If you are an artist, you wonder . . . How? Why? and What if? You daydream adventure, you stare at the stars, you let your imagination grow, and grow, and GROW! And most importantly, you know that the world is waiting for what YOU and only YOU can create. Because YOU are an artist. Follow a band of young artists -- each with their own individual contribution -- through this inspirational homage to trusting your own voice, believing in yourself, and cultivating your creativity and sense of wonder to make the world a more beautiful place.---from the publisher
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There is a glorious place in this world that we all carry with us every day, every hour and every minute and that glorious place is a very special gift we have all been given and it is called our imagination. It's us. It's ours. We can play in it and explore in it and have an amazing time thinking our own thoughts. It's just plain old amazing.
This gorgeous book finds the spark in each of us and turns that light on for us. These kids try on all different possibilities doing beautiful, creative, wonderful things that turn their lives into magical journeys. Watching them try out their potential makes us realize we have potential too and we also have the same permission these kids have as they romp through the pages.
It turns life into an enormous canvas that you can play and grow and spread your very own wings and fly far and let your own inner "artist" paint a world you want to live in.
32 pages 978-1441342010 Ages 5-9
Keywords: creativity, creative process, imagination, artists, art, finding yourself, being yourself, believing in yourself, self image, self love, self expression, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old, Fine Arts Curriculum, Social Emotional Learning Curriculum
Recommended by; Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
Meet the author:
Meg Auchenbach has been writing and illustrating books since she was a little girl. If You Are an Artist is her debut picture book and is inspired by her former career as an elementary art teacher, where she watched children daydream, experiment, and create. She holds a B.F.A. in painting from Arcadia University, and an M.F.A. in Illustration/Visual Communication from Marywood University. She lives in Eastern Pennsylvania with her husband, two children, and their dog and cat.
