Wednesday, October 10, 2012

No One Saw Ordinary Things Through the Eyes of an Artist

By Bob Raczka (2002)







I really enjoyed this Non-Fiction book.  The book focused on famous artists and how no one saw ordinary everyday things like they did.  Each artist that was featured in this book saw things like stars, flowers, mothers and even cans of soup in ways that other people didn't.  They put their visions down on paper or canvas and now the entire world is able to see their unique visions.

I really enjoyed this book and think that it would be a great way to show students that it is ok to see things in a different way than their classmates see them.  The paintings in this book are great and it would be a great way to introduce many different artists styles at one time.  I personally love the painting Starry Night and I think that is why I was drawn to this book in the library.

The author used repetition a lot in this book.  Each page started out," No one saw object like artist."  I really like how the author ended the book by saying, "Artists express their own point of view.  And nobody sees the world like you."  I think that it is great that the students would be left with such a positive message at the end of the book.

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