Art - Kids Fiction

For the first time, New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean brings us a fun drawing guide for young artists to enjoy.Kids will enjoy following the easy step-by-step diagrams to re-create Pete and their favorite stories. The diagrams become appropriately a little...

When Emily discovers an empty lot that used to be a community garden, she and her crafty friends make it bloom once again in this seventh book of the Craftily Ever After chapter book series. Emily Adams learns that an empty dirt lot in...

When a young boy visits the local art gallery, he discovers several splendid pieces of art. As he examines each one, the boy is whisked off to a different location. When the boy finally exits the exhibition, he has taken a wild globe-trotting adventure...

"A compassionate story of homelessness and friendship, recycled art and community." --Kirkus Reviews A twelve-year-old boy living on the streets of Chandigarh, India, stumbles across a secret garden full of sculptures and sees the possibility of another way of life as he bonds with...

From the Coretta Scott King Award-winning photographer of My People, an illuminating pairing of poetry and portraits depicts the splendor of our global community. I am the world. I am strong.I am the spirit of generations gone. The children of our world come in...

From animation to zoomorphic and everything in between, this rhyming picture book for children shares a journey through the alphabet featuring an array of art tools and terms. Using words and illustrations, author Patty Copper and illustrator Mrs. Quam offer a creative way for...

The Lonely House is an architecture inspired children's book about rediscovering happiness and the value of family. Follow the life of The Lonely House as it experiences love, loss, and loneliness on its emotional journey through construction, abandonment, and rescue. Beautifully illustrated and masterfully...

The little paintbrush is often teased by all the other brushes in the cabinet, who have thick bristles and are chosen by their artist to create many paintings. They boast all day about the pieces they've helped create, and the little paintbrush yearns to...

In this cheerful story, Amy and Sam help paint the furniture in their house. Their excitable dog, Singer, decides to help out by wagging and thumping her tail on the wet paint. In the colorful calamity that ensues, Amy, Sam, and Singer--and Singer's kennel--find...

**2018 Nautilus Book Award Winner**"She was a free-flying soul, with a heart full of fire, Who undeniably followed her creative desire. From the moment she woke till she crashed hard at night, Mayva was immersed in composing things that she liked."Mayva O'Meere has a...

Goodwin the Goat by famed author of Corduroy, Don Freeman, is a never-before-published story of a mischievous young goat named Goodwin. One day, after growing tired of his daily wheat and oats, he goes out in search for new types of delicious food andstumbles...

A beloved emblem of world peace--the dove--comes to life in this moving story that introduces Pablo Picasso and his art to young readers. "A little white dot in the great sky," a dove sails over the earth looking for a place to land. She...

Long Description: When Kai breaks all of the museum rules, he finds himself inside the paintings that just minutes ago loomed above him. But when he continues to misbehave, he suddenly becomes lost and alone, until a girl with the pearl earring tells him...

Architecture for Kids 2 is a book that shows an evolution in form and content. In Architecture for Kids 1, I used pictures instead of words to make learning easy and to help you exercise your brain's ability to remember things. Architecture for Kids...

This method of drawing in this way is easy.All you need is a pencil and eraser to get started The method of copying the mesh is especially useful as a tool to keep the correct proportions, it develops the child's patience and encourages creativity.Here...

Real Estate with my Daddy follows a father and son as they embark on their adventure of investing in real estate. A normal Saturday morning father and son drive to the store quickly turns into an opportunity to see the beauty in buying distressed...

How to Draw Cute Animals For Kids and Adults is the PERFECT gift or present for someone you love Easy to color designs help to build fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination . Adorable designs including a lion, a giraffe, a dinosaur, a penguin, a...

"Today, my sky is grey. The colours are all hiding in my heart."A fanciful exploration of the creative magic which liberates our emotions, allowing us to relate to the world around us.Author: Jessica BuckinghamISBN-10: 292515302XISBN-13: 9782925153023Publisher: Mycelia MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2021Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.00h...

A celebration of childhood freedom and creativity that encourages readers to find awe in the natural world world. "The Artist is a captivating book about a young boy's artistic spirit and the natural world that inspires him. A beautifully rendered story, told with deep...

A Universe of StoriesUncle Larry's Antique Shop & Junkyard is a magical world where everything has a price--and nothing is as it seems. In this junkyard adventure, Eli and Grace learn different forms of art the Art Monster. To complete their adventure they must...

It has been a year since Alex and Bartholomew first ventured into the mystical Artania. Now, Mona Lisa has been kidnapped, and the two are called in to investigate.Peril awaits at every turn. Traitorous pirates, fearful gods, monsters of the deep. Artania's safety lies...

Young Bartholomew isn't allowed to go to school, play outside or make art... so he sketches in secret.When Bartholomew meets the skateboarding artist, Alexander DeVinci, he's yanked into a mythical realm of living paintings and breathing sculptures: Artania. The two soon learn that the...

When community members work together with trucks and ships to clean up the town's riverfront, an artist and her child hammer, chisel, weld and zap the found materials into something beautiful. Young makers will find inspiration in the playful, rhyming text and mixed media...

Christmas 2021 Christmas Color By Number Book for Kids Fun! Fun! Fun!Big Country Christmas Color By NumberTake time for relaxation as the holiday season approaches with this gorgeous and simple-to-see Country Christmas Color By Number Adult Coloring Book from the Gus Fring. Our Christmas...

