Books like The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art
By Barb Rosenstock
For the kid who mixes paint colors just to see what happens, or hums while drawing without noticing, this is the true story of a boy whose senses worked differently — and who trusted that instead of hiding it. Lyrical, swirling, quietly daring — a picture book that feels like color set loose on the page.
A young painter defies a male-dominated art world by pouring paint straight onto canvas and pushing it with mops and squeegees, inventing a whole new way to make pictures.
A poor boy who longs to paint is given a magic paintbrush that brings to life whatever he creates, until a greedy emperor sets out to capture him and claim its power for himself.
A collection of poems invites young readers through seven die-cut doorways into moods and moments — a dragon piñata, an alligator on the A train, a hungry yeti — turning everyday feelings into flights of imagination.
A young Chinese American girl notices color everywhere in her everyday world, from red dragons and firecrackers to lychees, and brown in her own teddy bear.
Across a city, ninety-two men and thirteen women bathe, dress in black-and-white clothes, and gather their instruments before heading to midtown for an 8:30 concert.
When a seagull drops a can of orange paint on Mr. Plumbean's house, he repaints it into a wild reflection of his dreams — and his tidy, identical street may never be the same.
A famous composer must write a new piano concerto for Vienna's Burgtheatre but has no notes to give it — until his pet starling's song sparks his imagination, and then she escapes out the window.
A little girl moves through her day with family and friends, noticing that everyone feels colors differently — her neighbor's red is angry, hers is brave like a fire truck.
A lyrical journey through the history of Black music in America, from spirituals and blues to jazz, soul, and hip-hop, packed with over 80 references to real artists like Billie Holiday and Kendrick Lamar.
A reluctant young girl trades a cold, rainy evening for a night at the ballet with her grandmother, and finds herself utterly transformed by the magic of The Nutcracker.
A young artist paints animals exactly as imagination sees them — a blue horse, a red crocodile, an orange elephant, a polka-dotted donkey — with growing joy and confidence.
A journey through history traces one color across the world — from ground sapphire rocks and rare Eurasian snails to slave-grown indigo and a 1905 chemical breakthrough that made blue jeans possible.
