Kid Artists: True Tales of Childhood from Creative Legends

Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations reveal how Leonardo da Vinci, Beatrix Potter, Keith Haring, and other great artists in history coped with regular-kid problems.

Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you.Jackson Pollock'sfamily moved constantly-he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old.Georgia O'Keeffelived in the shadow of her perfect older brother Francis. AndJean-Michel Basquiattriumphed over poverty to become one of the world’s most influential artists.

Kid Artiststells their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page. Other subjects includeClaude Monet,Jacob Lawrence,Leonardo da Vinci,Vincentvan Gogh,Pablo Picasso,Frida Kahlo,Beatrix Potter,Yoko Ono,Dr. Seuss,Emily Carr,Keith Haring,Charles Schulz, andLouise Nevelson.