In the Garden with Van Gogh [Board book]

Julie Merberg (Author), Suzanne Bober (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up | Series: Mini Masters

With a narrative that will entertain art lovers of all ages, this new board book is a fun way to introduce young children to fine art. The sleepy trees, golden haystacks, and juicy fruits of In the Garden with Van Gogh will delight little ones. Playful rhyming texts accompany the artists timeless paintings in this little masterpiece.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Two board books by Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober introduce the works of world-renowned artists to the youngest audience. In each, lyrical text accompanies 10 masterpieces. A Magical Day with Matisse, for example, features his famous ring of dancers in Dance II ("Let's dance and fly, hold hands and sing, and spin round and round in a rosie ring"). In the Garden with Van Gogh includes Sunflowers, Irises and The Starry Night. Back matter contains a list of the paintings and the museums in which they appear. (May)
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About the Author

Julie Merberg is a book packager at Round Table Press Inc. and is the mother of a toddler. She lives in New York.

Suzanne Bober , also a resident of New York, is an art collector and mother of three.

Product Details

• Board book: 22 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811834158
• ISBN-13: 978-0811834155
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Art > Fiction
  • #42 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Art > General

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great pics /cool rhymes, July 1, 2002

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Mary Homer (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Garden with Van Gogh (Board book)

My little son loves this book...the authors have successfully chosen pictures and written wonderful poems for each picture that tell a story throughout the book. I find the poems great because they aren't the usual baby drivel and the meter of them is soft and lilting...perfect for bedtime! We also bought the matisse story (the van gogh is a little bit better) but both are great...looking for more!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Introduction to Art with Mediocre Rhyming Text, December 27, 2009

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Shanna A. Gonzalez "eyelevelbooks.com" (Gaithersburg, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Garden with Van Gogh (Board book)

It's nice to find a board book that introduces higher culture to very young children. This one presents ten of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings (Sunflowers, Irises, Haystacks in Provence, Olive Grove, The Sower, The Reaper (After Millet), First Steps (After Millet), Women Picking Olives, The Siesta, and The Starry Night) along with simple, rhyming text. This could be a great addition to a toddler's library, but the text is very choppy, bringing the ideas in the paintings together very loosely. It's a good "read-alone" for preverbal toddlers, but is annoying for adults to read aloud. It might have been better to simply introduce the paintings by name and leave it at that.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Kid's Book, June 5, 2002

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Andrew McCullough (Lafayette, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Garden with Van Gogh (Board book)

The author's have taken Van Gough's best and put together a rhyming book about the garden. The rhyme isn't easy but the cardboard backing and the bright photos are perfect for a toddler/new-born.