Renoir's Colors

by Marie Sellier

Overview

Renoir's Colors helps children identify and explore colors through eight kid-friendly paintings by the great Impressionist master. Its engaging interactive format invites the reader to open a flap and see a beautiful color detail of one of Renoir's works and then to turn the page to see the full painting from which the detail is drawn.
Young readers will learn that each color exists in a variety of shades. Yellow can be the color of a man's straw hat or the light of summer shining through the trees. Blue can be bright like the stripes in a woman's dress or rich and deep like a man's suit or dark like the shadows that dance on the ground. This charming book will offer children a wonderful first experience with art, encouraging them to look closely at visual images as well as to see the variety of colors in the world around them. Ages three and up.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781606060032
Publisher:	Getty Publications
Publication date:	03/02/2010
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.88(w) x 8.88(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	4 - 5 Years

About the Author

Marie Sellier is the author of many French children's books including M comme Manet (Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1994) and Matisse from A to Z (Bedrick Books, 1995).

Editorial Reviews

This lift-the-flap board book uses Renoir’s paintings to introduce eight colors. Each color fills a double-page spread; it’s named on the left, and a small window flap appears on the right. Opening each window reveals a section of a painting that incorporates that color. In “The Swing,” yellow is “a yellow hat,” worn by a small girl. On the following page, readers can see the entire painting, beside a reflection on the detail (“Yellow like the straw hat of the little girl/ who would like to play on the swing.” The collection may help readers develop an eye for detail and foster affection for classic works of art. Ages 2-5. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

"Accessible to even the youngest child."—School Library Journal

 “The collection [of paintings] may help readers develop an eye for detail and foster affection for classic works of art.”—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

PreS-Gr 2—Lift-the-flap windows spotlight pure colors in details of the artist's work. Turn the page to see the entire work, with a few simple lines of text guiding the eye to other shades of the highlighted color or adding an anecdote about the piece or model. Well-chosen paintings of familiar subjects—strawberries, people engaged in leisure activities, and children, including Renoir's son Claude—keep this small collection of fine art accessible to even the youngest child. This fine-art concept book is simply designed and superbly printed.—Paula Willey, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD

School Library Journal