Now planned as a Broadway musical from the Tony Award-winning producer of "Hamilton" and "Rent"!From the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and illustrator of The Phantom Tollbooth, Jules Feiffer, comes a witty story about following your dreams.Jimmy is bad at sports and not much...

Wild Orca And Me is a beautifully illustrated tale about two siblings exploring the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest by canoe. They observe otters, whales, eagles, deer, and bears. A dream to see an orca comes true for the youngest sibling exploring solo....

An imaginative rhyming picture book full of funny creatures. For little monsters ages 4 years and up.A little wizard paints creepy, crawly creatures, but soon they come alive. They creep right off his paper. Come meet all his monsters, but please, whatever you do--don't...

The Adventures of Wally The Sausage Dog Crossed With A Poodle And Felix The Frog is about two unlikely mates that realise there is more to see than their own backyard. Written with a rhythmic prose, it is a fun way for kids to...

The inimitable Anthony Brown and co-creator Hanne Bartholin invite young artists to play the shape game--and get creative. Frida and Bear love to draw. But what should they draw? First Frida draws a shape and gives it to Bear. "Try to turn this shape...

This collection of poems that tell the story of the quilt-making community in Gee s Bend, Alabama, is now available as a Dragonfly paperback. For generations, the women of Gee s Bend have made quilts to keep a family warm, as a pastime accompanied...

Think and Make Like an Artist is an art activity book that encourages sophisticated thinking and gives budding artists a chance to develop their imaginations in a whimsical, colorful, and fun package. Children learn to experiment with different materials and ideas, make their own...

Here's the perfect back-to-school gift for budding artists. Like the creator's previous picture book, My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks, this picture book encourages children to be creative and make their own object portraits. It's a fun activity for home or for...

Vincent is ready to paint his house--but what color should it be? He starts painting it white, but the spider says it's his house, and he likes red. The caterpillar says it's his house and he likes yellow. The beetle likes purple, and the...

Shoshana loves spending time at Grandma Jacobs' art studio and for Shavuot, Grandma Jacobs has a very special art project in mind! Shoshana learns how to make papercuts by carefully folding squares of paper and cutting shapes out of them. But can she create...

In this delightful tale of the power of the imagination, Art's supplies come to life in the studio, creating mayhem and magic--and art Pastels, pencils, paints, crayons, brushes and markers...everything gets in on the act of creating a mess-terpiece of fun. Chris Tougas's brilliant...

Join Katie as she steps into some of the most famous paintings in the world for an exciting art adventure On a hot, sunny day, a painting of some bathers in a cool river proves too tempting for Katie, and so she dives straight...

From best-selling author and illustrator, Tomie dePaola, comes this reissued adapted Italian folktale of how a town was saved by their beloved giant statue. In the southern part of Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, is the town of Barletta. In this quiet town, there...

**2018 Nautilus Book Award Winner***"She was a free-flying soul, with a heart full of fire, Who undeniably followed her creative desire. From the moment she woke till she crashed hard at night, Mayva was immersed in composing things that she liked."Mayva O'Meere has a...

The Art Room delights readers with a glimpse into the world of artistic expression, fun and freedom that renowned Northwest Coast artist Emily Carr created for her students. For any child who loves art, it would be the gift of a lifetime to be...

Everyone has the power to make a work of art come to life Pompon may be a statue of a white bear in a museum, but he has dreams like anyone else does. He yearns to break free and roam the world. Then one...

Enter the colorful world of 43 Monsters, where each monster has special hopes, quirky dreams, and deep feelings of its own. Monster Brokeosurus introduces curious readers to each monster as we are guided through the imaginary realm of the fictitious monster-creator Charlie Wedster. An...

Sable wears only black and has always felt that doom is near. Lacey wears pink and seeks beauty everywhere. A sadistic art teacher pairs Sable and Lacey together for their final project. The girls have to get to know one another and select a...

Alora In The Clouds is a children's book that follows Alora, who creates the shapes we see in the clouds, but no one is looking up anymore This is a short story meant to encourage children's imaginations through what our minds see in the...

Josiah was a rat. He was a bad rat......or so he was told. In fact, Josiah and his friends are aspiring artists, and for a rat, painting outside the box like that just won't do.Follow along as Josiah and several other inspired rats teach...

Ruby and Alfie are twins. Ruby and Alfie are mischievous, fun, creative, shiny and have hearts of gold - just like you One Friday, they are more keen to go to school that usual because they are doing art to make a big surprise...

In this easy-to-read, search-and-find story, Tate draws cats, bugs, and birds--but he never draws Pup! Tate likes to draw. He draws 10 cats on the couch, 10 bugs in the garden, and 10 birds in the park. Pup, who craves attention, is never in...

Discover the NATO phonetic alphabet--and find layers of connection in every letter--in a stunning abecedarian from celebrated artist Isabelle Arsenault. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie . . . Since 1956, whenever time and clarity are of the essence, everyone from firefighters to air traffic controllers has...

Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, the Robie House. Illustrations.Author: Blue BalliettISBN-10: 0756989426ISBN-13: 9780756989422Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2007Pages:...

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg's beloved classic and Newbery Medal--winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. When Claudia decided to run away, she planned...

Piatti, author of The Happy Owls, brings his trademark style of glowing colors and bold lines--aptly compared to stained glass--to this alphabet of animals. Playful rhyming text offers interesting thoughts about each creature, real or fabled.Author: Celestino PiattiISBN-10: 073584206XISBN-13: 9780735842069Publisher: Northsouth BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2015Pages:...