James MayhewKatie and the Waterlily Pond

This is a very well done series. I am from Europe and I was looking for books in order to prepare my at that time 2 year old boy to art museums. I tried this and since then we have purchased all the Katie's artistic adventure books. My child loves reading them together. He has also brought them to pre-K and his Montessori teacher has asked me to bring them all. I will highly recommend all of them. PS my child in now 5 and a half and he has been with me visiting a dozen of museums (from Picasso to Bruegel and Titian.

This short picture book tells how the little girl Katie learns about Impressionism and the works of Claude Monet as she literally jumps into several of his paintings. It is a great introduction for children to the artist and his techniques.

I love the way she interacts with art in this series. This makes the paintings seem more accessible and captivating for a child to be able to imagine that you can "crawl into" the paintings.

These books are just the best way to introduce youngsters to the artists. My grandchildren are somewhat familiar with VanGogh, Degas, and Monet. I found these books on Amazon and they can identify pictures in magazines, in my home, their home, etc. They love it that Katie gets to talk to the artist. I highly recommend these books!

I am a preschool teacher and we had done a unit on famous artist. This book was perfect for that! Every child sat and listened to the book. They were definitely entertained and it didn't bore them a bit.

The Katie series was something I was initially skeptical about but we really enjoy them. I only wish that the artists celebrated were more diverse.

We love these LIVING BOOKS for art and art history! Not only will children be able to recognize artists and art styles but actual works of these great artists after reading these books again and again!

As a college art and humanities teacher, I cannot tell you how much I love these books. They're charming and a great way to introduce young people to fine art. My niece adores this series, and I love taking her to museums so we can look for "Katie paintings" in the galleries.