Art: An Interactive Guide: A Hands-On Tour of 150 Essential Masterpieces: With Magic Pages, Flaps, Color Wheels, and More!

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Fall in love with art the Bushel & Peck way! Explore 150 of the world's greatest works of art--interactively--with flaps, translucent pages, color wheels, and hidden gems on every page. In museums, we're often told "look with your eyes" at famous paintings adoring the walls. But, what if a child could follow their impulse, reach out, and touch a masterpiece! This thrilling, interactive book allows kids of all ages to go beyond the world of sight, exploring art like never before--interacting with Mona Lisa, van Gogh, and other artists with lift flaps, folding booklets, secret pockets, and other hidden treasures! Come along on this 3-D journey and discover the secrets of the masters--the paintings, the techniques--and why these works of art are still studied, revered, and cherished to this day. Featured artists include: Vincent van Gogh Frida Kahlo Gustav Klimt Pablo Picasso Claude Monet Mary Cassat Jean-Michel Basquiat Georgia O'Keeffe and many, many more!

Author Bio

Bestselling author, singer, songwriter, and musician Mifflin Lowe has published nine books, selling over 300,000 copies in six languages. His books include a children's poetry book, Beasts by the Bunches (Doubleday), and three humor books for adults: The Cheapskate's Handbook, I Hate Fun, and How to Be a Celebrity (Price/Stern/Sloan.) He has also performed his music for family audiences from New England to New Orleans, presenting works from his children's CDs: The King Who Forgot His Underpants, Cowboy Kareem, Wilton Wilberry's Magical Holiday Wishing Well, Cat Tales, and Beasts by the Bunches (Caedmon/Harper& Row). Recently, his animated film script, The Adventures of Cowboy Kareem, won the blue ribbon prize in the Sarasota Film Office TV/ME competition, beating out over 800 entrants from 28 states.