Celebrating Women Artist: 10 Recent and To Be Published Books

I.  Picture Books for Children

Herkert, Barbara. (2015). Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist. Illustrated byVanessa Newton. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers.
A lyrical narrative that tells about19th century artist Harriet Powers and her story quilts.

Herkert, Barbara. (2015). Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter. Illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
Picture book biography of 19th century American painter, Mary Cassatt.

Holzhey, Magdalena . (2015). Frida Kahlo: The Artist in the Blue House. New York: Prestel.
A biography that focuses on the themes in Frida Kahlo's art.

Hopkinson, Deborah. (2016). Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake. New York: Schwartz & Wade
Less biography and more tale told through letters. Celebrates this artists birth 150 years ago.

from In Mary's Garden

Kugler, Tina  and Carson Kugler. (2015). In Mary's Garden. New York: HMH Books for Young Readers.
A picture book biography of contemporary U.S. artist,  Mary Nohl, who created a famous sculpture garden.

from When Emily Carr Met Woo.

Kulling, Monica. (2014). When Emily Carr Met Woo. Illustrated by Dean Griffiths. Toronto, ON: Pajama Press.
Picture book biography about Canadian painter Emily Carr, focusing on eccentricities and  love for animals..

from  Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box

McPhail, David. (2015). Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
Picture book biography of English artist and children's book artist and author, Beatrix Potter.

Morales, Yuyi. (2014). Viva Frida. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
Picture book biography about 20th century Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo
A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book
A 2015 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award

from Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth. 

Rosenstock, Barb. (2016). Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth. Illustrated by Gerard DuBois. Honesdale, PA: Calkins Creek.
Barb Rosenstock tells this poetic biography of the emotional story of Lange’s evolution as one of the founders of documentary photography.  Will be published in March, 2016.

Rubin, Susan Goldman. (2015).  Hot Pink: The Life and Fashions of Elsa Schiaparelli. New York: Abram's Books for Young Readers.
A brief biography (44 pages) about fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973).

10 Picture Books I Can't Wait to Read

from Two White Rabbits.

Buitrago Jairo. (2015).  Two White Rabbits. Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. Toronot, ON: Groundwood Books.
This is a fictionalized account of a young migrant's journey to the United States that show's the child's perspective and she and her father travel on the roof of the train, know as, The Beast. This book will be published October 1, 2015.

Derby, Sally. (2016). Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Illustrated by Sean Qualls. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
I have loved Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry for years and am so please to see this biography.  I hope it opens his work to others. This book will be released on September 22, 2015.

Farmer, Bonnie. (2015). Oscar Lives Next Door: A Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson's Childhood.
by Marie Lafrance. Toronto, ON: Owlkids Books.
If you know Jazz then you know Oscar Peterson. I have a small collection of jazz picture books and look forward to adding this one to that collection. I didn't know about Oscar Peterson's bout with tuberculosis and how this led him from playing trumpet to piano. This is a fictionalized version of Peterson's life.
This book will be released on September 15, 2015.

Kulling, Monica. (2015). Grant and Tillie Go Walking. Illustrated by Sydney Smith. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
This picture book is about American artist Grant Wood. It is a fictionalized story about the artist and his need to be close to what was local. I recently became an admirer of Sydney Smith's art and look forward to seeing how he  interpreted Wood's style.  This book was released on August 11, 2015.

from Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People.

Nelson, S.D. (Lakota) (2015). Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers.
I read and collect all of S.D. Nelson's books.  His attention to story, detail, us of archival images, and of course is his amazing artwork are always powerful.  I also look forward to learning more about Sitting Bull and Ledger Art. This book will be released on November 3, 2015.

Rhodes-Pitts, Sharifa. (2015). Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem. Illustrated by Christopher Myers. New York: MOMA.
I have long admired Jacob Lawrence's art.  His Migrant series is nothing short of astounding.  I also look forward to seeing how Christopher Myers replicated on of the panels.  From viewing the book online, I was impressed with the richness of color. This was published in June, 30, 2015.

from When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter.

