Can You Find It? America: Search and Discover More Than 150 Details in 20 Works of Art

By Metropolitan Museum of Art

Book Overview

The Can You Find It? books have delighted countless children, inviting them to look more closely at works of art by searching for hidden details. Now comes a new title in the series, featuring paintings, prints, and textiles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each work is characteristically American, and each is filled with a wealth of details to discover. ? Among the works featured are Washington Crossing the Delaware , by Emmanuel Leutze; Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way" , by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for Currier & Ives; The Last Moments of John Brown , by Thomas Hovenden; Thanksgiving Turkey , by Grandma Moses; The Photographer , by Jacob Lawrence; and Street Story Quilt ; by Faith Ringgold. ? Praise for the Can You Find It? series ? Family Fun "Our Favorite Things" selection ? "This is art as entertainment with an educational bent." -- School Library Journal ? "It's hard to fault a book that encourages young readers to pore over every square centimeter . . ." -- Booklist

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810988909
• ISBN13: 9780810988903
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5