Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids: Impressionist Art

by Ruthie Knapp and Janice Lehmberg

Book Overview

"A pocket-size offering of tasty art tidbits...may actually prove more useful after the field trip, in the classroom or at home...covers Impressionists such as Manet, Degas, and Cassett...Pissaro,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871923858
• ISBN13: 9780871923851
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Davis
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great teaching aid, presentation aid & recreational reading!

This is a wonderfully entertaining and a very informative book for kids, parents, school volunteers and teachers! There's something for everyone. I've used it as a parent and art volunteer in the classroom for our kids and the other presenters. My eight year old daughter reads from this and their other book on American Art. Wish there were more in the set besides, Impressionists, American and Egyptian Art guides!

Our museum docents are using this great text !

It is a thoroughly engrossing overview of the artists and their artistic accomplishments written in a manner so easy to read aand remember. It really could be for any age tii use in any museum in the world which has Impressionist paintings. Fascinating! Informative!

Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids (and Adults too!)

If you don't have children, but have a number of them on your holiday list, these three Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids by Ruthie Knapp and Janice Lehmberg are truly a find. They'll delight everyone - the kids will love them, their parents will be thankful for something that is both mind-expanding and great fun, and, you'll be thankful for pleasing both parties. Every child on my list will be receiving them this year. What's more, if you need some brushing-up in American art, Egyptian art, or French Impressionism, take a look before you wrap them up or, better yet, get a set for yourself. ART 101 was never so much fun! (Make sure to order all three books.)

A fun,informative book appealing to children and adults.

This book, with its two companion volumes on Egyptian Art and American Art, helps create a fun and focused visit to a specific collection. The reader learns what to look for in the paintings, and also learns entertaining facts about the various artists. The introduction is particularly helpful. For example, it explains basic concepts about colors and perspective, and sets reasonable expectations about what children can absorb. The section about "museum feet" is very pertinent. Obviously the authors know children as well as the art.