CPL donates books about the year’s artists to school and local public libraries. If you would enjoy using any of these books in your art lesson, please contact your school’s library ahead of time!
2014-2015
Diego Rivera books:
- Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Their Lives and Ideas, 24 Activities by Carol Sabbeth
- Diego by Jonah Winter
- Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People by Susan Goldman Rubin
Vincent Van Gogh books:
- Vincent Van Gogh & The Colors of the Wind by Chiara Lossani
- Vincent’s Colors by Vincent Van Gogh
Georgia O’Keeffe books:
- Georgia O’Keeffe (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia
- Georgia’s Bones by Jen Bryant
- Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Victoria Rodriguez
2013-2014
Frida Kahlo books:
- Frida by Jonah Winter
- Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish by Martha Zamora
Photography Books:
- Click Click Click! Photography for Children by George Sullivan
2012-2013
Romare Bearden books:
- My Hands Sing the Blues by Jeanne Walker Harvey, 2011
- Li’l Dan, the Drummer Boy:.. by Bearden and Angelou, 2003
- The Block by Langston Hughes, 1995
Exploring ‘The Dot’ in Visual Arts books:
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- Wham! The Art and Life of Roy Lichtenstein by Susan Goldman Rubin
- Big Rain Coming by Germein (Aboriginal Art)
- Tjarany/Roughtail by Gracie Green
- Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Close
2011-2012
Andy Goldsworthy books:
- All published artist books, different titles at different schools
- Rivers and Tides (Documentary)
Emily Carr books:
- Four Pictures by Emily Carr by Nicolas Debon
- The Book of Small by Emily Carr
- Emily Carr and her dogs: Flirt, Punk, and Loo by Emily Carr
- Emily Carr’s Woo by Constance Horne
