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In her book The Hidden Art of Homemaking, Edith Schaeffer argues that everyone has a talent or skill ready to be discovered and put to use for the glory of God. Often, that talent lies dormant, and the individual is frustrated by the empty spot in their life it should fill. Finding your talent should be a priority, though it's no drudgery—discovering what God has made you good at is a joyful and exciting process.

Similarly, Olympic gold medalist Eric Liddell never put his running before his duty to Christ; instead, he used his talent as a sprinter to glorify God. As he expresses in the brilliant film Chariots of Fire, "I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure." God gives us talents to use in His name, and our joy in them is really our joy in Him.

Eric Liddell's talent led him to compete internationally; the "hidden art" Schaeffer describes is a little more modest, though no less glorifying to God when pursued humbly and gratefully. For Schaeffer, one's hidden art can be something as simple as arranging flowers on the kitchen table, or as elaborate as writing a story or painting a landscape. Everyone has different strengths, and each should learn to cultivate their own.

Our goal in teaching our children art and music isn't to raise a bunch of Van Goghs and Mozarts. If your child is a creative genius that's wonderful, but even if she can barely stay in the lines when coloring, her gifts are just as valuable to the Lord, and her discovery of them is just as important for her growth and personal happiness.

There are a few books in this section designed to help kids appreciate great art of the past, to learn about composers, or to identify the work of different painters and architects. However, most of what we offer is intended to help students across the whole range of ages to acquire and develop whatever skills they may have in sketching, painting, composing, instrument-playing, sculpting, acting, etc.

It's important to remember that no one will ever do anything perfectly, and first attempts are generally met with complete or near-total failure. Failure is often seen as an enemy, or simply as a hurdle to be overcome. Real failure, however, is integral to eventual success and (more importantly) to learning and character development. If a child managed to get everything right the first time, there would be no room for improvement, no reason to work hard.

