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By David Wiesner
Boston, MA: Clarion Books, 2010. Picture Book.

Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences. --Editor

Written by Jan Wahl
Illustrated by Rosalinde Bonnet
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2011. Picture Book.

A little boy who is not pleased with his own artistic efforts but treasures his great-grandmother's drawing goes on to collect art throughout his life. --Editor

Written by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2012. Picture Book.

 The Jelly Beans--four friends who like to do such different things as paint, play soccer, read, and dance--paint a mural on an outside wall of Mrs. Petunia Dinkley-Sneezer's candy shop that depicts them each doing what they love best. --Editor

By Jeff Mack
New York: Henry and Holt Company, 2024. Picture Book.

When a little girl asks meaningful questions about creating art, her questions are answered by a diverse group of artists throughout time and history. This inspiring picture book about making art doubles as an introduction to the multifaceted and global history of art. Making both art history and art creation accessible to all, "Time to Make Art" nourishes creativity, encouraging young readers to see the artist in themselves. --Editor

Written by Dana Marie Miroballi
Illustrated by Sawyer Cloud
New York: Abrams Appleseed, 2025. Informational.

From ice cream scoopers to extendable fire truck ladders, the inventions of Black innovators have changed history. Through playful art and rhyming text, readers follow a bustling modern family as they get ready for a beloved relative's 100th birthday. Woven into their activities are ten inventions that positively impact their daily lives-and ours! Both a clever counting book and a celebration of Black history, Inventions to Count On shines a light on forgotten pioneers like Alice H. Parker, who received a patent for her innovative home furnace design, as well as famous inventors like James West, who developed the tiny microphones used in current cell phone technology. --Editor

By Jennifer Lipsey
New York: Lark Books, 2006. Informational.

Lists necessary supplies and teaches different techniques for finger painting everything from trees, animals, and landscapes to abstract patterns, and includes instructions for several art projects incorporating finger painting. --Editor

Written by Christina Soontornvat
Illustrated by Christina Davenier
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020. Picture Book.

At an art museum with his parents, Simon has trouble controlling his urges to slide on the floor, chase pigeons, and eat cheesecake at the cafe, until something special catches his eye. --Editor

By Micah Player
New York: Rocky Pond Books, 2025. Picture Book.

A celebration of all the big and little, happy and stressful moments that make up a full life. --Publisher

By Laura Vaccaro Seeger
New York: Holiday House, 2021. Picture Book.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a young fox as it searches for a way home, through a world of many shades of red, after being separated from its family. --Publisher

Written by Teal Triggs
Illustrated by Daniel Frost
New York: Wide Eyee Editions, 2015. Informational.

 Five professors provide demonstrations for forty activities that teach the basics of art and design, including composition, color, shape, line, and perspective. --Editor 

By Emmy Kastner
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025. Picture Book.

Tortoise and Mouse are more than just friends and burrowmates. They are best friends and best burrowmates. When their home gets flooded, however, it's up to Tortoise to dig them a new place to live. And so she digs a room of her own and a room for Mouse. But where is Mouse? Noticing the fresh burrow, Bunny asks Tortoise if she could dig a room for her as well. Then the Spotted Skunk. The Mole Skinks. And the Wolf Spider, the Frog, and those mothsSo Tortoise digs. Seemingly everyone else wants to be her burrowmate except for Mouse--where did she go? --Editor

By Laura Vaccaro Seeger
New York: Roaring Book Press, 2018. Picture Book.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate the many shades of blue seen during the relationship of a boy and his dog as the boy grows from a baby to an adult. --Editor
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