Anna's Art Adventure (Picture Books) - Hardcover

Sortland, Bjorn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1575053764 ISBN 13: 9781575053769

Publisher: Lerner Pub Group, 1999

Synopsis

Uncle has said that Anna must be good and keep up while he shows all the grown-ups around the big art gallery where he works. She's not to ask questions or touch anything, or get tired or want to go to the bathroom. Almost immediately, Anna has a problem--when you've got to go, you've just got to go. A laughing self-portrait of Rembrandt tells Anna of a toilet exhibited by Marcel Duchamp, and she begins to search for it. Along the way, she is painted by Edvard Munch and talks to Vincent van Gogh, who's upset that no one wants his paintings. Pablo Picasso offers her a snack of square apples and triangle pears. Andy Warhol is painting soup cans, but nobody--not Cezanne, nor Matisse, nor any of the others--can tell her where Duchamp's toilet is. Finally Jackson Pollack, who's painting messily on the floor, shows her the way--but Duchamp's toilet is not what she expected.

About this title

About the Author:

Bjorn Sortland is from Sunnhordland, on the west coast of Norway. He has won several literary competitions and awards for his young adult novels and his books have been translated into many languages.

Lars Ellings is from Oslo, Norway. He has illustrated many books, among them The Faithful Bull, by Ernest Hemingway, and has won several awards.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Norwegian

About this edition

• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1575053764
• ISBN 13: 9781575053769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 39
• Illustrator: Elling Lars