Exercising one's creativity is essential. Humans were created in God's image, which means in part that we are creative beings, and whenever we're creative in ways that honor God, we're imitating Him. To the extent we can train our kids to do this, we should. Encourage them to do the best they can, because in the end they're doing it for God, and He expects nothing less.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
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Alvin Ailey
by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
from Hyperion Books for Children
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
America Latina Spanish Coloring Book
from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Latin American & Hispanic Culture (Location: HISMC-LAT)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
by Eric Carle
from Philomel Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
ARTistic Pursuits Grades K-3 Book 1
by Brenda Ellis
3rd Edition Classic Series from Artistic Pursuits
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in ARTistic Pursuits (Location: ELE-ARTPUR)
$45.60 $30.00 (1 in stock)
ARTistic Pursuits Grades K-3 Volume 1
by Brenda Ellis
from Artistic Pursuits
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in ARTistic Pursuits (Location: ELE-ARTPUR)
$39.00 (1 in stock)
ARTistic Pursuits Grades K-3 Volume 7
by Brenda Ellis
from Artistic Pursuits
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in ARTistic Pursuits (Location: ELE-ARTPUR)
$32.00 (1 in stock)
Baby Blessing
by Welleran Poltarnees
from Laughing Elephant
for Kindergarten-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Beautiful Oops!
by Barney Saltzberg
from Workman Publishing
for Preschool-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Budding Builder
by Laura Laxton, Editor
from Gryphon House
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Building
by Elisha Cooper
1st edition from Greenwillow Books
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Child's Book of Art
by Lucy Micklethwait
from DK Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$5.60 (2 in stock)
Color and Learn: Native America
Color & Learn
by Elizabeth Adams
from Educators Press
for Preschool-1st grade
in Native American History (Location: HISA-19NAT)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Come Look With Me: American Indian Art
by Stephanie Salomon
1st Edition
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children
by Gladys S. Blizzard
from Charlesbridge
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$12.00 $10.00 (3 in stock)
Creative Arts & Crafts Projects Levels K-5
by Jenny Phillips
from The Good and the Beautiful
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in The Good and the Beautiful (Location: CUR-GAB)
$9.35 (1 in stock)
Discovering Great Artists (old)
by MaryAnn F. Kohl & Kim Solga
from Bright Ring Publishing
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
DK My Picture Art Class
by Nellie Shepherd
1st edition from DK Children
for Preschool-3rd grade
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Doodling Dragons - Phonogram Coloring Book
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$6.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Draw Africa
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (2 in stock)
Draw Asia I
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (2 in stock)
Draw Asia II
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (1 in stock)
Draw Canada and Greenland
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (3 in stock)
Draw Europe
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (3 in stock)
Draw Mexico, Central and South America
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (3 in stock)
Draw the Natural Wonders of Europe
by Kristin Draeger and Glen Draeger
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (1 in stock)
Draw the Titanic
by Andrew Staiano, illustrated by Jason Pederson
from Scholastic Inc.
for All ages
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Draw the USA
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (3 in stock)
Draw the World
from ArtK12
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Draw the World (Location: ELE-ARTDW)
$16.96 $13.00 (4 in stock)
Draw Write Now Book 1
by Marie Hablitzel & Kim Stitzer
from Barker Creek
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Draw Write Now (Location: ELE-ARTDWN)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Draw Write Now Book 3
by Marie Hablitzel & Kim Stitzer
from In the Think of Things
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Draw Write Now (Location: ELE-ARTDWN)
$19.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Ed Emberley's Complete FunPrint Drawing Book
by Ed Emberley
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Ed Emberley's Picture Pie
by Ed Emberley
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Emma
by Wendy Kesselman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
from Picture Yearling
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Etcher's Studio
by Arthur Geisert
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Finger Paint Paper Pad
from Melissa & Doug Toys
for Nursery-1st grade
in Miscellaneous Coloring Books (Location: COL-MISC)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Go In and Out the Window
by Dan Fox
from Henry Holt and Company
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Gonna Sing My Head Off
by Kathleen Krull
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Gonna Sing My Head Off
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Allen Garns
First Printing from Scholastic Reference
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Horn for Louis
Stepping Stones
by Eric A. Kimmel
from Penguin Random House
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
How to Draw People
by Barbara Soloff Levy
from Dover Publications
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
I Can Do All Things - 4 DVD Set
by Barry Stebbing
2nd edition from My Father's World
for K-6th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$29.56 $20.00 (1 in stock)
I Can Do All Things - Book and DVD Set (old)
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for K-6th grade
in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART)
$35.00 (1 in stock)
I Can Do All Things - Book and Paint & Marker Cards Set
by Barry Stebbing
2nd edition from My Father's World
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$23.96 $20.00 (1 in stock)
I Can Do All Things - Paint & Marker Cards
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
I Spy a Freight Train: Transportation in Art
by Lucy Micklethwait
from Greenwillow Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Jazz on a Saturday Night
by Leo & Diane Dillon
from Blue Sky press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Joke's on George
by Michael O. Tunnell; illustrated by Kathy Osborn
from Tambourine Books
for Preschool-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Kinderfest Triangle Colored Pencils - 12 Colors
from Jolly
for Nursery-3rd grade
in Miscellaneous Coloring Books (Location: COL-MISC)
$14.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Kindergarten Art Posters
from Memoria Press
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Knitting Knights - Phonogram Coloring Book
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$6.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Let's Look Inside a Tepee
by Betsy Warren
from RanchGate
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Native American History (Location: HISA-19NAT)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Life and Work of Auguste Rodin
by Richard Tames
from Heinemann Library
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Life and Work of Frederic Remington
by Ernestine Giesecke
from Heinemann Library
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Life and Work of Henry Moore
by Sean Connolly
from Heinemann Library
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Linnea in Monet's Garden
by Christina Bjork & Lena Anderson
from R&S Books
Biography for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$4.80 (2 in stock)
M is for Melody
by Kathy-jo Wargin
from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Meet the Orchestra
by Ann Hayes
from Harcourt
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$8.49 $4.40 (1 in stock)
More Than Meets the Eye
by Bob Raczka
from Millbrook Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Mozart's Magic Fantasy - CD
from Classical Kids
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Multi-Color Construction Paper
from Melissa & Doug Toys
for Nursey-2nd grade
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$1.00 (1 in stock)
Music Appreciation 1 - Lapbook Disc
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Music Enrichment
First Edition from Memoria Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)
$6.80 (1 in stock)
Music Makers: Clarinets
by Pamela K. Harris
from Child's World
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Music Makers: Drums
by Pamela K. Harris
from Child's World
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Music Makers: Pianos
by Pamela K. Harris
from Child's World
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Nanook of the North
by Robert Flaherty, edited from the film by Robert Kraus
First Printing from Windmill Books
for Kindergarten-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$19.20 (1 in stock)
Open House
by Steve Noon
from DK Publishing
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Petrouchka: The Story of the Ballet
by Vivian Werner (reteller), illustrated by John Collier
from Viking Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Real Nice Clambake
by Rogers & Hammerstein, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
from Joy Street Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Renaissance - Coloring Book
from Bellerophon Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Sally Go Round the Sun
by Edith Fowke, illustrated by Carlos Marchiori, musical arrangements by Keith MacMillan
from Doubleday & Company
Children's Songs for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Secret World of Walter Anderson
by Hester Bass, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
from Candlewick Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Shakespeare Coloring Book
by Bellerophon Books
from Bellerophon Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Singing for Young Beginners with CD
by Peter Gelling
from Koala Music Publications
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Song Time for K5 - CD
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for Kindergarten
in A Beka Music (Location: MUS-ABK)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Sorcerer's Apprentice
by Lisl Weil, based on music by Paul Dukas, piano transcriptions by David Shapiro
from Little, Brown & Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Sparky & Spike
by Barbara Lowell, illustrated by Dan Andreasen
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Picture Biography for Preschool-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$14.41 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Sweet Dreams
by Pamela Prince, featuring art by Bessie Pease Gutmann
from Chronicle Books
for Nursery-1st grade
in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Sweet Music in Harlem
by Debbie A. Taylor, Illustrated by Frank Morrison
from Lee & Low Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Tchaikovsky Discovers America - CD
by Classical Kids
from Classical Kids
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Music CDs (Location: CD)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Very Young Dancer
by Jill Krementz
1985 Printing from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Ballet for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Vinnie and Abraham
by Dawn FitzGerald, illustrated by Catherine Stock
from Charlesbridge
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in U.S. Monuments & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANUS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Visiting the Art Museum
by Laurine Krasny Brown & Marc Brown
from Child's Play Ltd.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Wee Sing America - Book and CD
by Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp
from Price Stern Sloan
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Wee Sing (Location: PRE-WEE)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Wee Sing Around the World
by Pamela Conn Beall, Susan Hagen Nipp
from Price Stern Sloan
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Wee Sing (Location: PRE-WEE)
$10.99 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Welcome to the Symphony
by written by Carolyn Sloan; illustrated by James Williamson
from Workman Publishing
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Music Appreciation (Location: ELE-MUSAP)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
What is a Wall, After All?
Read and Wonder
by Judy Allen, illustrated by Alan Baron
from Candlewick Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in How Things Work (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
What Shall We Do and Allee Galloo!
by Marie Winn (editor), arrangements by Allan Miller, illustrated by Karla Kuskin
from HarperCrest
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
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