Favorite Books

Stories About Artists

• Degas and the Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt
• Introducing Picasso by Juliet Heslewood
• Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists (series) by Mike Venezia
• The Painter's Eye; Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
• The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau and Gail De Marcken

Drawing Books

• Ed Emberley's Drawing Book (series) by Ed Emberley
• Dover Coloring Book Collection by various authors
• The Anti-Coloring Book series by Susan Striker and Edward Kimmel

Children's Story Books

• Babar’s Museum of Art by Laurent de Brunhoff
• Alphabears (an ABC book) by Kathleen Hague, illustrated by Michael Hague
• Anno's Journey (series) by Mitsumasa Anno
• Animal Art by Lee J. Ames
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar (and many others) by Eric Carle
• Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood, Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)
• The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Others We Like

• Talking to the Sun by Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell
• Eyewitness Books (series) – on a wide variety of subjects
• Brain Power by Laureli Blyth
• The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People by Carol Eikleberry

Books About Art for Adults

• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
• The Arts and the Creation of Mind by Elliot W. Eisne
• Undressed Art: Why We Draw by Peter Steinhart