Art quotes 

"Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found". James Russell Lowell

"Art is like exploring a new world". Rose Ducasse

"With my art, I want to put love in someone's heart". Michael Jones

"Art is the perfect way to say what kind of person you are". Karen Cortes

"Art helps me know more about myself".

"Art is something alive on paper". Cecilia Buitrago

"Let your dreams run wild like watercolors in the rain".

"Why talk when you can paint?" Martin Avery

"Any now I give you a little piece of my heart in my art".          Carmen Lomas Garza

Art Books

Roberto The Insect Architect by Nina Laden

This is a fun book about a termite insect who wants to become an architect and how he ends up building a city for his friends.

The Great Cheese Squeeze by Bryan Ballinger and Keith Lango

This is a fun book about a mouse that uses cheese to sculpt artwork.

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

This is a new novel out that 4th and 5th grade level readers would enjoy. I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it!

       Katie and the Mona Lisa by James Mayhew

This is about a little girl who visits an art museum with her grandmother and “walks” into the painting "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo daVinci. Of course Katie ends up learning a lot through her adventures with Mona Lisa! 

       When Pigasso met Mootisse by Nina Laden

My favorite and I use with 2nd grade classes. It is about the artist Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse and how they met and became friends.

Art Dog by Thacher Hurd.

Another favorite! I use this at 1st grade. It’s about Arthur Dog who is a guard dog at an art museum, but in his secret life he is a wonderful artist that gets discovered in the end. It has beautiful illustrations! 

Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artist by Mike Venezia

This is a series of 26 art books. Each one talks about the life and art of famous artists. Some of the artists are Georgia O’Keffee, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo daVinci, just to name a few.

The First Starry Night by Joan Shaddox Isom

This beautifully illustrated book is about the artist Vincent VanGogh and the little friend he meets that lives below him.

The Year with Grandma Moses by Nikola-Lisa

This is a fun book that tells the life of Anna Marie Robertson, also known as Grandma Moses, and how she became an artist beginning at the age of 70!

Art Fraud Detective by Anna Nilsen

This fun book is an interactive book in which you need to find who is making forgeries of famous art works.

Seymour Bleu by Catherine Deeter

Seymour is a famous artist but has trouble deciding what to draw or paint. The museum is where he finds his inspiration.

Dogs' Night in the Art Museum by Hooper and Curless

Once a year all the dogs that are part of famous artworks have their night out in the museum! You can imagine what mess they get into!

Katie and the Sunflowers by James Mayhew

Squeaking of Art: The Mice Go to the Museum by Wellington

The Cave Painter of Lascaux by Angeletti

Anna's Art Adventure by Sortland and Elling

Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees

    This is a book I use with 3rd grade classes and they love to draw Gerald the giraffe dancing!

Finklehopper Frog by Irene Livingston

    I use with Kindergarten classes and teach pattern as well as relative size of objects.

Willy the Dreamer by Anthony Browne

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont

    I use this book with Kindergarten and they love it! I also introduce the artist Jackson Pollock as we create our splatter painting!