If Da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur by Amy Newbold - ESSENTIAL

If Da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur by Amy Newbold, pictures by Greg Newbold PICTURE BOOK Tilbury House Publishers 2018, $17.95. 0884486672

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE,  MS - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

In this sequel to "If Picasso Painted a Snowman" Amy and Greg Newbold introduce, well, dinosaurs into classical art, as though the masters themselves had incorporated them. We see dinosaur ballerinas a la Dega, dinosaurs incorporated into the works of Mary Cassatt, Frida Kahlo and Grandma Moses, we even see what Andy Warhol might have tried and many others. 20 different takes on painting a dinosaur. 

The Newbolds present another great introduction to art and artists! Includes an appendix about each artist and their style, a list of which dinosaurs were in what painting, and the illustrator's advice to new artists. I loved the blank canvas at the end, inviting the reader to draw a masterpiece of their own.

Lisa Librarian