Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children (Come Look with Me) [Hardcover]

Gladys S. Blizzard (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Come Look with Me

This first in a series of art appreciation books for children introduces youngsters to 12 paintings, each featuring children as the main subject. Open-ended questions about each work and brief biographies of each artist provide gentle lessons in perspective, color, and line. Full-color reproductions.

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"... the COME LOOK WITH ME series enriches us all." -- American Educator, Quarterly Journal of the American Federation of Teachers

"Unlike many art books for children, these collections will intimidate no one and open new doors for many." -- The Horn Book

"…A source of fresh ideas for making fine art meaningful to children." -- Booklist, American Library Association

About the Author

Gladys S. Blizzard The "Come Look with Me" series was created by Gladys S. Blizzard, whose experiences as an art teacher and work as a curator of education at Bayly Art Museum at the University of Virginia served as the basis for this educational style. Mrs. Blizzard's concept for sharing fine art with young people was inspired by her experiences with her own grandchildren. In her lifetime, she gave numerous workshops demonstrating her techniques and the series was included in the Getty Center for Education in the Arts summer seminar for art teachers.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing; First Edition edition (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934738769
• ISBN-13: 978-0934738767
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 10.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new way of looking at picture books, April 7, 2000

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This review is from: Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children (Come Look with Me) (Hardcover)

We just started "looking" at Ms Blizzard's book, and it has already opened a whole new world for my children to discover. The format (full page color pictures accompanied by historical reference and discussion questions) is as enjoyable for the children as it is for adults. As a homeschool mother I appreciate the opportunity it provides to take a moment and wonder what the artist may have had in mind when they created their work. I also thank the author for the corresponding list of open ended discussion questions she provides. Take a moment to really look at a picture and let the child interpret it. You may be surprized at how they respond. I know I was. It has become especially popular with my 3 year old who considers the children her friends. We look at it daily and can't wait to add to our collection with another edition of the authors works. A wonderful introduction to art appreciation for all ages. Thank you Ms. Blizzard for a wonderful book! This series is sure to be a hit with all who appreciate art.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational. Look at Art with Children, October 28, 2003

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This review is from: Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children (Come Look with Me) (Hardcover)

This is a good book for adults and children. There is a picture on one page and on the next page there is a little bit of information about the picture and some questions to inspire thinking about the picture.

Examples of questions might be- what are the childrenn in this painting feeling? What makes you think so? What is the father in this painting thinking about?

This book inspires young children to look at pictures in a different way. It inspires them to put the story to the painting and to explore what the painting is trying to 'say'. Because of this it is a good introduction to art for young children.

Enjoy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very gentle introduction to fine art, even for non-art parents, May 9, 2008

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Sue Stuever Battel (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children (Come Look with Me) (Hardcover)

I used to be afraid of art until I bought this book and shared it with my 5-year-old daughter. I thought fine art was for the sophisticated -- certainly not for a regular person like me.

"Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children" introduces kids to great works of art in a very gentle way. The whole point of beginning to enjoy art is simply to start looking at it. Each two-page spread covers one piece of art. On the left page is the print, nearly filling the page, with information about the artist, name of the piece, date, and where it is located (such as a gallery or private collection). The right-hand page has a few questions the parent can ask the child and discuss together, such as, "What do you think the child is looking at? What makes you think so?" and, "The artist used a lot of different lines in this painting. Find a straight line. ..."

There are no wrong answers. The questions are designed to get the children looking -- really looking -- at the art. Then at the bottom is a brief narrative about the artwork and the artist, explaining what is happening in the picture or how and why the artist created it. Each spread is an art appreciation lesson, without it ever feeling like a lesson. It's even easy for someone like me with no prior art background.

I like that this book starts author Gladys Blizzard's series of books with pictures of children, as it's easy for children to get into paintings of kids their own ages.

Now that I'm not afraid to look at art and take it all in, it's fun to explore it further. My daughter and I are able to talk about artwork we see. We talk about how it was created, what the artist might have been feeling, and we compare it to other art we have seen. I wish I had been exposed to art like this when I was 5 years old!

We started with this book and I have already purchased couple more in the series.

Some things we have done at home to extend the learning from this book: I bought an inexpensive table-top easel and set the book up in our living room, opened to the artwork we studied that week. Every time we walk by we can appreciate it even more and even notice new things. We add the artist's birth-death dates in a timeline we keep for history and geography. Once my daughter wanted to try to recreate one of the paintings, so we sketched it ourselves. One of my favorite moments as a homeschooling mother was when our family had the chance to go to the Art Institute of Chicago and see one of the paintings. We were able to enjoy it and talk about it intelligently. My daughter was not bored at the art gallery as I would have been at her age. She was fascinated, all thanks to "Come Look with Me!"