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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
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	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)
	An Introduction to Medieval Ivory Carvings Victoria & Albert Museum by Paul Williamson from Her Majesty's Stationery Office for 6th-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	At Home with Beatrix Potter by Susan Denyer from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for 6th-9th grade in Peter Rabbit & Friends (Location: FIC-PETER)
	Baby Blessing by Welleran Poltarnees from Laughing Elephant for Kindergarten-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $4.00 (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)
	Calligraphy First Steps Series by Don Marsh from North Light Books for 6th-Adult in Calligraphy (Location: HAN-CALLIG) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Create Your Own Artist's Journal from North Light Books for 6th-Adult in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF) $12.50 (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)
	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 Composers - Great Artists: Portraits by Stewart Buettner and Reinhard Pauly from Amadeus Press for 6th-Adult in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Howard Pyle Writer, Illustrator, Founder of the Brandywine School by Henry C. Pitz, with illustrations by Howard Pyle from Bramhall House for 7th-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	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)
	Illuminated Page Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting by Janet Backhouse from University of Toronto Press for 7th-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	John James Audubon: Painting America's Wildlife by Janet Stevenson, illustrated by Robert Boehmer from Encyclopedia Britannica for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Kate Greenaway by Rodney K. Engen from Harmony for 6th-Adult in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Leonardo da Vinci World Landmark #27 by Emily Hahn, illustrated by Mimi Korach from Random House for 6th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	Leonardo da Vinci by Jay Williams from Horizon Books for 5th-8th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	Leonardo da Vinci: Pathfinder of Science Immortals of Science by Henry Gillette from Franklin Watts for 7th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	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)
	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)
	Monuments to Glory The Story of Antonio Barluzzi, Architect of the Holy Land by Daniel M. Madden, illustrated by Lili Réthi from Hawthorn Books, Inc. for 6th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	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)
	Randolph Caldecott The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing by Leonard S. Marcus from Frances Foster Books for 7th-Adult in Oversized Biographies (Location: BIO-OVER)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Sunburnt Africa by Kent Cottrell Second Printing from Theda & Emerson Hall for 6th-Adult in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR)
	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)
	The Arts by Hendrik Willem Van Loon from Simon and Schuster for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (2 in stock)
	The Story of Painting: From Cave Painting to Modern Times by Dora Janson from Random House for 7th-12th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	The Story of Painting: From Cave Painting to Modern Times by H.W. Janson and Dora Jane Janson from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for 7th-12th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	The Story of Painting: From Cave Painting to Modern Times by H.W. Janson and Dora Jane Janson from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for 7th-12th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Trails Plowed Under Stories of the Old West by Charles M. Russell from Doubleday & Company for 7th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	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 Introduction to Art Usborne Internet-Linked from Usborne for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	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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