Monet by Mike Venezia is a book from a series titled Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists. As the title suggests, this is a non-fiction biography all about the artist Claude Monet. The pictures include some of Monet's works, and some illustrations by the author. Readers will learn about Monet's life, his inspirations, and his impressionist style of painting. This book is a great introduction to history's fine artists and/or the impressionist style. It could be used for an art lesson, a language arts lesson that includes biographies, or even a social studies unit that is focusing on France. For an art activity, students can use the images of Monet's work as a reference to create their own impressionist painting using water colors. To give the students a choice of different artists, gather the other books from the series on Van Gogh, Picasso, Andy Warhol, and others.
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