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Art is one of those things kids should just be encouraged to do. You can teach them theory till you're blue in the face, but if you don't let them hold a colored pencil, wield a brush, or imitate Van Gogh (except the ear-removing part), it'll fall on uncomprehending ears. Just as science is kind of dead without experimentation and observation, so art isn't a mere textbook pursuit to be read about and never practiced.

Edith Schaeffer wrote a superb little book titled The Hidden Art of Homemaking about the need for every Christian to imitate the Creator God by expressing their own creativity. She stresses that not everyone needs to be famous or make money from what they produce (not most, in fact), but that being creative and making art is an important element of our humanity.

We couldn't agree more. Kids need to understand that creative expression is a good thing when used to glorify God and encourage those around them, and that they shouldn't be embarrassed to explore and hone their talents. To that end, we're doing our best to offer plenty of tools and resources to help them do just that.

There's the tools themselves of course: markers, pencils, brushes, paints, etc., even an artist's smock for messy projects. Then there's the coloring books (a great place to start!), drawing and painting instruction guides, craft books, richly illustrated art history texts and artist biographies, pictorial explorations of great architecture, etc.

Some texts are aimed specifically at parents and teachers. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is a guide to moving beyond childish scrawls to advanced drawing techniques. Drawing With Children helps parents guide kids through the five elements of drawing, offering tips, advice, and exercises to help developing artists improve without getting frustrated.

The products from How Great Thou Art are instructional while helping kids relate art to a Christian worldview. This is essential: art is not created for its own sake, but for the glory of God and for the delight and instruction of others. We don't draw or paint or design just to entertain people, and if we do we need to reconsider what exactly it is we're up to. Teaching kids to keep things in perspective from the beginning is crucial.

Just letting your kiddos get their fingers smudged with markers and crayon shavings in their hair is probably the first step. Guidance is important in any pursuit, but so is the ability to try things, to fail, and to learn and do better next time. Supplies will help with the practice part; books, guides, and manuals will help with the getting better part.

