In the Picture
By Lucy Micklethwait
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Online price: £12.99
This title is currently availableHardback, 32pp Published: 9th July 2009 Category: Activity books, Art, Picture information Interest age, years: From 5 To 8 Key Stage:  |
Sets a satisfying challenge for the young reader. This is a beautiful, informative and fun book for art lovers of any age. - Irish Examiner
The range of the 10 pictures is broad, covering a mixture of periods, styles and cultures. 'In the Picture' is well-conceived and well-presented, colourful but uncluttered. Although aimed at older children, competent younger readers will get a lot out of it, and the activities can be enjoyed by the curious of any age! It would make a good present, look at home in any school or public libary, and may well prove a useful springboard for craft activites at KS2 or thereabouts. - www.writeaway.org.uk
A new book from Lucy Micklethwait is always an event and it is amazing how she manages to find yet another way of looking at picures to engage the young reader. - School Librarian
Teachers are constantly on the hunt for art books with large, clear reproductions of well-known paintings, so this will make a useful addition to the classroom library... It is beautifully produced, so should do well. - Bookseller
The author of the popular 'I Spy' series offers an unsual take on fine art, designed to sharpen your kids' observational skills. - Artists & Illustrators
Here, chosen specially for children to look at and enjoy, are 10 paintings, all from the world's great art museums. There are details to find, questions to answer and lots more, as well as brief notes on the painting.
A sample spread features The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark, 1613, by Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1568-1625
Parrots, a horse, a camel and more - can you find them in the picture?
o Can you find lions and leopards in the painting?
o Can you find two porcupines, two guinea pigs and two turtles?
o Can you find two monkeys?
o What a lot of birds! How many can you count?
JUST FOR FUN
Write a list of all the animals in the picture. Tick the ones which you have seen in real life.
The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark, 1613, by Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1568-1625
God told Noah that a great flood was coming to wipe out all the wicked people
in the world. He told Noah to take his family and two of every animal, one male
and one female, on board a wooden boat called the Ark, to save them from
being drowned. In this picture the Ark is a long way away and all the animals
are being herded towards it. Do you think they will get there in time?
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