The Art Lesson: A Shavuot Story

by Allison Marks, Wayne Marks Narrated by Book Buddy Digital Media

Overview

Shoshana loves spending time at Grandma Jacobs' art studio and for Shavuot, Grandma Jacobs has a very special art project in mind! Shoshana learns how to make papercuts by carefully folding squares of paper and cutting shapes out of them. But can she create works of art as beautiful as the ones Grandma makes?

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From the Publisher

"The Art Lesson: A Shavuot Story by Allison and Wayne Marks, illustrated by Annie Wilkinson. Shoshana’s grandma is an artist, with bright red cat-eye glasses and a cat named Krasner. Every Thursday after school, Shoshana goes to her studio—'like an enchanted forest'—to do art. Grandma J calls her 'my little Chagall,' 'my little Modigliani,' and 'my little Pissarro'; Wilkinson’s simple, sweet illustrations contain nods to each of the artists mentioned. For Shavuot, Grandma J and Shoshana make papercuts. Grandma J creates beautiful roses and Torahs, but all Shoshana sees when she unfolds her paper are ugly holes. Grandma J teaches her to see visions in her abstractions: fields of flowers, schools of fish, honeycombs of bees. And many years later, when Shoshana is an artist herself, she teaches her own granddaughter the lessons of Grandma J. A short afterword explains Shavuot, mentions that Eastern European Jews used to make papercuts to hang in their windows for the holiday—who knew? —and gives instructions for a simple Star of David papercut. It also explains who the Jewish artists named in the text are…including Lee Krasner, who was not, in actual fact, a cat. (Ages 3-6)" - Tablet Mag

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171855628
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2018
Series:	Lag Ba'Omer & Shavuot
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	Up to 4 Years

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