Story books
Nicole's guide to good books for children
Art books for young children
Roy & Matilda The gallery mice
This book shows paintings that were in the National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia. The book has been written especially for children aged three to six, but appeals to older children too.
Roy & Matilda The golden locket
This book shows paintings that are in the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia. There is a nice story of a family of mice looking for the owner of a lost locket.
Roy & Matilda The mysterious music
This book shows paintings that are in the Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. There is a nice story of a family of mice that manages to go inside the paintings.
Degas and the little dancer
In this book we can read about Marie, a little dancer who posed for Degas because she didn't have enough money to pay for her ballet lessons.
Camille and the sunflowers
This book is about Van Gogh and about a boy called Camille whose father is a postman. They made friends with Van Gogh and Van Gogh painted Camille and his family. Unfortunately not everyone wanted to be friends with Van Gogh who got teased quite a lot. People at that time didn't appreciate his paintings.
Picasso and the girl with a ponytail
This is a book about Picasso and a shy girl called Sylvette. Sylvette posed for Picasso and Picasso gave her one of his paintings which she was able to sell for a lot of money.
Leonardo and the flying boy
This book is about Leonardo da Vinci and a boy called Zoro. Leonardo not only paints but he is trying also to build a flying machine at a time when planes didn't exist and people didn't believe that flying was possible for humans.
For the love of Auguste
This book shows us lots of paintings by Renoir. Renoir has become a teddy bear who loves to paint. The paintings by Renoir in this book are not exactly the real paintings as often we can see a teddy bear on them!
For the love of Vincent
This book shows us lots of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh has become a teddy bear who loves to paint. The paintings by Van Gogh in this book are not exactly the real paintings as often we can see a teddy bear on them!
Willy's pictures
This book shows famous paintings like the Mona Lisa, but they have been changed and often show gorillas instead of people. On one of them there was a dog on a leash, now we see a man there instead of a dog!