A Child's Introduction to Art: The World's Greatest Paintings and Sculptures (A Child's Introduction Series) Hardcover – Illustrated, May 20, 2014

Wow, great book for pre-teen to young teens. Readable, excellent illustrations that exemplify historical high points in art history. Lots of little exercises and suggestions for DIY projects, but it's mainly didactic. Just about the right amount of good information without being pedantic or boring. It's not an "encyclopedia" like a lot of art history books. The text and vocabulary are appropriate for middle school (or younger that read at that level) but it's not patronizing. lucky find.

I bought this for ideas for my art class. It has so many ideas, fun coloring pages and info about artists. If you are looking for something specific you can easily find it through the index in the back.

Great book.

We first checked this book out at the library, and liked it so much I knew we needed a copy on our homeschool shelf! The hardcover is beautiful and filled with great content!

Interesting details about the paintings. Simple summary of the artists life.

This is an excellent book! Every page is filled with information about the artist, art style, and works of art written in a way that children can easily understand it’s content. I use this book with my kids (4 and 6 years) for homeschool, and I also use it to help teach an art class for my homeschool group with kids in 3-6th grade. I would highly recommend this book!

A nuestro hijo de 5 años le resulta pesado el texto, pero seguro lo disfrutará más adelante

Reading this with my children and they are really enjoying it. Well-written, lots of interesting facts, stories and illustrations. We read ot all and now the kids have picked out a couple of artists they want to learn more about. Fun easy read. Definite must have for young artists