children and art – Books My Kids Read

Let the Museum come to Life with Mr. Owliver

I love being able to talk to my daughters about art and share a love of viewing art. We don’t have a lot of access

I’ve written in the past about books that help children consider and discover the great artists of our past and present. Recently I came across

When we first opened the pages of Willow, the strains of Harry Chapin Carpenter’s “Flowers Are Red” floated through my head. Given that this was

Last night, my 3 year old and I read the book Colors for Zena, by Monica Wellington. While the writing was incredibly basic and repetitive,

I am not an artist. I watch my younger daughter wield a crayon and my older daughter find fascination in mixing colors together to find