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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Fave Museum Art Storybooks for Kids

My children absolutely love recognizing famous works of art in their picture books. There are great kid's story books with museum art (I specify because most picture books have art- their illustrations)! I noticed that we really seem to gravitate towards a few favorite titles in this category, and I want to share them with yall.

Remember, books are free (or almost free, depending on where you live) with your amazing, magical library card. 

Lucy Micklethwait books are wonderful. She has numerous art books, but these rhyme and are so cute! My toddler and my 5 year old like them.

My older child LOVES the wordless books by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman. I think we are definitely going to have to buy these, because we keep checking them out from the library. I love the detailed lists of artwork featured in the back of the books.

 Olivia features Jackson Pollock and Edgar Degas paintings inside. Reading this book to my son is when I first realized he recognized art from book to book. Our local museum has a Degas sculpture and its fun to point it out to the kids now that we are familiar with the artist.

Do you have any favorite books that feature famous works of art? Share them in the comments.
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  1. aFebruary 25, 2015 at 6:03 PM

    We have the Met book, but I'm not good with wordless books. The board books look interesting--who is the author?

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    1. UnknownFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:43 AM

      I had an aversion to them, but I let Mr. Z lead me through the book, and he ends up so engrossed he forgets I am there. The board books are by Julie Merberg, I left that out of the post. Silly me!

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  2. Colleen PenceFebruary 27, 2015 at 7:52 AM

    Trinity University Press (here, locally!) has a wonderful dual language (Spanish / English) board book series featuring works of art from the San Antonio Museum of Art. I shared a post on my blog about taking my kids and the books to the museum to search for the art we saw in the books. It was so much fun!

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    1. UnknownFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:45 AM

      Colleen, thanks so much for stopping by! And that is a great idea! My kids would definitely have fun doing that. (And we have those books, you jogged my memory!)

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  3. Megan @ Wit & WanderFebruary 27, 2015 at 8:12 AM

    I had never even thought about looking for museum art in kids books, but I LOVE this idea! We have the Dallas Museum of Art in our backyard, so it would be perfect for field trips to see the art we find in books. Thank you so much for sharing!

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    1. UnknownFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:44 AM

      You're welcome, thanks for stopping by. The Dallas Museum of Art is on my list of "to do's" when I go up there next!

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  4. Jennifer March 2, 2015 at 9:09 AM

    I loved these kinds of books as a kid! I'll have to add some of these titles to the collection I've started for when my Niece comes to visit :)

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Thank you in advance for sharing your lovely thoughts.

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