From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5–In Cressy's sequel to Can You Find It? (Abrams, 2002), details of paintings from the Metropolitan Museum's collection are present, but the author has branched out here to include artwork from three other American museums as well as works from seven European collections. This expansion enriches and enlivens the book and the enjoyable task of finding details within each piece. Each spread features a three-quarter-page picture and a list of several things to look for. Cressy notes how studying a piece to find people, animals, and objects inevitably allows children to look at art closely and carefully. This exposure to international masterpieces representing different cultures and histories throughout the centuries is bound to make an impression on children. The paintings are stunning, and reproduced with attention to light and shadow; their diversity introduces readers to a wide variety of styles and subjects. Answers to the challenges are provided at the end of the book, along with information on each artist, the work itself, and where it resides. This is art as entertainment with an educational bent as well, but, most of all, it is thoroughly engaging.–Tracy Karbel, Glenside Public Library District, Glendale Heights, IL Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist
Gr. 2-5. Like its predecessor, Can You Find It? (2003), Cressy's newest book, published in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, engages young readers in masterpieces of world painting through art-based "I spy" puzzlers. Its view is richer and deeper than that of its companion book, drawing as it does from 10 other collections besides that of the Metropolitan Museum. But the format is the same: each of the 20 featured paintings, mostly Renaissance European but representing a smattering of other cultures and eras, appears alongside a list of items to be found in the scene. Annotated keys appear at book's end in case young ones get stuck--a likely outcome considering the minutiae involved and the sometimes awkward positioning of important details (as when one of four baby carriages of L. S. Lowry's July, the Seaside disappears into the binding). Nonetheless, it's hard to fault a book that encourages young readers to pore over every square centimeter of such works as Bruegel the Elder's rambunctious Children at Play and to discover for themselves that "the fun is in the looking." Jennifer Mattson
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Book Description
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe much anticipated follow-up to the award-winning Can You Find It?In Can You Find It, Too? children approach art as detectives, browsing through 20 beautifully reproduced paintings in search of more than 150 details that are fun to find. With works from renowned institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and featuring art by renowned artists from all over the world, the search is on-for a musical horse, a nest of baby birds, even an artist's signature in worms! AUTHOR BIO: Judith Cressy has a degree in elementary art education and lives in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's leading cultural institutions, home to more than 2 million works of art.

About the Author
Judith Cressy has a degree in elementary art education and lives in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's leading cultural institutions, home to more than 2 million works of art.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe much anticipated follow-up to the award-winning Can You Find It?In Can You Find It, Too? children approach art as detectives, browsing through 20 beautifully reproduced paintings in search of more than 150 details that are fun to find. With works from renowned institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and featuring art by renowned artists from all over the world, the search is on-for a musical horse, a nest of baby birds, even an artist's signature in worms!

Author Bio: Judith Cressy has a degree in elementary art education and lives in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's leading cultural institutions, home to more than 2 million works of art.

FROM THE CRITICS

Children's Literature - Phyllis Kennemer, Ph.D.

The twenty paintings selected for this book are rich in details that could easily be missed by the casual observer. Each piece of art, beautifully reproduced in full color, is accompanied by a side panel with suggestions for discovery of items within the picture. Most of the suggested objects are not immediately obvious. In "Krishna and Balarama Fight the Enemy," an Indian battle scene, the list of items includes two drums, two elephants, seventeen horses, two golden crowns, nine shields, three men with bows, one green boot, and four spears. Finding all of these details demands deep concentration, and a magnifying glass would help too. The paintings, selected from museums in the United States and Europe, include such artists as Jan van Kessel, L. S. Lowry, Antoine Caron, and Charles Le Brun. The "answers" are provided with colored dots on small black and white copies of the paintings in the back of the book. Brief information is also provided about the artist or the circumstances of the creation of the piece if the artist is unknown. Readers of all ages will be intrigued with the scenes presented and with the challenge of finding aspects of the paintings that could easily be missed. 2004, The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N Abrams, Ages 8 up.

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