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  • The Mona Lisa Vanishes: a Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

    By Nick Day (J364.162 Day)

    A fast-paced work of non-fiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world -- and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.

  • Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

    By Isabel F. Campoy (J Camp)

    What good can a splash of color do in a community of gray? As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than you might ever imagine! Based on a true story.

  • Great American Artists for Kids: Hands on Art Experiences in the Style of Great American Masters

    By MaryAnn F. Kohl (J709.73 Kohl)

    Featuring 75 American artists from colonial times to the present, each entry feature a brief biography of the artist and instructions for a hands-on activity based on the artist’s work.

  • Aaron Slater, Illustrator

    By Andrea Beaty (E Beat)

    When their teacher asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures. Printed with a dyslexia-friendly font.

  • Children's Book of Art

    (J702.8 Chil)

    This large volume offers a colorful tour of art through the ages. Trace the development of styles and techniques, and take a close look at some of the world’s greatest masterpieces, from cave paintings to street art.

  • Time to Make Art

    By Jeff Mack (E Mack)

    Does art have to be perfect? Where do you begin? A young girl wants to know how to make art and asks artists from different decades meaningful questions about their mediums while becoming more inspired to create art of her own.

  • Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

    By Javaka Steptoe (J740.92 Step)

    A vibrant picture book about the childhood and life of Puerto Rican-Haitian American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Javaka Steptoe’s vivid text and bold artwork, which echo’s Basquiat's own, introduces young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful.

  • The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art

    By Barb Rosenstock (EB Kand)

    This picture book biography tells the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art who, throughout his life, experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors.

  • The Artist

    By Ed Vere (E Vere)

    A brave little artist goes on an adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a gray, drab city.

  • The Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons

    By Natascha Biebow (EB Binn)

    This exuberantly illustrated picture book celebrates the life of Edward Binney, inventor of the Crayola crayon, who brought the iconic bright green box full of colors to children for only a nickel.