A Picnic with Monet

by Julie Merberg (Author)

A Picnic with Monet
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
This imaginative board book features beautiful paintings by a renowned artist paired with playful, rhyming text. In A Picnic with Monet, Claude Monet's light-filled paintings take children on an enchanted picnic in the countryside. This board book is a fun introduction ot art and an imaginative adventure all rolled into one!
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$7.99

Publishers Weekly

Two more board book entries with rhyming text by Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober introduce masterpieces to youngest art lovers. In Dancing with Degas, children enter a magical world of ballerinas and tutus, and A Picnic with Monet takes children through the countryside and back to the city. At the end, the works are identified along with the museums where they are housed. Copyright 2003 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.

Review quotes

Introduce your child to 10 of Claude Monet's world-renowned paintings with this vibrant and accessible text. Rhyming words accompany the art, creating a magical countryside picnic. The board book format is just right for small and curious hands. Scholastic Parent & Child
Julie Merberg
Julie Merberg is the author of many bestselling children's books including My First Book of Famous Jews, It's a Mitzvah, NO! My First Book of Protest, and My First Book of Feminism (for Boys).

Georgia Rucker has illustrated many books including the Generation Girl series (Girl CEO, Girl Activist, Girl Genius, and Girl Athlete). She also illustrated the board books My Favorite Shoes, and My Favorite Purse, and the Allegra Biscotti middle grade series. Her doodles can be found in many of the books she also designs from her office in Madison, Wisconsin.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780811840460
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication date
July 20, 2003
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF006040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History
Library of Congress categories
Artists
Art appreciation
Themes, motives
Monet, Claude

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