Raczka, Bob

Bob Raczka's imagined interviews with the subjects of seven Vermeer paintings reveal fascinating details about these famous works of art and their creator.

Winter melts into spring with the sights and sounds of hopping and skipping, sowing and mowing, and blading and lemonading.

Introduces fourteen famous artists, including Albrecht Durer, Vincent van Gogh, and M. C. Escher, and their self-portraits, discussing the works' different settings and styles.

Examines eighteen paintings of action figures across a range of times, places, and artistic styles. Includes paintings from "Saint George and the Dragon" to "Blam.".

Illustrations and simple rhyming text portray winter activities, and covers snowman-building, sledding, sitting by a fire, and feeding birds; and also encourages young readers to invent words to describe winter.

Showcases twenty-three fine art paintings that show people doing all types of reading.

Showcases the sights and sounds of autumn through a look at the people who celebrate the season, from "rakers, leapers, and corn crop reapers" to "trickers, treaters, and turkey eaters.".

Rhyming text and photographs show that art is much more than just what can be hung on a wall or set on a pedestal.

Presents a collection of eighteen works of art with accompanying quotations about art and inspiration from the artists. Includes a brief biography of each artist.

Explains the differences of fourteen art styles from the 1430s through the 1970s. Covers art movements such as Naturalism, the Mannerist style, Romanticism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Introduces many artists including Jan Van Eyck, Joseph Turner, Gustave Courbet, Henri Matisse, and Jackson Pollock.