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5.0 out of 5 stars "Teacher's Choice Award" Crystal Productions Catalog
My sixth graders always enjoy reading about a new artist in this delightfully written and beautifully illustrated series. The cartoon style of writing, that is used on some pages, is another technique used to make the artist's biography interesting and funny to the students. All of this terrific information, beautiful pictues, and students that argue about who GETS to...
Published on November 30, 2008 by Kimberly

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2.0 out of 5 stars Silly
These cartoon-like books that Venezia puts out are pretty lame. They include more art by him than the artist covered. They look like cartoons or comic books and read like one. They do hold some valuable information, but I prefer the series "What makes a . . .a . . .?" by Muhlberger.
Published on September 20, 2008 by Christie Moore


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5.0 out of 5 stars "Teacher's Choice Award" Crystal Productions Catalog, November 30, 2008
My sixth graders always enjoy reading about a new artist in this delightfully written and beautifully illustrated series. The cartoon style of writing, that is used on some pages, is another technique used to make the artist's biography interesting and funny to the students. All of this terrific information, beautiful pictues, and students that argue about who GETS to read the book FIRST, [...]

I have to wonder about the first reviewer who gave this book only 2 stars. Maybe s/he teaches concrete.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Silly, September 20, 2008
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These cartoon-like books that Venezia puts out are pretty lame. They include more art by him than the artist covered. They look like cartoons or comic books and read like one. They do hold some valuable information, but I prefer the series "What makes a . . .a . . .?" by Muhlberger.
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Paul Gauguin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
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