoking questions encourage the child to enter the painting or sculpture and explore it through the artist’s eyes, through the eyes of the people depicted, and through the child’s own imagination.

Come Look with Me: Animals in art

Gladys S. Blizzard
Lickle Publishing; Hardcover; 32 pp.

This is the third in the Come Look with Me series, which was begun in the Foundation Year. Come Look with Me: Animals in art makes the most of children’s natural curiosity about animals to introduce twelve outstanding works of art featuring such creatures as horses, hummingbirds, snails and tigers. Blizzard’s thought-provoking questions encourage the child to enter the painting or sculpture and explore it through the artist’s eyes, through the eyes of the people depicted, and through the child’s own imagination.

Come Look with Me: The artist at work

R. Sarah Richardson
Lickle Publishing; Hardcover; 32 pp.

The Artist at Work pairs quality art reproductions with thought-provoking questions, encouraging children to learn through visual exploration and interaction. Thoughtful text introduces the world and work of the artist, making the most of a child’s natural curiosity.

Ancient Greek Art

Susie Hodge
Heinemann Library; Paperback; 32 pp.

This book examines the art of ancient Greece, including mosaics, pottery, sculpture, architecture, and paintings. Accompanies the study of Greece in World History.

Ancient Roman Art

Susie Hodge
Heinemann Library; Paperback; 32 pp.

This book examines the art of ancient Rome, including painting, relief, sculpture, and pottery. Accompanies the study of Rome in World History.

Come Look With Me: Art in early America

Randy Osofsky
Lickle Publishing; Hardcover; 32 pp.

Art in Early America pairs quality art reproductions with thought-provoking questions, encouraging children to learn through visual exploration and interaction. Thoughtful text introduces the world and work of the artist.

Giotto

Mike Venezia
Scholastic; Illustrated Trade Paper; 32 pp.

Illustrations and story lines, together with full-color reproductions of actual paintings, give children a light yet realistic overview of Giotto’s life and work. Used concurrently with the study of the Middle Ages.

Diego Velázquez

Mike Venezia
Scholastic, Hardback; 32 pp.

Describes the life and career of the seventeenth-century Spanish artist famous for his portraits of royalty and includes full-color reproductions of many of Velázquez’s works for Picture Study.