Hands: Growing Up to Be an Artist
by Lois Ehlert (Author)
A child watches her mother and father as they work with their hands, and she knows she wants to build and sew and garden and paint just like them. When they give her a special place to work, lots of good materials, and plenty of encouragement, she makes the most wonderful things! "It's a work that looks simple, but encompasses at least as many grand notions as Ehlert's first book, Growing Vegetable Soup."--Kirkus Reviews
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Publishers Weekly
Lois Ehlert's Hands: Growing Up to Be an Artist (1997) returns with slightly reworked trimmings, but keeps the same die-cut pages-in the shapes of scissors, seed packets and more-as well as a "paint box" that opens. PW said of the original, "Ehlert works visual magic in showing how an artist's creativity flows through the hands." Copyright 2004 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.
Review quotes
Praise for Hands
[star]"Ehlert works visual magic . . . This inventive effort deserves nothing less than a big hand."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Charming, creative, and unique, this vibrant title celebrates and nurtures the efforts of young artists . . . A hands-down choice for gift-giving."—School Library Journal "Children and adults will want to get their hands on this book . . . Once again, Ehlert makes us see simple, everyday objects anew."—Chicago Tribune
[star]"Ehlert works visual magic . . . This inventive effort deserves nothing less than a big hand."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Charming, creative, and unique, this vibrant title celebrates and nurtures the efforts of young artists . . . A hands-down choice for gift-giving."—School Library Journal "Children and adults will want to get their hands on this book . . . Once again, Ehlert makes us see simple, everyday objects anew."—Chicago Tribune
Lois Ehlert
LOIS EHLERT has created many celebrated picture books inspired by the world around her. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780152051075
Lexile Measure
540
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
September 20, 2004
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV003000 - Juvenile Fiction | Art & Architecture
Library of Congress categories
Toy and movable books
Parent and child
Creative ability
Handicraft
Parent and child
Creative ability
Handicraft
