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Art for Young Readers

The art book for children by text by Amanda Renshaw and Gilda Williams Ruggi

How to read a work of art by Laura J. Hensley

Art that moves: animation around the world by John Bliss

Exploring the life, myth, and art of India by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Art & Max by David Wiesner

Shojo fashion manga art school: how to draw cool looks and characters by Irene Flores

Encyclopedia of art for young people. [Volume 1], Ancient and classical art by Ian Zaczek; [series editor, Marius Kwint]

Illusion art by Jane Bingham

Art by Patrick McDonnell

Babar's museum of art: (closed Mondays) by Laurent de Brunhoff

The art of Finding Nemo by Mark Cotta Vaz; forewords by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton

Projection art for kids: murals & painting projects for kids of all ages by Linda Buckingham; illustrations by Marian Robinson

Museum ABC by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Play-Doh art projects by Kathy Ross; illustrated by Sharon Hawkins Vargo

Letter art: based on alphabet designs by Becky Higgins

The art of Mehndi by Jane Glicksman; illustrated by Renee Trachtenberg

The life of Jesus in masterpieces of art by Mary Pope Osborne

History of art for young people by H.W. Janson and Anthony F. Janson

Giotto and medieval art: the lives and works of the medieval artists by Lucia Corrain; illustrated by Sergio; with the assistance of Andrea Ricciardi

Drawing T. rex and other meat-eating dinosaurs by Steve Beaumont

Ed Emberley's drawing book of trucks and trains by Emberley, Ed

How to draw Garfield and Friends by Jim Davis; step-by -step drawing illustrations by Ron Zalme; text by Michael Teitelbaum ... [et. al.]

Spaceships, aliens, and robots you can draw by Nicole Brecke; Patricia M. Stockland

Chalk by illustrated by Bill Thomson

Learn to draw Disney/Pixar Ratatouille (rat-a-too-ee) by adapted by Howard Father and Claire Williams; illustrated by the Disney Storybook Artists; inspired by the character designs created by Pixar Animation Studios

You can draw Star Wars by Bonnie Burton; illustrated by Matt Busch and Tom Hodges

How to draw the newest Pokémon: featuring Sinnoh characters by Maria B. Alfano

Learn to draw Cars by illustrated by the Disney Storybook artists