Rosa, Sonia. (2015). When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter.  Illustrated by Luciana Justiniana Hees. Translated by Jane Springer. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
When I read this opening to the book blurb, I knew tis was a book I would want to read. When I saw it is being published by Groundwood Books, I pre-ordered it. The historical importance of this and the art makes me want to read it. This book will be published October 13, 2015. Here's the blurb:

In 1770, the slave Esperança Garcia bravely penned a letter to the governor of Piauí state, in Brazil, describing how she and her children were being mistreated and requesting permission to return to the farm where the rest of her family was living. Before she wrote her letter, Esperança Garcia lived on a cotton farm run by Jesuit priests, where she learned to read and write — a rare opportunity for a woman, especially a slave. But one day she was separated from her husband and older children and taken with her two little ones to be a cook in the home of Captain Antonio Vieira de Couto, where she and the other slaves were beaten. In despair, she wrote to the governor about her terrible situation. She waited each day for a reply, never giving up hope, and although she never received an answer, she is remembered today for being the courageous slave who wrote the first letter of appeal in Afro-Brazilian Brazil. 

Tate, Don. (2015). Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.
This picture book biography is about 19th century poet,  George Moses Horton, a North Carolina slave.  He purchased his freedom through his art and wrote about slavery through verse. I am familiar with Don Tate's art work having included his book, It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw in an e-book, Making Knowledge in Grade 2 through Read Alouds & Small Group Instruction, that I recently published. This is a link to a reprint of Horton's poetry. This book will be published on September 1, 2015.

Tonatiuh, Duncan. (2015). Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers.
I only recently became familiar with Duncan Tonatiuh's picture books--and have enjoyed each that I have read.  I appreciate that he offers insights into important history that is not always included in traditional history books. I included his book, Separate is Never Equal  in an e-book, Making Knowledge in Grade 2 through Read Alouds & Small Group Instruction, that I recently published.  I look forward to learning more about Mexican artist, José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada and his important art. Will be released on August 25, 2015.

from Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement.

Weatherford, Carole Boston. (2015). Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement. Illustrated by Ekua Holmes. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
It's great to see a picture book biography about civil rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer. I have admired Carole Boston Weatherford's many books and look forward to reading this one.  She tells Hamer's story in the first person verse. This book was published on August 4, 2015.

10 Books about Artists for Teens

Goldsworthy, Andy. (2004). Passage.  New York: Harry N. Abrams. 
(Artist: Andy Goldsworthy, 1956 -   )

Andy Goldworthy's Garden of Stones.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Gates (Central Park, NYC, 1979-2005)

Greenberg, Jan & Sandra Jordan. (2008). Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond. New York: Roaring Brook Press.
(Artists: Christo, 1935 -  & Jeanne-Claude, 1935 - 2009)

Louise Bourgeois, The Spider

Greenberg, Jan & Sandra Jordan. (2003). Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois. New York: Harry N. Abrams. 
(Artist: Louise Bourgeois, 1911-2010)

This is a link to a website dedicated to making accessible, Louise Bourgeois art.

Romare Bearden's The Block, 1971

Hughes Langston. (1995). The Block. Paintings by Romare Bearden. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(Artist: Romare Bearden, 1911-1988)

Wolf Kahn's My Barn on a Summer Night, 1982

Kahn, Wolf. (2003). Wolf Kahn's America: An Artist's Travels. Introduction by John Updike. New York: Harry N. Abrams.
(Artist: Wolf Kahn, 1927 - )

Marc Chagall's I and the Village, 1911

Lewis, J. Patrick and Jane Yolen. (2011/2014). Self Portrait with Seven Fingers: The Life of Marc Chagall in Verse. Mankato, MN: Creative Editions.
(Artist: Marc Chagall, 1887-1885)

Romare Bearden's Poseidon, the Sea God

O'Meally, Robert. (2008). Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey. New York: DC Moore Gallery.
(Artist: Romare Bearden, 1911-1988)

Spires,Elizabeth. (2009). I Heard God Talking To Me: William Edmondson and His Stone Carvings. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
(Artist: William Edmondson, 1883-1951)




Waldman, Diane. (2002). Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams. New York: Harry N. Abrams.
(Artist: Joseph Cornell, 1903 - 1972)

Focus on Children's Book Illustrator: Raul Colón

Hugs & Kisses. Watercolor & Pencil.

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Artist, Raúl Colón, is a favorite illustrator. You may be familiar with his children's work or you may have seen a cover he illustrated for the New Yorker or saw his MTA mural at the 191st Street Subway Station in New York. His illustrations have earned numerous awards including multiple Pura Belpre Awards and The Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Award (twice). 

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Grandma Brushing Hair. Watercolor & Pencil.

Appelt, Kathi. 2007. My Father’s House. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Viking Juvenile.

Archambault, John. 1997. Grandmother’s Garden. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Balan, Bruce. 1998. Buoy: Home at Sea. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Delacorte.

Bird Costume. Watercolor and Pencil.

4 Ballerinas. Watercolor and Pencil.

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.  2012. Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books.

