Is your kid naturally “drawn” to create? Celebrate International Artist Day on October 25th and help build their imagination and explore all forms of art with these picture books specially selected by Peachtree and Holiday House sure to get kids to think artistically.

Stanley’s Paint Box

by William Bee
Peachtree
Ages 2-6

It’s another busy day with Stanley and friends as they mix colors, paint, and create! An ideal entrée to colors and the practice of painting.

Breaking Waves

by Robert Burleigh
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Ages 4-8​

This charming picture book describes the artist's process from season to season, readers are shown the many blues, greys, browns, and golds that Winslow Homer used to depict the changing sea.

Colors

by Shelly Rotner
Holiday House
Ages 2-5

Vivid pictures of familiar scenes, animals, and objects inspire young readers to look carefully at the world around them. Full of striking close-ups on fruits, flowers, and animals, as well as striking portraits of kids from diverse backgrounds, Colors is a bright, brilliant concept book from the creator of the award-winning Shades of People.

​The History of Western Art in Comics Parts One & Two

by Marion Augustin
Holiday House
Ages 10+

Learning about art through the ages has never been as interesting or fun as in this humorous and very informative graphic novel series.

​Two Brothers, Four Hands

by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Ages 7-10

The inspiring true story of the Giacometti brothers, one an artist, the other a daredevil, both devoted to their craft . . . but even more devoted to each other.