Mi primer libro de arte

A Child's Book of Art

by Lucy Micklethwait

Hermosos cuadros ilustran los conceptos de los números, las formas y los opuestos, así como animales y medios de transporte. Mirando a un Monet azul o una habitación roja de Matisse, un niño puede aprender los colores mientras disfruta de las pinturas.

Genres: Art, Picture Books, Childrens, Pre K, Nonfiction, Reference, Education

64 pages, Hardcover

First published November 8, 1993

Reviews

[Lisa Vegan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a superb art book for children. The idea here is simple but inspired.

The author has put together a collection of paintings in various categories, with words and concepts within the categories. For each of these a painting or paintings that depicts the featured word is shown.

There are a huge variety of paintings from different artists and periods.

This works on so many levels: from very young children learning their colors and numbers and vocabulary words to older children learning art history or artistic styles.

I love art books for children (both educational and hands on) and this is one of the best that I’ve seen. It would make a lovely gift for a young child because they could enjoy it for years, looking at it differently, and appreciating the art more & more as they get older. It’s a perfect introduction to art appreciation.

Thank you to my Goodreads friend Chandra who told me about this book and its author. I will definitely be checking out other books by Lucy Micklethwait.

[R. C. · Rating 3 out of 5]

My three-year-old has been reading this since he was small enough for books that just give a word to an object, and now he likes to tell me about what's going on in all the pictures, compare them, talk about what medium was used, and judge the merits of each work. Tonight we talked about colors and emotions, and he noticed that red is an exciting color and blue a peaceful one, but in "Danbo's" (his mispronunciation of Van Gogh's) bedroom the walls are blue and only the bed is the exciting color. A book to buy for babies, one they can grow up with.

[Jessica Kirsch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this for what it is. I've greatly enjoyed going through this book with each of my 4 children in pre-k. It's so fun to discuss the different pieces of art with them.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been paying attention to art and studying 'intro to art' books for a long time. I've never seen anything quite like this - it's like several simple picture books compiled. Like a Richard Scarry book with so much to look at, to talk about... but with art instead of cartoons. I don't know if it helped me appreciate more works better, but it did help me notice & appreciate details and aspects, etc., that I usually don't focus on.

I will read more my Micklethwait. Thank you NW WI libraries for holding on to these.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

We have had this book for several years. Came with our Sonlight curr. It is a great resource book now..krb 12/30/16

[Hamza · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book I learnd about old and days

[Mina]

++w¹

[Laura (Book Scrounger) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am not an "art person." I don't visit galleries unless I'm with someone I like who really really wants to. I can appreciate the artistic nature of many things, but art history just kinda loses me.

So I'm grateful for a book like this that can serve as a gentle introduction to art for young children. The pages are categorized in ways that young children can relate to, like "pets," "colors," "animals," "family," etc. We're shown portraits of children who lived hundreds of years ago (which I like turning into a mini history lesson), outdoor scenery, even a Grecian urn, and many other things from a wide variety of time periods and styles (at least from what I can tell).

I guess it's really as much of an introduction/education for me too, but without all the naked people and artsy terminology.

[K.C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Micklethwait, L. (1993). A child's book of art: great pictures first words. New York: Dorling Kindersley.

Category: Concept book, ABC book, counting book, picture book

This book uses great artwork to present concepts and first words. A wide variety of great art is presented to illustrate hundreds of words, grouped by themes and concepts: animals, fruit, action words, colors, shapes, opposites, seasons, weather, faces and many more. Words are written below each picture in large bold font. Each picture is identified with date/era, and artist. Additional information about the paintings are included in the back of the book including the museum where it hangs.

Themes: art, paintings,alphabet, colors, numbers, animals, people, shapes, seasons, and more!

Classroom uses:
Could use for introduction/reinforcement of of the many concepts. This is a book that children would just love to look at.

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book after returning from study abroad in London, looking forward to the day I would share the great art of Europe with my children. With the help of this book, they would learn to recognize that Reynolds painted beautiful young boys and girls, that Rousseau's tigers were the fiercest of them all, and that they could swing like Fragonard's maiden. Once I actually had my three daughters, I found they much preferred Dr. Seuss's children, Sandra Boynton's animals, and Disney's fair maidens. But I still adore this book, and love the concept of introducing young people to art!

[Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This beautiful book introduces children to their first words through paintings. There are some beautiful works here, many of them emphasizing, children, animals, and objects familiar to young children. Some are famous, and some new to me, at least. I bought this years ago for our daughter, who was really interested in art at the time, but I found myself enthralled by the paintings themselves. It's like a "picture book," but with some pretty amazing pictures.

[Kerstin Olcott · Rating 3 out of 5]

We have art books all over our house but having a schedule of themed pages helped us to actually sit down and examine paintings together. We talked about different elements used and it inspired many conversations about art. I am definitely going to pull out more of my art books to look at with the kids from now on. Fabulous.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to introduce art to young children. It is large and they can sit and hold it and enjoy the pictures. Each spread has a 'theme' like seasons or animals. We would look at a spread and discuss which paintings my children liked and which ones they didn't like and why.

[A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a picture book.

I like this type of books.

It's a good book to expose children to some famous paintings.

Suitable for 3 years old and older.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

We LOVE this book. It is a great way to introduce Art to your child and help them to really "see." It is collected in themes like:colors, numbers, action words, sleeping, etc.

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

6 star book!

every home w/young children should have this around. also people w/out kids will enjoy it.

[Eva Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the biggest books ever! It has good words in it with MUSEUM PICTURES. Mama got this one for me so I could learn about art. I just like looking at it.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very simple, yet delightful. The introduction suggests perfectly the way to use this book with children.
This will be an excellent addition to our home school curriculum.

[Mckinley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful. Look at art work, really look and answer some questions about what you see.