Outside Art by Madeline Kloepper
$37.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
Pine Marten loves watching Human doing peculiar things in its log nest in the woods. One day, she notices Human putting colors on a board using a furry stick. Pine Marten learns from Chickadee that Human is actually "an artist" and is busy "making art." But what is art? Soon all of the animals in the f ...Show more
Imagine a Wolf by Lucky Platt (Illustrator)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
What do you see when you imagine a wolf?Sharp, pointy teeth?Big, hungry eyes?A soft sweater and a friendly smile? Wait a minute! The wolf in this story would rather knit than huff, puff, or blow anyone's house down. But that doesn't stop the townsfolk from crying wolf anyway. What's a kind-hearted wolf ...Show more
A Colorful Tail - Finding Monet at Giverny by Joan Waites
$36.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
A young red fox living in Monet's garden in Giverny, France, admires the collage of colours in the landscape that surrounds him. More than anything, he wants to make the colors last as the seasons pass and the winter turns cold and bleak. Try as he might, his creations are blown away, flooded, and even ...Show more
The Swimmers - Making Paper Cut-Outs Inspired by Henri Matisse by Ana Bianchi (Illustrator)
$34.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
In the later part of his life, wheel-chair bound and unable to fully take care of himself, Henri Matisse began to experiment with collage and paper cutouts as a way of continuing to make art. Sometimes representational and sometimes abstract, his bold, simple shapes became iconic of his style, and his c ...Show more
Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith
$21.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
Think of Wreck This Journal as the anarchist's Artist's Way - the book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it. For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book ...Show more
Flibbertigibbety Words - Young Shakespeare Chases Inspiration by Donna Guthrie; Åsa Gilland (Illustrator)
$38.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
With quotes and sly references to the famous works of William Shakespeare and the words he invented, this adventurous ode to language will delight readers young and old. It all starts one morning when words fly into William's window. He wants to catch them, but they are flibbertigibbety and quick and s ...Show more
The Magical Tree: A Children's Book inspired by Gustav Klimt by Myrian Ouyessad
$32.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
Painted during the artist's "golden period," Gustav Klimt's The Tree of Life has been interpreted in myriad ways. This children's book deftly incorporates the mysteries and depth of Klimt's masterpiece into a story for young readers. A young man is given a seed that grows into a beautiful fruit-bearing ...Show more
This Is Yours by Sanne te Loo
$22.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
Of all things imaginable, I liked drawing the most. However, a sheet of paper was way too small for me. And in the streets, people would walk over my drawings.One day -when it is raining so hard that the drawings are washed from the sidewalk -a man walks by. He is Anselmo, an old painter. He offers the ...Show more
What Will These Hands Make? by Nikki McClure
$35.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
A picture book that celebrates community and creativity from acclaimed cut-paper artist Nikki McClure This lyrical picture book from beloved creator Nikki McClure follows a family through one day and muses in the possibilities that one day holds--from enjoying treats at the bakery, to admiring handmade ...Show more
This is Not a Book by Jean Jullien
$23.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
A playfully deceptive format that encourages young readers to see things differently This is not a book - it's a laptop, a pair of hands to clap, a toolbox! Each spread of this book is actually something else entirely, challenging young readers to see things quite differently! Turning the page and fin ...Show more
Undercover: One of These Things is Almost Like The Others by Bastien Contraire
$37.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
A clever and surprising approach to categorization and the art of disguise Readers will look for the odd one out on each spread of this stylish, 64-page picture book, packed with familiar objects, stunningly depicted in duotone. This play on the analogy of shapes makes the objects look deceitfully simil ...Show more
Vehicles Hide and Sneak by Bastien (CON) Contraire
$20.00 NZD
Category: Art & Creativity
Truck, truck, truck... turtle! Spot the imposter on each page, in this handsome collection of vehicles and look-alikes.Behold this artful and unusual odd-one-out board book for the youngest readers, featuring a favorite theme: transportation. Contraire masterfully creates a group of images on each sprea ...Show more