The Plum Print team was super responsive. Within 24 hours, I had a final version of my proof to approve. Enjoy your gorgeous new kids art books! This is one of a new series of story books for children on great women through history. Really well written and beautifully illustrated, it tells the story of Frida Kahlo in a way that younger children can understand. The book finishes with a short biography and extra facts about the artist, including where to discover more about her. Other figures in the series include Rosa Parks, Marie Curie and Coco Chanel. Although best for ages 6 – 8, younger ones will love the quirky illustrations. The range of choices we have available at the National Gallery Shop makes for creative presents for kids of many different ages. Our smartphone cameras do an amazing job making our photos look great in imperfect situations. We take it a step further and tune elements like white balance, contrast, vibrance, and saturation. Luciaparticularly enjoyed re-reading some of her writing from kindergarten and first grade and sharing it with her brother. Much laughter ensued!

As you can imagine, it took forever to sort through all their drawings and decide which ones were going to make it to the books, but it was a really enjoyable process. We did it together and had lots of fun looking at their early mark-making and primitive drawings, comparing them with each other at similar ages, noticing patterns and recognising traits of personality through their artwork. This is the children’s edition of Phaidon’s best-selling The Art Book, offering a guide to 30 great artists and their most famous works. It’s been designed for both adult and child to enjoy and talk about together. It’s accessible and clear, without being condescending. Each spread is illustrated by one or more works by the artist and accompanied by a fun and involving text. It introduces the reader to the artist, and invites children to look more closely at each of artworks through open questions. You’ll soon have an art historian on your hands! For a lot of kids, there’s nothing better than sitting down with some paint, crayons, chalk, or markers to create their latest masterpiece. Caregivers can encourage their kids to lean more into that interest with some children’s books about art. Whether they want to learn about famous artists, practice new techniques, or simply get lost in a story about art, there are some incredible books for them to choose from. This is one of the best bumper activity books for budding artists. It contains art and craft activities for every day of the year, including flag chains, fabric collages, leaf printing, spoon-people, gift tags and many more things to make, draw and paint. Each of the activities is explained with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and colourful illustrations. Perfect for rainy days indoors. This is the children’s edition of Phaidon’s best-selling ‘The Art Book’, offering a guide to 30 great artists and their most famous works. It’s been designed for both adult and child to enjoy and talk about together. It’s accessible and clear, without being condescending. Each spread is illustrated by one or more works by the artist and accompanied by a fun and involving text. It introduces the reader to the artist, and invites children to look more closely at each of artworks through open questions. You’ll soon have an art historian on your hands!The only question now is, where exactly can you find children’s books about art that are age-appropriate and fun for your little one? There are a lot of options out there, but here are some favorites to help you get started with your shopping.

If you are looking for a high quality, gorgeous book full of your child’s artwork with very little work on your end, this service is incredible! Kids Art Books The Plum Print Process Scribble's advanced computer vision algorithms do some pretty magical things to your children's artwork photos so that they turnout amazing in a hardcover photo book. Our photo cleanup process is continually being torture tested by our own children (6 and up) with the intent that creating a photo book can be painless and something that your kids can be a part of too. Beloware some of the steps that we go through for every photo that you upload. At the National Gallery Shop, we have an excellent selection of art books for kids, with a host of titles available that inspire the imagination and enhance young people’s creativity. This selection of arty children’s books includes a number of colouring books, with readers having the chance to colour in images of paintings by the world’s most famous artists. This includes a Claude Monet Colouring Book and a Vincent van Gogh Colouring Book. Additionally, there is the Famous Art to Colour book, which gives children a selection of different artworks to engage with.Thanks, Plum Print, for letting us try out this fabulous service for free! All opinions expressed are my own. For me, the hardest part was selecting what to include. It was a nice excuse to sort through the portfolios of special artwork. I loved going through each child’s artwork with them to exclamations of “I remember when we studied frogs in preschool and I made that watercolor pond painting!” and “Oh yeah! My Sun Monster!!!!”

Many of us still hold a soft spot for the things we enjoyed as children when we enter adulthood. This means helping to support and encourage the love that a child may have for art and painting is a great thing to do. Interested in reading an art book of yourself? I’ve put together a list of the best 15 novels about art and artists here. This is one of the most colourful and unusual children’s art books I’ve seen. It was written by MOMA curator, Sarah Suzuki and tells the story of the renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. It takes children on her quest to become an artist and cover the world – including its plants, people and sky – in brightly coloured polka dots. Just watch your walls afterwards! A particularly popular series of children’s art books is the Katie series, written and illustrated by James Mayhew. These books explore artistic movements with Katie and offer an excellent way to introduce children to the world’s most iconic art. Options within our range at the National Gallery Shop include Katie meets the Impressionists, Katie and the British Artists, Katie and the Sunflowers and Katie and the Bathers. The National Gallery Shop has a broad and exciting selection of art books for kids, with this diverse range including titles that can inspire a child’s imagination.

Check out our list of the 10 best children’s books that will inspire the little artists in your life.

Best for: 6-10s who’ll enjoy travelling through the homes of history, and aspiring fashion designers Do you ever wonder what to do with all the artwork your children create? In this post, I’m going to show you how you can turn it into a beautiful kids’ art book! When the lovely people at Snapfish challenged me to create End-of-School Year Keepsakes, I knew exactly what I was going to do. For a couple of years, I’ve been thinking of taking photos of their artwork and compiling them all in an album each so they could look at their drawings whenever they wanted.