Book Description
Detailing the childhood lives of famous artists, this series shows young readers some of the amazing things that have been accomplished by children. The stories both educate and inspire children to be creative, work hard, and follow their dreams. Compartiendo las infancias de los artistas famosos, esta colección revela su creatividad y su genio como niños al mismo tiempo que ofrece una vista de cómo desarrollaron y reconocieron sus talentos especiales.
Card catalog description
Focuses on the childhood of the noted artist Toulouse-Lautrec.
About the Author
Tony Hart is the resident artist for the BBC children's program Saturday Special. Susan Hellard is the illustrator of Felix the Fluffy Kitten, Bob the Bouncy Kitten, Mozart, Brahms, Bach, and Beethoven, books also in the Famous Children series.
Toulouse-Lautrec (Ninos Famosos) ANNOTATION
Focuses on the childhood of the noted artist Toulouse-Lautrec.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Detailing the childhood lives of famous artists, this series shows young readers some of the amazing things that have been accomplished by children. The stories both educate and inspire children to be creative, work hard, and follow their dreams.
Author Biography: Tony Hart is the resident artist for the BBC children's program Saturday Special. Susan Hellard is the illustrator of Felix the Fluffy Kitten, Bob the Bouncy Kitten, Mozart, Brahms, Bach, and Beethoven, books also in the Famous Children series.
FROM THE CRITICS
El Dia Magazine
Libros que estan dirigidos a los jovenes, pero que tambien los
adultos pueden disfrutar.
Criticas - Coop Renner, Blackshear Elementary, Austin, TX Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
Gr 2-5-These short biographies focus on the home lives and early hints of genius shown by each artist. Written in story format, the texts include brief fictional conversations reflecting the thoughts and feelings of the artists and the people around them. Hart discusses their early difficulties, whether financial in the case of Michelangelo or health-related in the case of Toulouse-Lautrec, describing the artists' birthplaces, early homes, and travels. Hellard's brightly colored and good-humored illustrations blend with reproductions of the artists' juvenile creations, which are worked into the text on appropriate pages. While not as charming and involving as Laurence Anholt's more fictionalized Degas y la pequena bailarina (Degas and the Little Ballerina, Santillana, 1998) and Camille y los girasoles (Camille and the Sunflowers, Santillana, 1997), these titles provide good introductions to the work of important artists. They should make especially good selections for libraries and any bookstores where art books are popular.
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