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 which...
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...
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
A biography of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor who, at about age 30, began writing his famous notebooks which contain the outpourings of his amazing mind
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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