Trio of Art Books for Young Readers

Three great new books on artists and their styles recently arrived in the Children's Room at Galesburg Public Library! You can find them in the new book spinner by the giant pencil.

Kahlo's Koalas: 1, 2, 3, Count Art with Me 
by Grace Helmer
Missouri: Andrews McMeel Universal, 2019 

Kahlo's Koalas is a fantastic board book that teaches kids how to count to ten with a variety of animals and artistic styles. Inside, the koalas on the cover have dark eyebrows and flowery headdresses, Picasso's panda is shown in his distinctive style, and more. A very brief biography and description of each artist's style is listed in the back two pages. Modern art style has never been my strong suit, and I really enjoyed this book as a basic introduction to matching names with images.




                                        Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn't Sorry.

Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn't Sorry.

by Fausto Gilberti
New York City and London: Phaidon Press, 2019


Fausto Gilberti is an award-winning illustrator and author whose children's books have recently been translated into English. Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn't Sorry. and Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn't Sorry. are both charming biographies that follow their subjects with fun illustrations (and lots of blue and splashes, respectively).