Well suited for both individual and classroom use, America Indian Art pairs quality art reproductions with thought-provoking questions, encouraging children to learn through visual exploration and interaction. Thoughtful text introduces the world and work of the artist, making the most of a child’s natural curiosity.
Children imagine themselves within the vast landscape of Albert Bierstadt’s The Oregon Trail, they are challenged to pose their own bodies like that of a ballerina in Edgar Degas’ Dancer Lacing Her Ballet Slipper, they can make up a story about William Michael Harnett’s intensely realistic The Old Violin.
Art historians and educators from Bank Street College of Education in New York City proudly present the subsequent books in this series. For more than eighty years, Bank Street has been a leader in child-centered education. Bank Street’s approach views all children as active learners, experimenters, explorers and artists. Engaging and interactive for both children and adults, Bank Street’s additions to Lickle Publishing’s COME LOOK WITH ME series celebrate what Mrs. Blizzard called the "pleasure of shared experience."
