Friday, February 21, 2020

If Monet Painted a Monster by Amy & Greg Newbold


This new book from the Newbolds follows the same format as their previous two books. They wonder if  a specific artist painted a monster, what would it look like? Readers are introduced to sixteen artists and what their monsters might look like.

Thoughts: Another hit from this husband and wife team. Now that there are three books in the series, I can totally see the books becoming the idea behind an art program at my libraries. Monsters are another kid friendly topic and I can't wait to add this title to my monsters storytime in October. Again, I love that If Monet Painted a Monster includes an invitation to readers to create their own monsters. The back of the book includes a Meet the Artists section and Greg Newbold's Advice for Artists.

Themes: Monsters, Art

Artists Included:
Edward Hopper
James Abbot McNeill Whistler
Dorothea Tanning
Paul Cézanne
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
René Magritte
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau
Franz Kline
Frida Kahlo
Robert Louis Thompson
Thomas Hart Benton
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Helen Frankenthaler
Claude Monet

(Tilbury House Publishers, 2019.)

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