Adventures in looking at Art is a brilliant book by Quentin Blake and published by Frances Lincoln in association with the National Gallery Company, London.
Quentin describes the vision for this book as a way for children to talk about the pictures, and the story that is within them. On each page there are characters alongside the picture with captions from the characters.
Great to watch on Quentin Blake’s web page.
The book was originally published in 2001 and this new edition is in hard back and makes a truly beautiful book to have for home and for school.
On choosing the pictures, Quentin says,
‘All the pictures in this book are the ones I like, and if you like them too you may eventually want to know more about them and the artists who created them, so there are many notes about the artists…at the end of the book.‘
Tell Me a Picture is a book with real adventures in looking at art, and if you buy this book it will lead into further adventurers I’m sure.
Sue Martin – Children’s Books in Dolphin Booksellers and BooksGoWalkabout
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