Woman with Rainbow Hair. Watercolor & Pencil.

Brown, Monica, 2007. My Name is Gabiot/Mi Llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/La Vida De Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon.

Burleigh, Robert. 2002. Pandora. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

Sitting with Mami. Watercolor & Pencil.

Burleigh, Robert. 1999. Hercules. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

Calhoun, Mary. 2001. A Shepard’s Gift. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Rayo.

Calhoun, Mary. 2001. El Regalo del Pastor. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Rayo.

Sitting with Papi. Watercolor & Pencil.

Colón, Edie. 2011. Good-bye Havana! Hola, New York. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Colón, Raúl. 2004. Orson Blasts Off! New York, NY: Atheneum.

Davis, C.L. 2001. The Christmas Barn. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: American Girl.

Cuperman, Pedro. 1996. Diario de viaje. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Fenner, Carol. 1997. Yolanda’s Genius. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Turtleback.

Gray, Libba Moore. 1999. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Grimes, Nikki. 2004. What is Goodbye? Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Hyperion.

Holt, Kimberly Willis, 2001. Dancing in Cadillac Light. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Putnam.

Hopkinson, Deborah, 2012. Annie and Helen. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Schwartz & Wade.

Hopkinson, Deborah, 2002. A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Aladdin.

The Wedding Rooster. Watercolor & Pencil.

Johnston, Tony. 2001. Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Blue Sky Press.

Martina the Cockroach. Watercolor & Pencil.

Martinez, Rueben. 2010. Once Upon a Time/Habia una vez: Traditional Latin American Tales/Cuentos tradicionales latinoamericanos. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Rayo.

McCourt, Frank. 2007. Angela and the Baby Jesus.  Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.

Looking at the Statue of Liberty. Watercolor & Pencil.

Abraham Took the Train. Watercolor and Pencil.

Michelson, Richard. 2008. As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Knopf.

Mora, Pat. 2005. Doña Flor: Un Cuento De Una Mujer Gigante Con Un Gran Corazon. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Knopf.

Mora, Pat. 2004. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Knopf.

Cowboys & Indians. Mixed Media.

Mora, Pat. 2000. Tómas and the Library Lady. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Dragonfly Books.

Mora, Pat. 1997. Tómas y la Senora Biblioteca. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Dragonfly Books.

Pittman, Helena Clare. 2000. The Snowman’s Path. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Dial.

Posada, Jorge. 2010. Sí Puedes! Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Posada, Jorge. 2006. Play Ball! Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Reich, Susanna. 2005. José! Born to Dance: The Story of José Limon. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Robinet, Harriette Gillem. 2002. Walking to the Bus Rider Blues. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Aladdin.

San Succi, Robert D. 1998. A Weave of Words. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Scholastic.

My First Protest. Watercolor & Pencils.

They Won't Let Us In. Watercolor & Pencil.

Shelton, Paula Young. 2009. Child of the Civil Rights Movement. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Schwartz & Wade.

Spinelli, Eileen. 2003. Rise the Moon. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Dial.

Tropical Landscape. Watercolor & Pencil

Storace, Patricia. 2007. Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Hyperion.

Tamar, Rika. 1997. Alphabet City Ballet. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: HarperTrophy.

Thomas, Jane Resh. 1997. Celebration! Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Hyperion.

Turner, Ann Warren. 2000. Secrets from the Doll House. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Water Faucets. Pen & Ink & Watercolor

Wilson, Karma. 2007. How to Bake an American Pie. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Margaret K. McElderry.

Winter, Jonah. 2008. Roberto Clemente: Pride of Pittsburgh Pirates. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Atheneum.

Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. 1994. Always My Dad. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York, NY: Knopf.

Yolen, Jane. 2003. Mightier than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

The Need to Compose & A Room of One's Own: Art Making & School-Based Writing

Creating Art
Yesterday I knew I needed to create something with my hands, not only my camera.  For awhile when I had a different job and oodles of time, I worked at collage frequently. I enjoyed making batiked papers for my collages, painting with watercolors and acrylics, collecting "found" papers, applying gesso to surfaces, using Liqiuitex or Golden gel mediums, having on hand a range of brushes, artist tape, some sponges, and course a brayer. It's the physicality of the work that interests me as the blank canvas begins to take on shape as I layer paper and paint.

