Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781419718816)

Award-winning creators, Amy Novesky and Isabelle Arsenault, present a picture book biography of a beloved artist in Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois.

Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high.

Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise's own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career, and this biographical picture book shows how Bourgeois's childhood experiences weaving with her loving, nurturing mother provided the inspiration for her most famous works.

With a beautifully nuanced and poetic story, this book stunningly captures the relationship between mother and daughter and illuminates how memories are woven into us all.

"With evocative, gorgeous illustrations and an inspirational story of an artist not often covered in children's literature, this arresting volume is an excellent addition to nonfiction picture book collections, particularly those lacking titles about women artists." --Booklist, starred review

Author: Amy Novesky
ISBN-10: 1419718819
ISBN-13: 9781419718816
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.10w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 179976 / Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2015
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 116
Booklist 03/01/2016 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2016
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2016 pg. 121
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style