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Name: Katie and the Sunflowers

Author: James Mayhew
Year: 2001
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Children, Picture books, Art

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ISBNs:
9781841216348
1841216348

Katie visits five paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne! Katie tries to pick the sunflower seeds from the Vincent Van Gogh painting, but when the vase tips over, the flowers go everywhere. Mimi, a little girl from a painting nearby, comes to help Katie, but when Mimi's dog Zazou comes too disaster follows! This imaginative fantasy about a mischievous character is an original and fun way to introduce children to art.

A page of notes at the end gives background information on the artists. Includes reproductions of five famous post-Impressionist masterpieces:

Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh

Breton Girls Dancing by Paul Gauguin

Cafe Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh

Still Life, with Apples and Oranges by Paul Cezanne

Tahitian Pastorals by Paul Gauguin

This book is part of the "Katie" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"Katie and the Mona Lisa"
First published in 1998
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"Katie Meets the Impressionists"
First published in 1997
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