Each volume in this innovative best-selling series, with over 200,000 in print, is devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. In How Artists See America, sixteen works of art show the many different ways a selection of great artists — from Winslow Homer and Childe Hassam to Georgia OKeeffe and Romare Bearden — have perceived the breathtaking variety of landscapes and the diversity of people living in the four major regions of the United States. Author Colleen Carrolls engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark childrens natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork and about the way it was created.

This direct, interactive approach to art — and to the world — promotes self-exploration, self-discovery, and self-expression. As it introduces artistic concepts, styles, and techniques, it also provides loads of fun. For children who want to know more about the artists whose works appear in the book, biographies are provided at the end, along with suggestions for further reading and an international list of museums where each artists works can be seen. As they begin to understand the multitude of ways that artists see, children naturally deepen their appreciation of art, the world around them, and most important, their own unique vision.

Colleen Carroll is an educational consultant whose clients include MTV, Bravo, the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of American History, Black Entertainment Television, CNBC, and Edison Schools. She has taught sixth grade and lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York.