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Synopsis
Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations reveal how Leonardo da Vinci, Beatrix Potter, Keith Haring, and other great artists in history coped with regular-kid problems.
Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you.Jackson Pollock sfamily moved constantly he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old.Georgia O Keeffelived in the shadow of her perfect older brother Francis. AndJean-Michel Basquiattriumphed over poverty to become one of the world s most influential artists.Kid Artiststells their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page. Other subjects includeClaude Monet, Jacob Lawrence, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincentvan Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Beatrix Potter, Yoko Ono, Dr. Seuss, Emily Carr, Keith Haring, Charles Schulz, andLouise Nevelson."