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This is a great way to have a fun interaction with your children or students. This book is a great way to combine the I spy game while still appreciating the art.

I loved I spy books when I was younger and I guess some things don’t change. This book is awesome to go over the numbers 1-20 and introducing classical art to young children in a fun and new way.

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This fun book is an activity as well as an introduction to art from around the world. Children enjoy playing "I spy with my little eye..." and will find familiar shapes in unique paints on each page of this book. The first page begins with the familiar words of "I spy" asking readers to find a square. Turn the page and there are all kinds of shapes, but only one little square. Each page continues alternating between asking readers to search for a specific shape. Some of the shapes are familiar to young readers, but some are more advanced-- like a cylinder.

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I loved this book! It would be a great way to introduce kids to art not only as something to view, but as something to analyze. The layout gives some guiding questions and isolated pictures from the larger painting to get the reader thinking about it; then the actual painting points out some of the earlier pictures, with explanations, and highlights other points of analysis. As an adult, I learned a lot about art analysis and was shown things in the paintings I would not have otherwise noticed. The author also includes brief biographical information about each artist, as well as information about each painting (size, materials, years painted, etc.). Overall, this is an excellent introduction to art and art analysis (and even a little art history).

I like this book because each page has to deal with a letter of the alphabet where it would be great for children in kindergarten and first grade who are learning how to read and write at this age.

This is a great book that allows students to learn about the alphabet while using art. This book is actually good for a lot of readers regardless of their age. The students are able to interact with twenty six famous paintings that allow them to interact within the reading.

I spy the alphabet in art using different things to describe each letters. I like that it goes in order and very easy to remember. Will use it to show the young students how to read each alphabet letter with picture in it. Suitable for K-2.

a very informative book about the different pieces of art by different people. tries to connect to childrens point of view
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using the alphabet, introduces different pieces of art
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using different famous paintings, introduces different colors
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This book goes over counting to 20, all while introducing classical art from different eras and artists. It is a great tool to get children to look critically at works of art as well as developing their counting skills.

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with A..." Even the very youngest art lovers can spy out the apple in Magritte's Son of Man through the zigzags in de Geest's Portrait of a Child. Interact with twenty-six of the world's greatest paintings in this educational, entertaining, and beautiful pairing of a classic game with timeless art.

I would use this book for all grades. For k-2, I would either read the book to them. I could use it to teach elements in art, or to familiarize students with the history in art. With older students, I would have them read the story on their own, research, and then do a compare and contrast activity with the art pieces they see from the various time periods.

This book is a lovely introduction to fine art as well as letters. I'd have fun talking about the artwork with students from kindergarten through third grade. Maybe I can put the pictures up on the doc camera and do a letter/ work of art a day!

I love this for its appeal to those of us who already know the alphabet--it requires close examination of the artwork and forces the reader to think instead of just being handed the information. It's challenging to see how many things in the picture one can name that start with the given letter. Plus it's great exposure to all kinds of famous artworks! So clever!

This book is intended to bring fine art into the lifes of children. Great for preschool/schoolage.

I Spy Shapes in Art is a great read aloud in a Pre-K to second grade class. Children will have fun trying to spy the various shapes that comprise the pictures. Children who are learning shapes will find it challenging to identify all of the various shapes contained within this book. I would connect it to an art or math lesson.

Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy Shapes in Art. New York: Greenpillow Books, 2004

Characters: Not applicable

Setting: Not applicable

Theme: concept book; shapes, art, geometry in art

Genre: Children’s nonfiction; picturebook

Golden Quote: “I spy with my little eye…”

Summary: A unique concept book presents an interactive I Spy game that encourages readers to search for all kinds of shapes in fourteen masterpieces of art.

Audience: Ages 3 and up

Curriculum ties: shape and color recognition; art appreciation; geometry in art; understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures; making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Awards: Child magazine’s Best Children’s Book Award; 2004 Blue Peter Book Award “The Best Book with Facts”

Personal response: I Spy Shapes in Art is concept book on shapes, but it is also so much more than that. Lucy Micklethwait takes famous paintings from around the world and turns it into an I Spy game, while at the same time, introducing young readers to fine art. She focuses on just one shape per masterpiece, but it also meant to be enjoyed over and over; looking for other shapes in each artistic work as well as the detailed workmanship it took to create each piece. This book will incite children of all ages to examine art (and shapes for that matter) from a different perspective.

This book uses fine paintings and numbers to encourage students to look deeper into the painting and find items in the painting such as two eyes or eight boats. It covers numbers 1-20. A great way to bring art into math.

The paintings in this book are diverse and interesting. It is very simple but also engaging.

I read this to a third grade math class. They loved searching for the items in the paintings. Some were easy but some required them to look deeper. They were all actively involved searching the painting. It can also be used to introduce students to different types of art. We discussed abstract and still life painting. It is a great introduction to several artists.

In a book that has illustrations of famous paintings, children are encouraged to find shapes such as squares, cones, and ovals within the paintings. This is a book that lends itself to extending into an art project using shapes.

The book has a collection of great paintings. Each painting tells his own story.

A Child's Book of Art is intended to be an introduction into the world of fine arts. The author, Lucy Micklethwait, proports that "By opening our children's eyes to art, we can help them understand the world in which they live and the people with whom they share it." And, while the book may serve as a first look at master works, questions, background knowledge, observation and critical thinking skills, as well as conversations are an essential part of maximizing this book.
The book maintains a simple, easy to follow pattern of a category depicted through various paintings and art works, mostly by European and Japanese masters, accompanied by a one-word description. The categories are simple: colors, family members, numbers, pets, senses, action words, ect. Each piece of the categoty is assigned an artwork that represents that idea. While I appreciate a child's autonomy for discovery and the sheer enjoyment of 'looking at the pictures,' the book alone, without analyzation, seems a bit aimless. A Child's Book of Art is one that reaches full potential with external direction and probing.

Gorgeous pictures and a game of "I Spy.." help children identify letters while looking for objects!