Art Theme Books

Mar 28, 20232 min read

Who Clicked That Pic?...inspired by the life of Homai Vyarawalla

I’ve been sitting on this book for a while now ever since I bought it almost a week ago, rather gob-smacked. The innovative approach to a...

Oct 25, 20213 min read

Amrita Shergil...born to be an artist

There are times as an educator, when the children’s comments can make it painfully clear that you have not thought out or planned the...

Oct 22, 20212 min read

Just Like Papa...exploring what we 'can do'.

Week 3 of Term 2 and we continue with the Art Theme in the library, exploring Indian art and artists through books. It hasn't been easy....

Oct 11, 20215 min read

The Dot and Raza's Bindu...focusing on Indian Art

The new term started at the end of September and I knew exactly what I was going to be doing. Last term's theme on Art and Artists had...

Sep 14, 20212 min read

The Joy of Art...The Museum by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds

It was the last week of the first term and I had wound up the first part of our art theme. Plans for the next term are underway, books...

Sep 6, 20213 min read

Art IS Everywhere

Art Theme Week 10 We have just one more week of school before we break for holidays. With Pratham’s One Day, one story, scheduled for the...

Sep 2, 20213 min read

The Art of Miss Chew and gratitude for our own teachers.

This was going to be a special read-aloud for me. It was the first time that I was sharing one of my favourite children’s book authors...

Aug 30, 20213 min read

Cezanne's Parrot...a tale of perseverance

Art Theme Week 9 Just like most of us, artist Paul Cezanne probably craved encouragement when he tried in vain, to train his pet parrot...

Aug 25, 20213 min read

Snipping away with Matisse...Henri's Scissors by Jeanette Winter

Art Theme Week 8 Last week the children had the following items ready for our library session, a request which had all the children very...

Aug 20, 20212 min read

Starry-eyed with Van Gogh

Many requests for ‘Starry Night’ moved one artist up the list of books chalked out for our art theme. A few seemed familiar with the...

Aug 12, 20213 min read

Degas and the Little Dancer

From amongst the books I’ve chosen to share with the children for the Art Theme that we are doing this term, this one is probably my...