Embedded Files
Non-traditional Learn By Doing Books (Altered Books)
Mess: The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes, by Keri Smith
The Pocket Scavenger, by Keri Smith
Finish This Journal, by Keri Smith
Shape and Pattern Books
Circles and Squares Everywhere! by Max Grover
So Many Circles, So Many Squares, by Tana Hoban
Pattern Fish, by Trudy Harris
Sign Off, by Stephen Savage
Inspiration and Creativity
An ABC of What Art Can Be, by Meher McArthur.
The Beautiful Oops, by Barney Saltzberg
Sky Color, by Peter H Reynold
Art, by Patrick McDonnell
I Am an Artist, by Pat Lowery Collins
What Color is Your World? by Bob Gill
Seymour Bleu, by Catherine Deeter
Why is Blue Dog Blue, by George Rodrigue
Too Much Glue, by Jason Lefebvre.
A Little Bit of Oomph! by Barney Saltzberg
Let’s Paint! by Gabriel Alborozo
Pocket Full of Colors, by Amy Gugliemo and Jccqueline Tourville (Ladybug Book 2018)
Wonderfall, by Michael Hall
Scribble Stones, by Diane Alber
Color Books
The Other Colors: An ABC Book, by Ann Cutting
Red: A Crayon's Story, By Michael Hall
Book About Color by Mark Gonyea
Color Dance, by Ann Jonas
Little Blue and Little Yellow, by Leo Lionni
The Color Tree, by Denise Minnerly
Green, Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Press Here, by Henre Tullet
Let's Play, by Henre Tullet
Monsters Love Colors, by Mike Austin
The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt (Ladybug Book 2015)
Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
The Wonders of the Color Wheel, by Charles Ghigna
My Many Colored Days, by Dr. Suess
Mouse Magic, by Ellen Stoll Walsh
One World Many Colors, by Alette Straathof
Drawing
Chris Van Allsburg
The Empty Lot, by Dale H Fife, illustrator Jim Arnosky
The Alphabet Tale, by Jan Garten
Owl Babies, by Martin Waddell
10 Black Dots, by Donald Crews
Gilberto and the Wind, by Marie Hall Ets
Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein
Happy, Mies VanHout
Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book: Make a World
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
Watercolor
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen
When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry, by Molly Bang
Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg
Jan Brett
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by Wiliam Steig
Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
Printmaking (including patterns/repetition)
The A to Z Beastly Jamboree, by Robert Bender
Corduroy, by Don Freeman
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in A Glove, by Bernard Lodge
Drummer Hoff, by Barbara Emberley
Swimmy, Leo Lionni
Uncle Andy's, by James Warhola
Nature's Paintbrush, by Susan Stockdale
Mysterious Patterns, by Sarah C. Campbell
Rosebud, by Ed Emberly
Moonwalk, by Angela Harding
Harris Walks to Paris, by Saul Bass
Where The Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendack
Lines That Wiggle, by Candace Whitman
Keith Harring: I Wish I Didn't Have To Sleep, by Desiree LaValette
Why is Blue Dog Blue?, by George Rodrigue
Clay
Have You Seen Birds? by Barbara Reid
Dave the Potter, by Leban Carrick Hill
Fiber Arts
Master Weaver from Ghana
Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold
How Big is a Pig? by Stella Blackstone
Extra Yarn, by Mac Barnett
Woolbur, by Leslie Helakoski
Lucy and the String, by Vanessa Roeder
One Little Lamb, by Elaine Greenstein
Paint (all except watercolor)
Carousel, by Donald Crews
Olivia, by Ian Falconer
Action Jackson
The Squiggle, by Carole Lexa Schaefer
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (Ladybug Book 2006)
Painting the Town, by Denise Minerly
Art Dog, by Hurd
The Cat and the Bird: A Children's Book Inspired by Paul Klee by Geraldine Elschner
Journey on a Cloud: A Children's Book Inspired by Marc Chagall, by Veronique Massenot
Paper Making
Denise Fleming
Following the Tractor, by Susan Steggall
Collage
ABC of What Can Be by Meher McArthur
Picture This by Molly Bang
Eric Carle
Elmer, by David McKee
Lois Ehlert
When Pigasso Met Mootise
The Snowy Day, by Jack Ezra Keats
Sea Shapes, by Suse MacDonald
The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister
Nancy Elizabeth Wallce
Crocodile Beat, by Gail Jorgensen
The Perfect Square, Michael Hall
My Hands Sing the Blues, by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Romare Bearden, by Jan Greenberg
Me and Uncle Romie, by Claire Hartfield
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, by Michelle Markel
The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life, by Lois Elhert
Flo & Wendell, by William Wegman
Architecture
Storybook Homes by Gerry Bailey
From Mudhuts to Skyscrapers by Christine Paxmann
The Visual Dictionary of Buildings, Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries
The Big Orange Splot, by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
How A House Is Built, Gail Gibbons
Bookmaking
Artful Reading by Bob Raczka
Music and Art
Can You Hear it?
