Mus-List, I don't think this made it to all of you the first time I sent it. I would appreciate any feedback on my purposed project (have any of you worked with libraries before to build community ties and develop new audiences?) and other books you may have encountered for children related to art and museums. Thanks in advance, Jennifer I hope this helps. I am currently working on a project to partner branch libraries' story times with museum tours. This is a list of books and series that I and a children's librarian have compiled. Our project is in the developmental stages, therefore we would appreciate any feedback regarding other books and/or exactly how you are using books to help children experience museums. Jennifer Bransom [log in to unmask] Books (note: information is ordered Title, Author, appropriate age level, summary) Art: Rembrandt - Mike Venezia (PS - 4) An Artist - Goffstein, M.B. (2-5) story of how an artist creates When Clay Sings - Baylor, Bird (2-5) Southwestern clay Shapes & Stories - Grigson, Jeff (5-7) specific pictures analyzed Leonardo & the Renaissance - Harris, Nat (5-7) Just Imagine - Cumming, R. Concepts shown through great paintings Creatures of Paradise - Holme, B (4-8) 117 artworks of animals Investigating Art - Keightly, M. (5-8) a practical guide for young peopl e Great Painters - Ventura, P. (4-8) ancient Greece through Picasso Art Dog - Hurd, Thatcher The Gentleman and the Kitchen Maid - Frederick - Lionni, Leo mouse/painter brings cheer to winter hibernation Antonio's Apprenticeship, Painting a Fresco in Renaissance Italy (ages 6 - 11) Museums: Anno's Alphabet - Anno (PS-2) "an excellent introduction to art" ABC: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Mayer, F.C. (PS-4) ABC: Museum of Modern Art, NY - Mayer, F.C. (PS-4) The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau - Agee, Jon (PS-3) picture bo ok, paintings come to life Benjamin's Portrait - Baker, A. (PS-1) hamster in a gallery Norman the Doorman - Freeman, D. (PS-2) at museum Jackson Makes His Move - Glass, A. (1-3) racoon and abstract art Visiting the Art Museum - Brown, L.K. (K-3) an introduction Cherries and Cherry Pits - Williams, V. (K-3) giving, loving and making art All in a Day - Anno et al (K-3) multiculturalism by 10 artists Art Lessons - Schick, E (1-4) Paddingtons Art Exhibition - Bond, M. (3-5) Linnea in Monet's Garden - Bjork, C. (1-4) learns about flowers, Monet a nd Impressionism Boy of the Painted Cave - Denzel, J. (5-7) cromagnon boy wants to be a c ave painter Time of the Bison - Turner, A. (3-5) same plot as above Voice of the Wood - Clement, C. (3-5) fairytale/relationship art to arti st also Painter and the Wild Swan Biographies: An Artist's Album - Goffstein, M.B. (2-4) poetic interpretation of sever al artists Meet Edgar Degas - Newlands, A (2-6) Picasso - Venezia, M. (PS-4) Inspirations - Sills, Leslie (5-7) 4 women artists Marc Chagall - Raboff, E. (4-6) Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkon - Henry, M. (4-6) Claude and Sun - Novak, Matt (PS-1) caricature of Monet All I See - Rylont, C. (1-3) artist teaches young friend to paint I, Juan de Pareja - de Trevino, E. (5-8) Velasquez Series: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists - Venezia, Mike I Spy ... a Lion in Art an Alphabet in Art Numbers in Art - Micklethwait, Lucy Spot ... a Cat a Dog - Micklethwait, Lucy Experience is by industry achieved And perfected by the swift course of time.