Remy and Lulu
10 best books like Remy and Lulu (Kevin Hawkes): Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!, Three Bears in a Boat, Draw!, Emily's Blue Period, A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream, Henri's Scissors, Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keeffe Painted What She Pleased, Brush of the Gods, It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw, Edward Hopper Paints His World
Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!
| Author | Jonah Winter |
| ISBN | 0545132916 |
"One day the world is a peaceful, lovely landscape painting... The next day - BLAM! - Pablo bursts through the canvas, paintbrush in hand, ready to paint something fresh and new."
Pablo Picasso may have been one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, but that doesn't mean he painted what...
| Author | David Soman |
| ISBN | 0803739931 |
From the co-creator of the New York Times bestselling Ladybug Girl series comes a high seas adventure inspired by the classic picture books Little Bear and Where the Wild Things Are.
Three bear siblings break their mother’s favorite blue seashell, and rather than tell her, they decide...
| Author | Raúl Colón |
| ISBN | 1442494921 |
Based on his own childhood, beloved and award-winning artist Raúl Colón's wordless book is about the limitless nature of creativity and imagination.
A boy alone in his room.
Pencils.
Sketchbook in hand.
What would it be like to on safari?
Imagine.
Draw!
A...
| Author | Cathleen Daly |
| ISBN | 1596434694 |
Emily wants to be an artist. She likes painting and loves the way artists like Pablo Picasso mixed things up.Emily's life is a little mixed up right now. Her dad doesn't live at home anymore, and it feels like everything around her is changing.
“When Picasso was sad for a while,” says Emily,...
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
| Author | Kristy Dempsey |
| ISBN | 0399252843 |
A story of little ballerinas with big dreams.
Little ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and grande jetes, dreams of attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams don’t always come true—they take a lot of work and...
| Author | Jeanette Winter |
| ISBN | 1442464852 |
Step into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts in this biography by acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter.
In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and...
Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keeffe Painted What She Pleased
| Author | Amy Novesky |
| ISBN | 0152054200 |
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaiian tour celebrates natural beauty and powerful artistic convictions. Georgia O’Keeffe was famous for painting exactly what she wanted, whether flowers or skulls. Who would ever dare to tell her what to paint? The Hawaiian Pineapple Company tried. Luckily for them,...
| Author | Lenore Look |
| ISBN | 0375870016 |
This gorgeous picture book biography, according to Kirkus Reviews in a starred review, is "a cheerful introduction not only to Wu Daozi, but to the power of inspiration."
Who wants to learn calligraphy when your brush is meant for so much more? Wu Daozi (689-758), known as China's greatest...
| Author | Don Tate |
| ISBN | 1600602606 |
Growing up as an enslaved boy on an Alabama cotton farm, Bill Traylor worked all day in the hot fields. When slavery ended, Bill's family stayed on the farm as sharecroppers. There Bill grew to manhood, raised his own family, and cared for the land and his animals.
By 1935 Bill was eighty-one and...
Edward Hopper Paints His World
| Author | Robert Burleigh |
| ISBN | 0805087524 |
As a boy, Edward Hopper knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: on the cover of his pencil box, he wrote the words EDWARD HOPPER, WOULD-BE ARTIST. He traveled to New York and to Paris to hone his craft. And even though no one wanted to buy his paintings for a long time, he never stopped believing in...
| Author | Jan Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0312367511 |
One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist).
Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan use this moment as the departure point for a unique picture book about a great...
Written and Drawn by Henrietta
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Reading books is fun . . . but what about making them? Armed with new colored pencils, Henrietta's ready to try. Peek over her shoulder as she draws the story of a brave young girl, a three-headed monster, and an impossibly wide world of adventure. Whether read...
| Author | Eric Carle |
| ISBN | 0805096418 |
Eric Carle
Nick Bruel
Lucy Cousins
Susan Jeffers
Steven Kellogg
Jon Klassen
Tom Lichtenheld
Peter McCarty
Chris Raschka
Peter Sís
Lane Smith
Erin Stead
Rosemary Wells
Mo Willems
Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like...
| Author | Jenny Offill |
| ISBN | 0375965726 |
In this hilarious read-aloud featuring robots, fire trucks, and pirates, meet an older sister who’s more than happy to fill her little brother in on all he missed while he was napping. Since none of the other neighborhood kids had to nap, they came over. Then came the robots, and of course the astronauts....
| Author | Matt Davies |
| ISBN | 1596437952 |
Ben loved drawing more than anything else in the world (with the possible exception of riding his bicycle). He drew boats as well as bicycles, sharks and spaceships. But most of all he loved drawing people. When Ben loses his sketchbook his world is turned upside down. Who will find it? And how will they...
| Author | Kelly Light |
| ISBN | 0062248170 |
For fans of Olivia and Eloise, this stunning debut from Kelly Light is an irresistible story about the importance of creativity in all its forms.
Meet Louise. Louise loves art more than anything. It's her imagination on the outside. She is determined to create a masterpiece—her pièce de...
| Author | Tom Lichtenheld |
| ISBN | 0805087753 |
Bridget loves to draw, and she likes to wear a beret for inspiration. So when her beloved hat blows away, Bridget searches for it high and low. She files a Missing Beret Report. She even considers other hats, but none of them feel quite right. It’s no use; without her beret, Bridget can’t seem to draw....
| Author | Rosy Lamb |
| ISBN | 0763661309 |
Visual humor sweetens an artful tale about a fish who suddenly sees everything a new way — thanks to a charismatic companion.
Paul is a fish who used to go around in circles. He made big circles and little circles. He circled from left to right and from right to left. He circled from top to bottom...
| Author | Philip C. Stead |
| ISBN | 1596439327 |
Peter and his father are moving to a new house beyond the dark unfriendly woods. When they arrive at their new home, Peter wants to turn back. Fortunately, he has Harold for company, but Harold is just a dog and can't help Peter. Scared of the things hidden in the woods, Peter makes a tall pile of pillows....
| Author | Dev Petty |
| ISBN | 0316303119 |
Meet the claymates: two balls of clay that can become anything—even best friends!
What can you do with two blobs of clay? Create something amazing! But don't leave them alone for too long. Things might get a little crazy.
In this photographic friendship adventure, the claymates...
| Author | Lois Ehlert |
| ISBN | 1442435712 |
This nonfiction picture book allows readers a glimpse into Ehlert’s creative process as well as her personal history. The book begins with a very young Ehlert and how she was raised by parents who enjoyed making things with their hands. She even had her own art space in the house. After art school, she...
| Author | Dori Kleber |
| ISBN | 0763668192 |
A creative young boy with a passion for practicing origami finds a surprising source of encouragement on his diverse city block.
Joey loves things that fold: maps, beds, accordions, you name it. When a visiting mother of a classmate turns a plain piece of paper into a beautiful origami crane,...
| Author | Yasmeen Ismail |
| ISBN | 0802735975 |
Meet Fred-a mischievous, playful, loving dog. It's time for Fred to go to bed . . . but Fred really, really doesn't want to! From hiding up in trees, to splashing in muddy puddles, to hiding behind bookshelves, Fred will do anything to avoid bedtime. He would even rather have a bath than go to bed . . . but all...
| Author | David Ezra Stein |
| ISBN | 0763661392 |
Great little story about a dog living on his own who doesn't need anyone but himself until he meets a guy who can scratch that one itch on his back that he can never reach. Once he does he proceeds to take the man under his wing and teach him to do all the the things all humans do with their dogs. Then he discovers...
