Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world's most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you!

Features 22 works of art from around the world, each followed by a project to do-- from moody landscapes and messy splatter paintings to magical animal pictures and moving sculptures.

Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Van Gogh.

Splat! traces art history through its key turning points and helps to map important art movements from the Renaissance and Impressionism to Surrealism and contemporary art. At the beginning, a spread explores how early peoples represented animals and everyday life. Then brief sections explore the stories of particular artists who helped to make important artistic innovations, including Michelangelo and the High Renaissance; Bruegel and his paintings...

Invites the reader to take a closer look at art work while pointing out tiny details hidden in famous works of art, providing information about a work or an artist, or explaining the techniques used to create the piece.

Invites the reader to take a closer look at paintings by such artists as Botticelli, Bruegel, Velasquez, Copley, and Van Gogh, providing information about the artist, subject, and medium of each work of art.

Teaches the alphabet by pairing each letter with an image that appears in an iconic work of art.

Introduces children to twelve magnificent works of art, pairing quality art reproductions with thought-provoking questions, encouraging children to learn through visual exploration and interaction.

Introduces works of art featuring people by such esteemed artists as Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Georges Seurat, and Leonardo da Vinci, and provides instruction for human figure-centered art projects.