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Snail trail

2010
A snail slithers through a series of famous paintings before finding the one of itself by Matisse.

Cool cat

2009
Cool Cat, with the help of a few brushes, a lot of paint, a troop of friendly animals, and some perseverance, transforms the world around him from a bleak wasteland to a lush paradise.

The hero of Little Street

2012
When a boy being chased through present-day London seeks refuge in the National Gallery, a dog escapes from the painting of one Dutch master and together they leap into the painting of another, where their adventures in seventeenth-century Delft are a prelude to returning to London and continuing the chase.

The shadows

2011
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.

The Louvre

all the paintings
2011
Looks at all 3,022 paintings housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, with full annotations. Art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomar?de discuss four hundred paintings and the key attributes of the work.

The joy of art

a creative guide for beginning painters
2000
Combines art history and art instruction to explain how people can learn to paint and draw, no matter what age they are.

Painting

2012
This book introduces the reader to painting, including differences in size, technique and styles.

The artist who painted a blue horse

2011
An artist paints the world as seen through the imaginative eyes of a child.

Jamaica Louise James

1996
On her eighth birthday Jamaica receives paints which she uses to surprise her grandmother and to brighten the subway station where Grammy works.

13 paintings children should know

2009
Contains color reproductions and descriptions of thirteen painting masterpieces, each with information on why the work is important, and includes time lines, and a glossary.

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