Louise Loves Art

by Kelly Light, Kelly Light (Illustrator)

Overview

For fans of Olivia and Eloise, this stunning debut from Kelly Light is an irresistible story about the importance of creativity in all its forms.

Meet Louise. Louise loves art more than anything. It's her imagination on the outside. She is determined to create a masterpiece—her pièce de résistance!

Louise also loves Art, her little brother. This is their story.

Louise Loves Art is a celebration of the brilliant artist who resides in all of us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062355843
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/09/2014
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Kelly Light is an author and illustrator who now lives in New York but grew up down the shore in New Jersey surrounded by giant pink dinosaurs, cotton candy colors, and Skee-Ball sounds. She was schooled on Saturday-morning cartoons and Sunday funny pages. She picked up a pencil, started drawing, and never stopped. She has illustrated two chapter book series: Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee and the Quirks by Erin Soderberg. She is the author-illustrator of Louise Loves Art and Louise and Andie.

Find her online at kellylight.com.

 

Editorial Reviews

Light…is a confident visual storyteller with a gentle sense of comic timing” — Publishers Weekly

“Budding artists, those not only crazy for art but who have their eyes and heart open, will find a muse and a collaborator.” — School Library Journal

“A fresh and bright sibling tale...Cheerfully art-ful.’ — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2014-07-16
A fresh and bright sibling tale. "I love art!" declares Louise. She's splayed on the floor, her face smushed blissfully into pages of her own drawings. Her medium is plain pencil, and she's prolific. "To be a great artist, you have to notice everything. / Every line…every curve….Wait—hold that pose! I will capture your cat-ness!" Her supple, sinuous black cat willingly strikes various poses, one mimicking Rodin's The Thinker. There's nary an adult, but Louise and her cat aren't alone: Her little brother's right there, worshipping her. As Louise finishes her pièce de résistance and trots to the kitchen to prepare an exhibition at the Gallery du Fridge, little bro repeatedly bids for her attention. "Not now, Art," she temporizes—revealing for the first time the title's double meaning—so Art putters happily behind. With Louise distracted, he uses her art to make into his own. There's an eruption, of course, but Louise soon sees that Art's art is all homage. Using plentiful white space, black pencil and red highlights (other colors are present but muted), Light creates breezy, witty illustrations that recall Hilary Knight's pictures for Kay Thompson's Eloise, especially on spreads showing one character in many positions. A recurring red double-circle—Louise's glasses, Art's drawing of Louise's glasses and a scissors handle—makes a delightful visual theme to follow.Cheerfully art-ful. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews