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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2017 | Elementary
PreS-Gr 3—Munro introduces children to fine art using a search-and-find game and a fun framing device. A fictional artist, possibly modeled after the author/illustrator herself, is gathering her tools and supplies and deciding what to paint. She considers still lifes, landscapes, portraits, sport scenes, and more. The illustrations integrate Munro's colorful ink drawings of the artist's studio and town with reproductions of famous artworks, selected from the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, by paint...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on August 1, 2017
Munro is known as both a picture-book illustrator and a painter of large, detailed cityscapes. Here, the two disciplines converge. We watch as an artist walks to her studio, stretches a new canvas, and gets out her supplies. She stands in front of a huge canvas that nearly eclipses a studio window. "But what should I paint?" Now we zoom in on objects in the studio, where Munro has incorporated thirty-six photos of actual paintings and one sculpture, placing t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
Munro is known as both a picture-book illustrator and a painter of large, detailed cityscapes. Here, the two disciplines converge. We watch as an artist walks to her studio, stretches a new canvas, and gets out her supplies. She stands in front of a huge canvas that nearly eclipses a studio window. "But what should I paint?" Now we zoom in on objects in the studio, where Munro has incorporated thirty-six photos of actual paintings and one sculpture, placing t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
