Baby Animals
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Abrams Books for Young Readers
115 West 18th Street, New York NY 10011
9780810994577, $14.95 www.abramsyoungreaders.com
Twenty works of animal art from DaVinci's drawings to Japanese
netsuke provide an early learner's set of lessons on art. Even more
than a selection of baby animal art pictures, though, this is a very
simple primer on small animals. The artworks aren't explained in
the main text--which consists of simple one-line descriptors ("baby
chickens are called chicks")--but in the back, making this a visual
introduction to get kids accustomed to both small animal definitions and
different forms of pictorial representation--perfect for
elementary-level collections seeking a solid introduction based on a
child's early interest in animals, as well as art studies reference
collections for children.
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