Art Books for Children

What is an artist? Sometimes John finds art easy, sometimes it's hard, sometimes art is like a game, but sometimes it's a puzzle. This book takes us through the many ups and downs of John's life as an artist whilst also showing the fun...

A man named René floats through the world of his dreams and imagination, fulfilling his desire to become a painter – of apples and hats, apple hats, apple-these and apple-thats. In his paintings, leaves are lips, baguettes are noses, the right side is never...

How Artists See Play  is designed to teach children the art of observation and increase their visual literacy. An interactive, inquiry-based book - great for both home and classroom - it invites young readers to compare and contrast the ways in which different artists treat...

Rock, Paper, Scissors is a collection of creative, fun, sense-stimulating things you can do with very simple materials: stones, paper and scissors. From land art to science experiments, with a pinch of geology, and a sprinkling of magic, these easy-but-inspiring and thrifty activities will keep...

Published by Oslo's Munch Museum this book transforms some of Edvard Munch's most famous works into three-dimensional pop-ups!  The Women on the Bridge, Woman with Poppies, The Building of the Winter Studio, Children in the Forest, The Yellow Log and the iconic Scream as...

Featuring five lenticular images Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1900) is famous for his invention of very fast photographic techniques, and the discovery of how animals and people walk and run. For more than a century people have marvelled at his series of 'Locomotion' images, which depict...

Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists – all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art...