Another delightful addition to author Sima Levy's Meet the Artist series, A Day with Degas introduces children to the impressionist painter's unique techniques-while teaching young readers a few important life lessons in a fun way.

Follow young Paris as she struggles to finish her Degas-like painting of ballerinas and winds up on a wackadoey adventure to France, where she learns the secret behind the famous artist's just-right creations. But can Paris possibly achieve similar results, simply by practicing his methods? Find out in this imaginative rhyming tale that celebrates...

Ms. Simone's art class is studying the life and works of the impressionist artist, Pierre-August Renoir. Mary is fascinated with Renoir's paintings of cafes and outdoors sights. She wishes to meet with Renoir and his friends in France, to capture her own Parisian scenes and truthful moments. Together with her friend Manet, they say the magic word three times: "Wackadoey, wackadoey, wackadoey," and then away they blow to the past to meet Renoir in Montmartre, Paris France. The artist teaches them how to capture snapshots of real life quickly, with fluid brush strokes before the moment and...

Art history has never been this delightful. In A Moment with Monet, you get to go on a wild journey with Justine, Paris, and Manet, all students in Ms. Simone's art class. With the help of a magical and very silly word-wackadoey-the three kids zip away on the wings of imagination to France where they get to ask Claude Monet all about his paintings.

Discover why Monet painted outside, chose to paint series of the same scenes over and over again, and what important lesson one of his teachers taught him. Learn about the Impressionist style of painting and how it got its name....