Synopses & Reviews
On a sunny hilltop in the south of France, two children find their grandfather in the company of a pink goat, a strange green man, flying people, and a funny cow wearing a hat!
Their grandfather is famed artist Marc Chagall, and all those strange and wonderful beings are depicted in his paintings. Chagall is best known for his imaginative use of color and imagery. His paintings have made people all over the world happy, even after years of war and sadness.
Here, Chagall tells his grandchildren of his happy life as a child, how he met his wife, and how he and his family escaped the war to come to America. Through it all, the good and the bad, he painted. "In your imagination...you can fly as high as you want," he tells his grandchildren.
Beautifully illustrated with reproductions of some of Chagall's best known work, Papa Chagall, Tell Us a Story is a wonderful introduction to the life and work of the man who told stories in paint!
Review
"Loose, warm ink-and-watercolor paintings depict children and grandfather against relaxing expanses of white space, with dream-bubble insets illustrating Chagall's memories. Reproductions of some of his more famous paintings are incorporated...Anholt's simple narrative approach works well...an engaging entry in a winning series." --Kirkus Reviews
Review
"Anholt's colorful, squiggly artwork complements Chagall's own paintings, six of which are reproduced in the story. Several of Anholt's illustrations echo Chagall's works--both in composition and style--which makes for a pleasing mix." --Booklist
Synopsis
Award-winning author and illustrator Laurence Anholt inspires and informs in a new addition to his much-loved Anholt's Artists Books for Children series. Here, he reviews the life of Marc Chagall. Anholt's fine illustrations appear on every page and include reproductions of Chagall's work.
Synopsis
Barron's introduces another fine title to the highly-acclaimed Anholt's Artists Books for Children series. Here, award-winning author and illustrator Laurence Anholt reviews the life of Marc Chagall. Through the stories that he tells his beloved twin grandchildren, Chagall relates his extraordinary rags to riches journey from a topsy-turvy cottage life in Russia, through the dark years of the war, emerging in the sparkling sunlight of Southern France. Anholt's fine illustrations appear on every page and include reproductions of Chagall's work. Once again, Laurence Anholt inspires and informs in this much-loved art history series, which has sold more than one million copies around the world.
About the Author
Laurence Anholt is the author and illustrator of several children's books about famous artists, all available in North America from Barron's.