Erica Salcedo

Vegara's Georgia O'Keeffe focuses on the life of one of America's most beloved artists. From a young age, O'Keefe was interested in art. She would wander through nature with her sketchbook rather than playing with other kids. (Sounds like a devoted introvert). As she grew older, she turned to painting, continuing to focus on landscapes. The end of the book contains a more detailed look at O'Keefe's life, using language suited for much older readers. Full of quirky art, these books are sure to inspire young readers to believe in themselves and their dreams. I read this with my cubs. This series is awesome! Highly recommended!

***Many thanks to the Netgalley & Quarto Publishing for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.… (mehr)

New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the incredible life of Georgia O'Keeffe. The text and illustrations show Georgia as a child standing apart from her six siblings in childhood, not running and playing, but observing the beauty of nature. The author, Isabel Sanchez Vegara’s makes the point that one of O’Keeffe’s objectives as an artist was to make people notice the little things that they might be too busy to notice otherwise. This is a child friendly biography that shows a young woman striving to achieve her dream. My biggest disappointment was that none of her artwork was shown or depicted in the book, not even at the back as an appendix. I did however, immediately go online and find websites containing many of her beautiful works of art. This book could be used to teach young children how to write a biography, show that it is important to have a dream and strive to achieve it as well as to introduce this artist and her works, imparting just enough information to get someone curious to investigate further. A good book for a school library. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via netgalley.… (mehr)