I had been dreaming the last week of a room of my own.  It was a fairly massive space with very large canvases with the edges taped, ones taller than me, and serious rollers with long handles, and pans of paint. I don't have a room of my own.  So yesterday I unpacked art materials I had put away after starting my new job (now 17 months old), carted everything upstairs to the dining room table, covered it with paper and began to work.  A couple hours later, satisfied with the image, I photographed it and then imported it into Photoshop (CS4).  I let it sit on my screen for a few hours taking a look now and again. At about 11:00 p.m. I began to work with the image, layering parts of photographs I had taken the day before and playing. By that time, my home was very quiet and I worked for about an hour, and left the image up on my screen.

This morning, I returned to the image at about 6:00 a.m. and worked at it for awhile, but could not get it to a finished state so I left it alone again and went to work.  I got home at about 9:00 tonight and began thinning the image of the sun by blurring it.  This seemed to settle the work into an evenness that had eluded me. Because I work in layers, I can click off and on sections of the image to see differences, as well as reorder the layers to shift foreground and background.  24 hours later, I felt done and posted the image on RedBubble and Twitter.

School-Based Writing
Tonight I thought about the processes I went through to make the final image and contrasted that with the way "experts" on  several different videos I watched this afternoon teach writing. In preparation for some work I will be doing next week, I was reviewing video all afternoon.  I was dismayed at the amount of talk the guest teachers (expert consultants) did and how the kids regardless of the setting (middle school, high school) sat and watched the guests.  It was like an epic version of Waiting for Godot.

I also was concerned when the guests simply told the kids to write and gave them a few minutes.  Then the students were expected to confer with a partner for a minute or two and then read aloud their work. Throughout this process, each guest consultant kept referring to the students as writers. Most of the  work read by the students in each class was pretty mundane and quite unfinished, and certainly I can understand why, as creating was limited to 6 minutes, some talk, and then Pow: perform.  The expert consultants' comments to the kids were overly rewarding with statements like: "You are fabulous writers." "That's great work." "You're a poet." "You worked really really hard today in your groups."

I just didn't see any of that. And I am a hoping the kids didn't buy it either.  I'm confident the students can do better work, with greater difficulty and complexity than what 6 minutes of pencil to paper produces. So what I was thinking about tonight is the contrast in creating art--be it as a painter, photographer, or writer and the privilege I have to determine the time I need to create a work, the range of tools (physical and technological) I have to use, as well as the certainty that I can abandon or set aside work anytime throughout the process. The students I watched had none of these and I want to remind you that these videos (costly at that) are presented as models for teachers to follow. 

I kept thinking: When do kids learn that creating is tough stuff, not a six-minute task? When do students experience what all artists come up against walls that must be honored and pushed through? What might beginning teachers make of this?

Along Towards Morning (M.A. Reilly, 4.11)

Books about 19th and 20th Century Artists: K-8

1. Armstrong, Jennifer. 2003. Audubon: Painter of Birds in the Wild Frontier. Illustrated by Jos. A. Smith. NY: Harry N. Abrams.
2. Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. 2009. Diego: Bigger Than Life. Illustrated by David Diaz. Tarrytown, NY: Miles Cavendish.
3. Bogart, Jo Ellen Bogart. 2011. Capturing Joy: The Story of Maud Lewis.  Illustrated by Mark Lang. Tornoto: Tundra Books.
4. Brenner, Barbara. 2003. The Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West. Illustrated by Oliver Dunrea. NY: Sandpiper.
5. Bryant, Jen. 2010. Georgia’s Bones. Illustrated by Bethanne Andersen. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
6. Christensen Bonnie. 2011. Fabulous: A Portrait of Andy Warhol. NY: Henry Holt.
7. Cole, Henry. 2010. A Nest for Celeste: A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home. NY: Katherine Tegen Books.
8. Davies, Jacqueline. 2004. The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. NY: Houghton Mifflin.

Duggleby, John. 1998. Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle.

Frith, Margaret. 2003. Frida Kahlo: The Artist who Painted Herself. Illustrated by Tomie dePaola. NY: Grosset & Dunlop.

Gherman, Beverly. 2002. Ansel Adams: America's Photographer. NY: Little Brown.

Goldber, Dana. 2008. On My Block: Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
Greenberg, Jan & Sandra Jordan. 2007. Action Jackson.  Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. NY: Square Fish.
---------------------------------------------. 2007. Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop. NY: Laurel Leaf.

Hartfield, Claire. 2002. Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired by the Life and Art of Romare Beardon. Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue. NY: Dial.
Hill, Laban Carrick. 2010. Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. NY: Little, Brown.