Jazz Fly
The Noisy Paintbox: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art, by Barb Rosenstock
Photography
Alphabet City, by Stephen T. Johnson
Here A Face, There A Face by Arlene Alda
Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell
Sugaring Time, by Kathryn Lasky
Everyday Mysteries, by Jerome Wexler
Discovering Nature’s Alphabet by Krystina Castella and Brian Boyl
African Critters by Robert B. Haas
Face to Face with Wild Horses by Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott
Click! Click! Click! Photography for Children by George Sullivan
Post It! Sharing Photos With Friends and Family by Suzy Rabbat
The Kids’ Guide to Digital Photography by Jenni Bidner
Look-Alikes Jr. by Joan Steiner
Sky-high Guy by Nina Crews
Is it Larger? Is it Smaller? by Tana Hoban
Look Book by Tana Hoban
Lumpito and the Painter From Spain by Monica Kulling and Dean Griffiths
Photographer Mole by Dennis Haseley and Juli Kangas
Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, A Life in Nature, by Cindy Jenson-Elliott
Local Authors/Illustrators
Tomie DePaola
Peter Reynolds
Tracy Kane (Fairy Houses)
Perception
Art Museum Opposites, by Katy Friedland and Marla Shoemaker
Unlikey Pairs, by Bob Raczka
The Shape Game, by Anthony Browne
Willy's Pictures, by Anthony Browne
Art History and Artists
Tuesday, by David Wiesner (Surrealism)
The Big Book of Art, by Herve Tullet
Portraits, A First Discovery Art Book
Bettina Valentino and the Picasso Club, by Niki Daly
Magritte's Marvelous Hat, by D.B. Johnson
Brush of the Gods, by Lenore Look and Meilo So
Lumpito and the Painter From Spain, by Monica Kulling and Dean Griffiths
You Can't Take A Balloon Into The Museum of Fine Arts, by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
The Art of Miss Chew, by Patricia Polacco
Harvesting Dreams: Hunderstwasser for Kids, by Barbara Stieff
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, by Jen Bryant and Martha Sweet
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Mousterpiece: A mouse-sized guide to modern art, by Jane Breskin Zalben
A Child’s Introduction to Art: The World’s Greatest Paintings and Sculptures
Henri’s Scissors, by Jeannette Winter.
Snail Trail, by Jo Saxton
The Art of Freedom: How Artists See America, by Bob Raczka
Baby Einstein: The ABC’s of Art
The Year with Grandma Moses
Emily’s Blue Period, by Cathleen Daly
Invitation to Ballet, Carolyn Vaughn
Artful Reading, by Bob Razcka
Books Without (or with little)Text
Journey, Aaron Becker
Just A Dream, by Chris Van Allsburg
Artful Books
The Artist's Friends, by Allison Barrows
Sophie's Masterpiece, by Eileen Spinelli
Bluebird, Bob Staake
Windblown, by Edouard Manceau
Rock What Ya Got, by Samantha Berger
Drawing Lessons From A Bear, by David McPhail
Ladybugs Have Lots of Spots, by Sheryl and Simon Shapiro
Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature, by Stephen Swinburne
Pete's Chicken, by Harriet Ziefert and Laura Rader
Chapter Books
Masterpiece, by Elise Broach
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