Emily's Art, by Peter Catalanotto
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002
"A Richard Jackson book." Emily paints four pictures and enters
one in the first-grade art contest, but the judge interprets Emily's entry
as a rabbit instead of a dog.
Reading Level: 3.0. Accelerated Reader: 2.7
Action Jackson, by Jan Greenberg
Roaring Brook Press, 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32). Imagines Jackson Pollock
at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered
canvasses.
Reading Level: 4.9. Accelerated Reader: 5.2
Chuck Close, Up Close, by Jan Greenberg
DK Ink, 1998
A biography of the revisionist artist who achieved prominence in the late
1960's for enormous, photographically realistic, black and white portraits
of himself and his friends. Reading level: 6.2; Accelerated Reader: 5.8
In Search of the Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan,
by Sheila Hamanaka.
Morrow Junior Books, 1999
Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures,
artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing,
bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaking, Noh theater,
and neriage ceramics. Reading Level: 7.3; Accelerated Reader: 6.4
Leonardo's Horse, by Jean Fritz
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001
Examines the life of Leonardo da Vinci, focusing on his unfinished sculpture
of a huge horse he was commissioned to create for the Duke of Milan in
the late 1400s, and discusses how the project was taken up by pilot Charlie
Dent in 1977 and, after several setbacks, completed and presented as a
gift to Milan in 1999. Reading Level: 4.3; Accelerated Reader: 4.6
HarperCollins, 2000
A biography of the Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, well known for his work on the Sistine Chapel in Rome's St. Peter's Cathedral. Reading Level: 5.3; Accelerated Reader: 7.3
Nature's art box, by Laura C. Martin
Storey Books, 2003
Presents more than sixty projects made from natural materials that are
available almost anywhere.
Reading Level: 6.2
Norman Rockwell : storyteller with a brush, by Beverly Gherman
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000
Describes the life and work of the popular American artist who depicted
both traditional and contemporary subjects, including children, family
scenes, astronauts, and poor people. Reading Level: 5.7; Accel.Reader:
6.6
My Name is Georgia: A Portrait, by Jeanette Winter
Harcourt, 2003
Presents, in brief text and illustrations, the life of the painter who
drew much of her inspiration from nature. Reading Level, 2.8; Accelerated
Reader: 3.4
Painters of the Caves, by Patricia Lauber
National Geographic Society, 1998
Describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone
Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people
living in prehistoric as well as modern times. Reading Level: 4.2; Accelerated
Reader: 5.8
Joanna Cotler Books, 2003
Several artists who paint different things, with different kinds of paint, and at different times of the day, all paint the same island that they visit each summer.
Reading Level: 3.8; Accelerated Reader: 3.4
Pot that Juan Built, by Nancy Andrews-Goebel. Lee & Low Books,
2002
A cumulative rhyme summarizes the life's work of renowned Mexican potter,
Juan Quezada. Additional information describes the process he uses to
create his pots after the style of the Casas Grandes people.
Reading Level: 4.2; Accelerated Reader: 6.2
Shape game, by Anthony Browne
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003
The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday
visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life
forever.
Reading Level: 3.6; Accelerated Reader: 2.8
Crown, 1996
1992 Caldecott Medal Honor
A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name. Reading Level: 4.4; Accelerated Reader: 3.4
Delacorte Press, 2001
Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century painter Vincent Van Gogh, describing his childhood in Holland, his years in France, his relationships with his brother and with fellow artist Paul Gaugin, his difficulties with women, his mental health, and his artistic vision. Acelerated Reader: 7.6
Abrams/Smithsonian, 2004
Explores the lives and creations of a select number of notable African-American men and women who have contributed to the American art scene. Reading Level: 7.4; Accelerated Reader: 9.1
