The Art Lesson

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The Art Lesson
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Author Tomie DePaola
Cover artist Tomie DePaola
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's Fiction
PublisherTrumpet Publishing
Publication date
1989
Media typePrint

The Art Lesson is a 1989 children's picture book by Tomie DePaola. [1] The book was published by Trumpet Publishing and deals with the theme of compromise. [2] The Art Lesson was met with a positive reception by critics and was one of the New York Times's "Best Picture Books Of the Year for Children" in 1989. [3] [4]

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Synopsis

The semi-autobiographical book features the character of Tommy, an enthusiastic painter and drawer, making pictures for his relatives and friends and drawing on the sidewalk, on bedsheets, and even on walls. For his birthday, Tommy gets a box of 64 Crayola crayons, but his new first-grade teacher rejects them, and makes him draw the same thing as everybody else in his class, with a few school crayons and on a single sheet of paper. He makes a bargain with the school Art Teacher: one page for the drawing that the rest of his class is making, with school crayons, and the second for his own crayons and his own art. [5]

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References

  1. "The Art Lesson". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. "Review: The Art Lesson". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  3. "Books of The Times; The Best Picture Books Of the Year for Children". New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  4. Baasch, Dianne. "Booklist Review: The Art Lesson". Booklist. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  5. Lodge, Sally (March 15, 1999). "Tomie dePaola Mines His Childhood Memories". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 23 October 2012.