The Can You Find It? books have delighted countless children, inviting them to look more closely at works of art by searching for hidden details. Now comes a new title in the series, featuring paintings, prints, and textiles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each work is characteristically American, and each is filled with a wealth of details to discover. Among the works featured are Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emmanuel Leutze; Across the Continent: Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way”, by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for Currier & Ives; The Last Moments of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden; Thanksgiving Turkey, by Grandma Moses; The Photographer, by Jacob Lawrence; and Street Story Quilt; by Faith Ringgold. Praise for the Can You Find It? series
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This is art as entertainment with an educational bent.” School Library Journal
It’s hard to fault a book that encourages young readers to pore over every square centimeter . . .” Booklist
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About the Author:
Linda Falken is an editor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From School Library Journal:
Grade 2–5—This seek-and-find book features 20 examples of American art from the Metropolitan Museum, ranging from paintings to prints and quilts. Most of the clear, color reproductions focus on part of a work. Each picture is accompanied by a list of items to be found in it. The colors of the numerals ("4 dogs, 1 open window, 2 produce stands") are cleverly employed in dots on small black-and-white images at the end of the book, revealing the locations of the objects. The only shortcoming is that these illustrations are so small that readers may need a magnifying glass to peruse them. Additional information about each piece is included here as well. One goal of this seek-and-find is to teach children to look at art and observe its many details, encouraging them to play "Can You Find It?" whenever they visit a museum. This book will be a success with fans of art and puzzles alike.—Lisa Glasscock, Columbine Public Library, Littleton, CO
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