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100 Books About the Arts
Break out those crayons! Fostering a love of the arts can help kids find productive ways to express themselves and even lead to a lifelong passion. The books below are all about the arts, from music to photography, so your child can find what they like best.
infants & toddlers (0 - 2 years)
Andy Warhol So Many Stars by Mudpuppy
Art for Baby by Various Artists
Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff
Bea at Ballet by Rachel Isadora
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Color for Baby by Yana Peel
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
Dancing Feet! by Lindsey Craig
Dinosaur Dance! by Sandra Boynton
Every Little Thing by Bob Marley and Cedella Marley
I Love You Too by Ziggy Marley
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Pantone: Colors by Pantone
Pop Art Baby by Mudpuppy
Rockabet by Kelly Polark
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald
Spots and Dots by Chez Picthall
The Line by Paula Bossio
The Rainbow Book by Kate Orht
preschool (3 - 4 years)
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
A Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger
An ABC of What Art Can Be by Meher McArthur
Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird
Art & Max by David Wiesner
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson
Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
Brontorina by James Howe
Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors by Petr Horacek
Can You Hear It? by William Lach
Color Dance by Ann Jonas
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson
Katy Duck Is a Caterpillar by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Let's Paint! by Gabriel Alborozo
M Is for Music by Kathleen Krull
Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet
Mole Music by David McPhail
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington
Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow
Octopus's Garden by Ringo Starr
One by Kathryn Otoshi
Piggy Paints by Jim Benton
Red Is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong
Rupert Can Dance by Jules Feiffer
Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis
Sunny by Robin Mitchell Cranfield and Judith Steedman
Sunshine on My Shoulders by John Denver and Christopher Canyon
Tallulah's Tutu by Marilyn Singer
The Art Book for Children by Editors of Phaidon Press
The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown
The Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats
Tuba Lessons by T. C. Bartlett
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Llyod Moss
early school (5 - 6 years)
Art Dog by Thacher Hurd
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Christopher Raschka
Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen
Degas and the Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt
Draw-It-Yourself Adventures: Alien Attack by Andrew Judge
Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Margarita Eagle
For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart by Elizabeth Rusch
Henri's Scissors by Jeanette Winter
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont
I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins
I Can Draw it Myself, By Me, Myself by Dr. Seuss
I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello by Barbara Garriel
I Spy: An Alphabet in Art by Lucy Micklethwait
Imogen: The Mother of Modernism and Three Boys by Amy Novesky
Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
Lili at Ballet by Rachel Isadora
Look! Look! Look! At Sculpture by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace and Linda K. Friedlaender
Marsh Music by Marianne Berkes
Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney
Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes
Metal Man by Aaron Reynolds
M is for Melody: A Music Alphabet by Kathy-jo Wargin
Passing the Music Down by Sarah Sullivan
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
Punk Farm by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles -- Think of That! by Leo & Diane Dillon
Snail Trail: In Search of a Modern Masterpiece by Jo Saxton
Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color by Julia Denos
Tabby McTat, the Musical Cat by Julia Donaldson
The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer
This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt
Through Georgia's Eyes by Rachel Victoria Rodriquez
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
What a Wonderful World by Bob Theile and George David Weiss
When a Line Bends…A Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene
When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden
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