(4) K-3 Art Explorers series. On busy, crowded pages, this book introduces abstract artists Picasso, Léger, Matisse, Calder, O'Keeffe, and Gorky. Readers learn about the artists and the abstract movement by creating art themselves; face masks suggesting Picasso, mobiles in the spirit of Calder, and other projects help children experience art. Short biographies of the subjects are appended.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) YA Art on the Wall series. This series provides budding artists and historians with background about different movements. It also encourages direct engagement with the artwork through call-outs that demonstrate techniques (e.g., vanishing point and orthogonals labeled on a Renaissance painting) and "Try it yourself" projects. Though the overly busy design and off-kilter placement of the reproductions are distracting, the series offers lots of solid information. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Art on the Wall titles: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and The Renaissance.

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(3) 4-6 This lucid exploration of Hopper's art begins with his childhood love of drawing and ends with his advice to aspiring artists: "Work!" Rubin discusses Hopper's subjects and artistic style in the context of his contemporaries and the rise of abstract expressionism. Beautifully reproduced art is well paired with the text. An appendix highlights artists who influenced Hopper. Reading list.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Artists in Profile series. Following a six-page introduction to its subject, each book in this series offers occasionally clunky two- and four-page biographies of artists, both familiar and relatively obscure, associated with the featured movement. Photos of the artists and vivid color reproductions of their work illustrate each biographical sketch. A final section, "The Next Generation," places the movement in historical context. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Artists in Profile titles: Abstract Expressionists, Post-impressionists, Surrealists, Harlem Renaissance Artists, and Cubists.]

Reviewer: Norah Piehl