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ruthie_the_librarian's review against another edition
4.0
Unusual & fun.
My full review for The Bookbag: http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Art_and_Max_by_David_Wiesner
My full review for The Bookbag: http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Art_and_Max_by_David_Wiesner
5elementknitr's review against another edition
5.0
Well that was loads of fun! Showing several different types of artwork, and how much fun each can be.
lbrick363's review against another edition
5.0
Read this with my daughter and it was just so cute! I loved it!
theybedax's review against another edition
5.0
This was really beautiful! The artwork is amazing and I love the creativity in every aspect of this book. Great gift for younger readers. Really fast to read, you'll spend most of the time talking about the artwork.
maryforest's review against another edition
4.0
In the book Art & Max, Max joins art in painting but he doesn't know what to paint. He ends up paining on Art and they go on an adventure where Art becomes a canvas, and after the paint is all on Art he becomes angry and all the paint chips fall off and he is left with a new painted version of himself. Max then tried to dry him with a fan but Art becomes thirsty and on drinking the water the paint starts to melt off of Art, and he becomes just an outline of the animal he used to be. Max then pulls Arts tail and start to unwind him, and then has to put him back together again. In this book Wiesner uses a lot of framing in the book to show the passing of time during the book, this makes the book able to continue to move the story along without explicitly saying that time passed and one of the characters did this or that. When Wiesner used full bleed photos he wanted the reader to be more involved in the story, and wanted them to pay attention to what was happening.
azajacks's review against another edition
4.0
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jennyshank's review against another edition
5.0
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/reptiles_princesses_paul_bunyan_sized_women_new_western_picture_books/C39/L39/
New West Children's Book Review
Reptiles, Princesses & Paul Bunyan-Sized Women: New Western Picture Books
New picture books set in Montana and the Sonoran Desert, and one by a Colorado author.
By Jenny Shank, 11-22-10
When my daughter and I look for picture books at the bookstore or library, we follow one rule: Does it look funny? We’re not interested in the messagey books. We like the weird ones that make us giggle. You can tell just by looking at the cover of David Wiesner’s Art & Max (Clarion Books, ages 4 to 8, 40 pages, $17.99) that it’s going to be funny, with a tall, dignified horny toad gripping brushes and a palette and standing back-to-back with a messy, bug-eyed shorter lizard against the backdrop of a saguaro-filled desert like they’re about to have a showdown.
They do have a showdown through their artwork, in a delightful story that Wiesner tells mostly through his detailed, engaging illustrations. As the story opens, Arthur, the pretentious horny toad, is working on a portrait. The enthusiastic Max, the smaller lizard, zooms into view and announces, “I can paint too, Arthur!” Arthur tells him, “You, Max? Don’t be ridiculous.” When Max asks Arthur what he should paint, Arthur suggests, “Well…you could paint me.” And Max does, literally.
The book gets funnier with each of Max’s missteps, as Arthur turns all kinds of colors, then leaks them until he’s transparent, then unravels. We giggled a lot over this one, even though it does sneak a message in there: there are no rules or boundaries for creativity. Art & Max would make a great gift for any child who loves to draw and paint.
New West Children's Book Review
Reptiles, Princesses & Paul Bunyan-Sized Women: New Western Picture Books
New picture books set in Montana and the Sonoran Desert, and one by a Colorado author.
By Jenny Shank, 11-22-10
When my daughter and I look for picture books at the bookstore or library, we follow one rule: Does it look funny? We’re not interested in the messagey books. We like the weird ones that make us giggle. You can tell just by looking at the cover of David Wiesner’s Art & Max (Clarion Books, ages 4 to 8, 40 pages, $17.99) that it’s going to be funny, with a tall, dignified horny toad gripping brushes and a palette and standing back-to-back with a messy, bug-eyed shorter lizard against the backdrop of a saguaro-filled desert like they’re about to have a showdown.
They do have a showdown through their artwork, in a delightful story that Wiesner tells mostly through his detailed, engaging illustrations. As the story opens, Arthur, the pretentious horny toad, is working on a portrait. The enthusiastic Max, the smaller lizard, zooms into view and announces, “I can paint too, Arthur!” Arthur tells him, “You, Max? Don’t be ridiculous.” When Max asks Arthur what he should paint, Arthur suggests, “Well…you could paint me.” And Max does, literally.
The book gets funnier with each of Max’s missteps, as Arthur turns all kinds of colors, then leaks them until he’s transparent, then unravels. We giggled a lot over this one, even though it does sneak a message in there: there are no rules or boundaries for creativity. Art & Max would make a great gift for any child who loves to draw and paint.
graventy's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful book once again by Wiesner, but possibly a bit existentially confusing for a three year old.