Igus, Toyomi.  2004. Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South. Illustrated by  Michele Wood. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Isom, Joan Shaddox. 2001. The First Starry Night. Watertown, MA: Charlesbidge Publishing.
Jacobson, Rick. 2004. Picasso: Soul on Fire.  Illustrated by Laura Fernandez. Toronto: Tundra Books.
Johnson, D.B.  2010. Palazzo Inverso. NY: Houghton Mifflin.
Lasky, Kathryn. 2009. Georgia Rises: A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe. Illustrated by Ora Eitan. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Le Tord, Bijou. 1999. A Bird or 2: A Story about Henri Matisse. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books.
-------------------. 1995. A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet.  Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books.
Lyons, Mary E (Ed). 1998. Talking with Tebe: Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist. NY: Houghton Mifflin.

From Me, Frida

------------------. 1993. Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers. NY: Atheneum.
------------------. 1993. Starting Home: The Story of Horace Pippin, Painter.  NY: Atheneum.

Maltbie P. I. 2010. Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped the Trains. Illustrated by Jos. A. Smith. NY: Abrams.

--------------. 2007. Picasso and Minou. Illustrated by Pau Estrada. NY: Abrams.

Marín, Guadalupe Rivera. 2009. My Papa Diego and Me/Mi papa Diego y yo: Memories of My Father and His Art/Recuerdos de mi padre y su arte. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
Markel, Michelle. 2005. Dreamer From the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall. Illustrated by Emily Lisker. NY: Henry Holt.
Massenot. Veronique. 2011. Journey on the Clouds: A Children's Book Inspired by Chagall.  Ilustrated by Elize Mansot. Prestel.
Mayhew, Joseph. 2007. Katie Meets the Impressionists. NY: Scholastic.
Novesky, Amy. 2010. Me. Frida. Illustrated by David Diaz. NY: Abrams Books.
Niepold, Mil. 2009. Oooh! Picasso. Illustrated by Jeanyves Verdu. San Francisco, CA: Tricycle Press.
---------------. 2007. Oooh! Matisse. Illustrated by Jeanyves Verdu. San Francisco, CA: Tricycle Press.
Obiolis, Anna. 2007. Dali and the Path of Dreams. Illustrated by Joan Subirana. London: Frances Lincoln.
Place, Francois. 2004. The Old Man Mad about Drawing: A Tale of Hokusai. Translated by William Rodarmor. Jaffrey, NH: David R. Godine.
Raczka, Bob. 2007. The Art of Freedom: How Artists See America. Minneapolis. MN: Millbrook.
Ray, Deborah Kogan. 2001. Hokusai: The Man Who Painted a Mountain. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Rodriguez,  Rachel Victoria. 2009. Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. NY: Henry Holt.
---------------------------------. 2006. Through Georgia's Eyes. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. NY: Henry Holt.

Rohmer, Harriet. 1997. Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Fourteen Artists. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.

Rubin, Susan Goldman. 2009. Jacob Lawrence in the City. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
----------------------------. 2009. Magritte's Imagination. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
----------------------------. 2008. Whaam! The Art and Life of Roy Lichtenstein. NY: Abrams.
---------------------------- .2007. Delicious: The Art and Life of Wayne Thiebaud. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
----------------------------. 2007. Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow. NY: Abrams.

----------------------------. 2006. Andy Warhol: Pop Art Painter. NY: Abrams.
----------------------------. 2001. The Yellow House: Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin Side by Side. NY: Henry N. Abrams.
Saxton, Jo. 2010. Snail Trail: In Search of a Modern Masterpiece. London: Frances Lincoln. 
Schroeder, Alan. 2009. In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage. Illustrated by JaeMe Bereal. NY: Lee & Low.

Stone, Tanya Lee. 2008. Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder. Illustrated by Boris Kulikov. NY: Viking.
Sullivan, George. 2009. Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision. NY: Clarion.
Tonatiuh, Duncan. 2011. Diego Rivera: His World and Ours. NY: Abrams Books for Young Readers. 

Warhola, James. 2005. Uncle Andy's. NY: Puffin.
Whitehead, Kathy. 2008. Art from Her Heart:Folk Artist Clementine Hunter. Illustrated by Shaen Evans. NY: Putnam.
Wing, Natasha. 2009. An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers. Illustrated by Julia Breckenreid. NY: Henry Holt.

Winter, Jeanette. 2003. My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter. Orlando, FL: Voyager.
Winter, Jonah. 2002. Frida. Illustrated by Ana Juan. NY: Arthur Levine Books.
Winter, Jonah. 2007. Diego. Illustrated by Jeanette Winter. NY: Knopf.
Yolleck, Joan 2010. Paris in Spring with Picasso. Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. NY: Schwartz & Wade.