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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	13 Buildings Children Should Know by Annette Roeder from Prestel Verlag for 3rd-6th grade in International Landmarks & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANINT) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Amazing Buildings See inside great buildings of the world - from castles and cathedrals, to palaces and monuments by Philip Wilkinson from DK Publishing for 3rd-7th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	American Barns and Covered Bridges by Eric Sloane 1^st edition from Wilfred Funk, Inc. for 5th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Architecture and Construction from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-6th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Art and Civilization: Ancient Rome Art and Civilization by Giovanni Di Pasquale & Matilde Bardi from Peter Bedrick Books Roman History Reference for 4th-6th grade in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Art for Children: Renaissance Invention of Perspective Art for Children by Lillo Canto from Chelsea House Publishing Art Appreciation for 4th-6th grade in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN) $20.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Art of the Southeastern Indians by Shirley Glubok from Macmillan for 3rd-6th grade in Native American History (Location: HISA-19NAT) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Baby Blessing by Welleran Poltarnees from Laughing Elephant for Kindergarten-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Beauty of Norway A Good and Beautiful Art Collection by Jenny Phillips & Ashlee Klemm from The Good and the Beautiful for 2nd-5th grade in Europe (Location: HISMC-EUR)
	Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry & Wesley Dennis from Bobbs-Merril Co Biography for 1st-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Brooklyn Bridge by Lynn Curlee from Atheneum for 3rd-6th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Brush Drawing as Applied to Natural Forms and Common Objects by May Mallam Facsimile Edition from Riverbend Press for 5th-12th grade in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
	Built to Last Castle, Cathedral, Mosque by David Macaulay from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-6th grade in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER) $36.99
	Carl Larsson's A Family by Carl Larsson and Lennart Rudstrom from G.P. Putnam's Sons for 3rd-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Carl Larsson's A Farm by Carl Larsson (illustrator), with Lennart Rudstrom from G.P. Putnam's Sons for 3rd-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Carl Larsson's A Home by Carl Larsson and Lennart Rudstrom from G.P. Putnam's Sons for 3rd-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Cities Then and Now by Jim Antoniou from Macmillan for 4th-8th grade in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Come Look With Me Latin American Art by Kimberly Lane from Charlesbridge for 3rd-5th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Creating with Fimo Acrylic Clay by Libby Nicholson & Yvonne Lau from Kids Can Press for 3rd-6th grade in Crafts & Hobbies (Location: SS-CRA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Drawn from New England: Tasha Tudor A Portrait in Words and Pictures by Bethany Tudor, with photographs and drawings by Tasha Tudor from Philomel Books for 5th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Edison The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlmann, Translated by David Henry Wilson from NorthSouth for 2nd-6th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $18.66
	First Starry Night by Joan Shaddox Isom from Charlesbridge for 4th-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Girl Who Drew Butterflies How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for 3rd-8th grade 2019 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.69
	Great Painters by Piero Ventura First edition. from Putnam Juvenile for 4th-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	History of France through Art by Jillian Powell from Wayland for 3rd-6th grade in France (Location: HISMC-FRA)
	How Artists See Feelings by Colleen Carroll 1st Library Ed from Abbeville Press for 4th-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	How Artists See the Elements by Colleen Carroll from Abbeville Press for 4th-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $5.00 (2 in stock)
	How They Were Built from Barnes & Noble for 3rd-6th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
	I Can Draw on the Farm I Can Draw by Terry Longhurst from Parragon Publishing for 2nd-6th grade in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño 1994 Printing from Farrar, Straus and Giroux Realistic Fiction/Slavery for 5th-8th grade 1966 Newbery Medal winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	In Search of Norman Rockwell's America by Photography by Kevin Rivoli, Artwork by Norman Rockwell from Howard Books for 3rd-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	John James Audubon Landmark #48 by John & Margaret Kieran, illustrated by Christine Price from Random House for 5th-8th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	Learn to Draw: Insects by Diana Fisher from Walter Foster for 1st-6th grade in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Leonardo da Vinci by Jay Williams from Horizon Books for 5th-8th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	Leonardo da Vinci by Ernest Raboff for 3rd-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd 1^st edition from Dutton Children's Books for 3rd-5th grade 2004 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Liberty by Lynn Curlee from Atheneum for 4th-6th grade in U.S. Monuments & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANUS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Lighthouses by Arthur Smith from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Lives of the Artists by M. B. Goffstein from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 3rd-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Master Builders of the Middle Ages by David Jacobs from American Heritage Publishing Co. for 4th-6th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	Masters of Art: Chagall by Gianni Pozzi, illustrated by Claudia Saraceni & L. R. Galante 1^st edition from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: Giotto and Medieval Art Lives and Works of the Medieval Artists by Lucia Corrain, illustrated by Sergio, with the assistance of Andrea Ricciardi from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: Goya by Mariarosa Schiaffino, illustrated by Claudia Saraceni & Thomas Trojer from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Inventor and Scientist of the Renaissance Masters of Art Series by Francesca Romei, illustrated by Sergio and Andrea Ricciardi from Peter Bedrick Books Biography for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: Michaelangelo Master of the Italian Renaissance Masters of Art by Gabriella di Cagno, illustrated by Simone Boni & L. R. Galante from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
