25 Terrific Art Projects Based on Favorite Picture Books

By Karen Backus, Linda Evans, Mary Thompson
80 pages
Collects artisitic activities based on the illustration styles
in such popular picture books as Leo Lionni's Swimmy,
Eric Carle's Draw Me a Star, and Lois Ehlert's Draw Me a Rainbow.

Contents

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by SimmsTaback	9
Faith Ringgold , watercolor paints , Venn diagram
A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman	15
Lois Ehlert , rainbow garden , green paper
The Great Kapok Tree A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry	22
Ezra Jack Keats , Amazon Rain Forest , snowflakes
Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle	28
Eric Carle , Gerald McDermott , Native American
Exploring the Art World	34
John Archambault , Leo Lionni , Seuss
Color Dance by Ann Jonas	39
Carle page , primary colors , Vincent van Gogh

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Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh	45
Crockett Johnson , sunflower , Vincent van Gogh
Matthews Dream by Leo Lionni	54
watercolor paints , Corduroy , Rainbow Fish
Cots Colors by Jane Cabrera	63
Owl Moon , Jane Yolen , brush strokes
The EensyWeensy Spider by Mary Ann Hoberman	69
salt dough , David McKee , cephalothorax
Huggly Takes a Bath by Tedd Arnold	75
Watty Piper , Little Engine , Platt & Munk

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