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angiew23's review
5.0
This picture book tells the story of Jo as he learns to see the world with the imagination and creativity of an artist. Through the course of the story he learns that there is no "artist's perspective" that we all should strive towards, instead we are all artists and the way we see the world is unique to us. All that matters to see things like an artist is to look for the beauty in the world around us.
As a grade 3 teacher with a love of teaching Art, I could absolutely see this book in my classroom library. The illustrations are beautiful and I think there would be many opportunities to use this book as an inspiration for creating art or teaching art lessons to young children. The message is also important because as an art teacher, my goal is to create small artists who throw caution to the wind and dive fully into their art pieces without inhibition. I would recommend this book to art teachers, home room teachers, librarians and families of little artists in the age 4-10 range. I so appreciate Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this lovely book.
As a grade 3 teacher with a love of teaching Art, I could absolutely see this book in my classroom library. The illustrations are beautiful and I think there would be many opportunities to use this book as an inspiration for creating art or teaching art lessons to young children. The message is also important because as an art teacher, my goal is to create small artists who throw caution to the wind and dive fully into their art pieces without inhibition. I would recommend this book to art teachers, home room teachers, librarians and families of little artists in the age 4-10 range. I so appreciate Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this lovely book.
twiinklex's review
3.0
The artwork! The vibrant colours! The power of imagination! A great read about how everyone views things differently... and that's the beauty of life!
Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group and Netgalley for an ARC of this book.
Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group and Netgalley for an ARC of this book.
emilinkaa's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Jo is a little boy off for a walk with Mo, who is an artist. And while Mo sees things a certain way, Jo doesn't see them the same way. This upsets him, because he too wants to see like an artist. In the end though, they realize that art isn't one size fits all, and they can see things differently, and both see things like artists.
As one would hope in a book about art, this is gorgeously illustrated. In fact, there were multiple pages that I would want to take out and hang on my walls, they were so pretty! As an artist myself, I didn't like how the beginning of the book started off with the idea that there's only one way to see/do art, because every artist is so different! But the book does eventually get there, so I guess it's okay. A beautiful book for any budding artists, although I would probably say this one is for slightly older kiddos. I feel that the concepts are better for early elementary age instead of preschool age kids. 4.25 stars from me!
I was provided an ARC copy of this book through Netgalley. My thanks to the publisher and the author for providing it to me.
As one would hope in a book about art, this is gorgeously illustrated. In fact, there were multiple pages that I would want to take out and hang on my walls, they were so pretty! As an artist myself, I didn't like how the beginning of the book started off with the idea that there's only one way to see/do art, because every artist is so different! But the book does eventually get there, so I guess it's okay. A beautiful book for any budding artists, although I would probably say this one is for slightly older kiddos. I feel that the concepts are better for early elementary age instead of preschool age kids. 4.25 stars from me!
I was provided an ARC copy of this book through Netgalley. My thanks to the publisher and the author for providing it to me.
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