	Masters of Art: Picasso by Loria Stefano, illustrated by Simone Boni & L. R. Galante from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: Rembrandt and Seventeenth-Century Holland The Dutch Nation and Its Painters Masters of Art by Claudio Pescio, illustrated by Sergio 1^st edition from Peter Bedrick Books for 5th-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: The Art of the Renaissance by Lucia Corrain, illustrated by L. R. Galante & Simone Boni from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: The Impressionists The Origins of Modern Painting by Francesco Salvi, illustrated by L. R. Galante & Andrea Ricciardi from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: The Story of Architecture by Francesco Milo, illustrated by Lorenzo Cecchi, Studio Galante, and Andrea Ricciardi from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: The Story of Sculpture From Prehistory to the Present by Francesca Romei, illustrated by Giacinto Gaudenzi 1^st edition from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Masters of Art: Van Gogh by Enrica Crispino, illustrated by Simone Boni, Francesca D'Ottavi, L. R. Galante & Ivan Stalio from Peter Bedrick Books for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Mathew Brady: Photographing History by Manual Komroff, with photographs by Mathew Brady from Encyclopedia Britannica for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Matisse: Painter of the Essential Art for Children by Yolande Baillet from Chelsea House Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	N.C. Wyeth by N. C. Wyeth, introduction by Kate F. Jennings from Crescent Books for 4th-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Norman Rockwell's America by Christopher Finch, Illustrated by Norman Rockwell from Reader's Digest for 3rd-Adult in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Norman Rockwell: Storyteller with a Brush by Beverly Gherman from Atheneum for 3rd-7th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Parthenon by Lynn Curlee from Atheneum for 2nd-6th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
	Picture This! Activities and Adventures in Impressionism Art Explorers by Joyce Raimondo from Watson-Guptill Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Rembrandt and Titus by Madeleine Comora 1^st edition for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Renaissance DK Eyewitness Series by Alison Cole from DK Publishing Art Appreciation for 4th-8th grade in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN)
	Rousseu: Still Voyages Art For Children by Didier Grosjean and Claudine Roland, illustrated by Francine De Boeck, translated by John Goodman from Chelsea House Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Self-Portrait: Erik Blegvad from Harper & Row for 4th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Self-Portrait: Margot Zemach by Margot Zemach from Harper & Row for 4th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman from Harper & Row for 4th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Stone Giant by Jane Sutcliffe from Charlesbridge for 3rd-5th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Story of Buildings by Patrick Dillon, illustrated by Stephen Biesty from Candlewick Press for 4th-8th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Dan Beard Founder of America's Boy Scouts Grosset & Dunlap Signature #43 by Robert N. Webb, illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of John J. Audubon Grosset & Dunlap Signature #27 by Joan Howard, illustrated by Federico (Fred) Castellon from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Monticello Cornerstones of Freedom by Norman Richards from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Monticello Cornerstones of Freedom by Norman Richards, Illustrated by Chuck Mitchell from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mount Vernon Cornerstones of Freedom by Natalie Miller from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the Capitol Cornerstones of Freedom by Marilyn Prolman from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the New England Whalers Cornerstones of Freedom by R. Conrad Stein from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the Smithsonian Institution Cornerstones of Freedom by R. Conrad Stein from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Story of the Smithsonian Institution Cornerstones of Freedom by R. Conrad Stein from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the Statue of Liberty by Natali Miller from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Story of the Statue of Liberty by Natali Miller from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the Statue of Liberty by Natali Miller from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the White House Cornerstones of Freedom by Natali Miller from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Super Structures How Things Work From the Inside Out DK Inside Guides by Philip Wilkinson from DK Publishing for 4th-6th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC) $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Talking to the Sun An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People by Selected by Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell from Henry Holt and Company in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	This is M. Sasek The Extraordinary Life and Travels of the Beloved Children's Book Illustrator by Olga Cerna, Pavel Ryska, and Martin Salisbury from Universe Publishing for 1st-6th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
	Tunnels, Tracks, and Trains Building A Subway by Joan Hewett, photos by Richard Hewett from Lodestar Books for 2nd-5th grade in Things That Go (Location: SCI-TTGO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Unbuilding by David Macaulay from Houghton Mifflin for 3rd-6th grade in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
	Usborne Art Treasury by Rosie Dickins from Usborne for 3rd-8th grade in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF) $12.00 (3 in stock)
	Usborne Book of Art Ideas by Usbourne from Usborne for 4th-6th grade in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF) $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Book of Famous Paintings by Rosie Dickens from Usborne for 2nd-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Usborne Children's Book of Art by Rosie Dickins from Usborne for 4th-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $9.50 (2 in stock)
	Usborne Children's Book of Art An Introduction to Famous Paintings by Rosie Dickins from Scholastic Press for 4th-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $7.50 (2 in stock)
	Usborne Introduction to Art Usborne Internet-Linked from Usborne for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Usborne Introduction to Modern Art by Rosie Dickins from Scholastic Press for 3rd-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Introduction to Modern Art by Rosie Dickins from Usborne for 3rd-6th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Vincent Van Gogh Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan from Delacorte Press for 3rd-6th grade 2002 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
	Vincent Van Gogh Art for Young People by Peter Harrison from Sterling Publishing Co. for 4th-7th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Wit and Whimsy of Mary Engelbreit by Mary Engelbreit from Andrews McMeel for 3rd-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Young People's Story of Architecture (No. 1) 3,000 B.C.—Gothic Period by Virgil M. Hillyer & E. G. Huey from Meredith Press for 4th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Young People's Story of Fine Art (No. 2) The Last Two Hundred Years by Virgil M. Hillyer & E. G. Huey from Meredith Press for 4th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Young People's Story of Sculpture by Virgil M. Hillyer & E. G. Huey from Meredith Press for 4th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)

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