Smart About Art Books

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Book #1

Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors

Written by Jane O'Connor & illustrated by Jessie Hartland

5 - 9

Reading age

Page count

Words per page

Mar 18, 2002

Publication date

Paperback

$8.99

$8.58

Summary

Keesia and Henri Matisse have the same birthday–New Year’s Eve! That’s why she picks him for her artist report. She finds out that over his long career Matisse made paintings, sculpture, books, costumes, and her favorite–his cut-outs, or what Matisse called “drawing with scissors.” The report is filled with about 20 of Matisse’s masterpieces as well as artwork that Keesia has created in his “style” (cut-out leaves, drawings through windows, fauvist animals). As she follows Matisse through his life she discovers why he is considered one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.

Smart About Art Series

1 book

picture • 32 Pages

Series

Paperback

$8.99$8.58

Year	Title	Pages
2002	Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors	32

The Creatives Behind the Book

Author

Jane O'Connor

Jane O’Connor is an editor at a major publishing house who has written more than seventy books for children, including the New York Times bestselling Fancy Nancy series. She resides (that’s fancy for lives) with her family in New York City.

Illustrator

Jessie Hartland

Jessie Hartland (jessiehartland.com) has written and illustrated many picture books, including Steve Jobs: Insanely Great!, How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum, Bon Appetit: the Delicious Life of Julia Child, and How the Meteorite got to the Museum. Her paintings have been exhibited in Venice, Tokyo, Long Island, and New York City. She has painted murals at a Japanese amusement park, designed Christmas windows for Bloomingdale’s, and put her mark on ceramics, watches, and all sorts of other things. Her illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, Travel and Leisure Family, Martha Stewart Kids, Bon Appetit, and Fit Pregnancy. She lives in New York City.