Art & Drawing Children's Books

Exploring art with children can help them understand the world and learn to express themselves.

The books on this page explore art in many formats, including famous artists and their works, art appreciation, and creating your own art.

Updated October 24, 2024
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Linnea in Monet's garden
Björk, Christina
Paper Book
A little girl visits the home and garden of Claude Monet at Giverny, France, and learns about the artist's paintings and his life. The illustrations include photographs of the painter and his family as well as examples of his work."
The artist who painted a blue horse
Carle, Eric.
Paper Book
A brilliant new Eric Carle picture book for the artist in us all Every child has an artist inside them, and this vibrant picture book from Eric Carle will help let it out. The artist in this book paints the world as he sees it, just like a child. There's a red crocodile, an orange...
The legend of the Indian paintbrush
DePaola, Tomie
Paper Book
In spring, the hills and meadows of Texas and Wyoming are ablaze with the reds, oranges, and yellows of the Indian Paintbrush. How this striking plant received its name is told in an old Indian legend. Many years ago, when the People traveled the Plains, a young Indian boy had a Dream-Vision in...
Viva Frida
Morales, Yuyi
Paper Book
A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book A 2015 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award Distinguished author/illustrator Yuyi Morales illuminates Frida's life and work in this elegant and fascinating book, Viva Frida. Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and...
Merl and Jasper's supper caper
Rankin, Laura.
Paper Book
It's suppertime, and a little girl named Ann has just enough time to sketch Merl and Jasper, an adorable cat and dog, before being called to dinner. But Ann isn't the only one who's hungry, so are Merl and Jasper! And since supper isn't brought to them, they have to go find supper. What better place...
Emma's rug
Say, Allen.
Paper Book
Emma is a gifted young artist whose most prized possession is a small, shaggy rug. When her mother accidentally puts the rug in the washing machine and destroys it, Emma is devastated and ceases her art.
Leonardo da Vinci
Stanley, Diane.
Paper Book
Born in 1452 to a peasant woman and a country gentleman, Leonardo da Vinci possessed one of the most astonishing minds the world has ever known. He was an inventor whose imagination reached centuries beyond his own time. He brought a sublime artistry to science and a dramatic realism to art,...
A bird or two : a story about Henri Matisse
Le Tord, Bijou.
Paper Book
Greens greener than apples, yellows more yellow than lemons. . . In the brilliant sun of Nice, France, Henri Matisse painted the brightest, boldest colors he could imagine. Joyfully he painted everywhere and everyone. Enchanted and with a light heart, he painted all the time.

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