Grandma in Blue with Red Hat
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When a young boy learns about what makes art special—sometimes it’s beautiful, sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it tells a story—he realizes that these same characteristics are what make his grandmother special, too. As a result, he finds the inspiration to create his own masterpiece that’s one of a kind.
Christopher Award–winning author Scott Menchin and New York Times bestselling illustrator Harry Bliss have teamed up for a celebration of the power of art and expression, and the extraordinary love between grandparent and child.
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Inspired by a Saturday morning art class at what looks like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a boy decides that his beloved grandmother should be in the collection. No, not a portrait of her the woman herself. After all, like the rest of the great art on display, grandma is one-of-a-kind, beautiful, and distinctive; in short, "Grandma makes me feel good." When the curator firmly but politely dissuades him from this plan, the boy puts together an exhibition at his home that celebrates both the variety of artistic expression and one amazing woman. Menchin (Harry Goes to Dog School) and Bliss (The Sweetest Witch Around) don't lecture or try to dumb down aesthetics, technique, or art history although, thanks to Bliss, readers will probably never forget that Picasso "liked to paint in his underwear." Instead, the authors take a more intriguing path, asking, "Why does something belong in an art museum?" By steering readers into the heady realm of context, criteria, and taste, everyone becomes a critic and that's an illuminating, empowering thing. Ages 4 8.
