This is an index of my 25 Art Projects and book Lists for Creative Kids. Most are inspired by a children’s book. For a complete list of all my book lists, please go here.
25 Children’s Book Lists About Art and Music + Art Projects
Starry Night Van Gogh Art Unit for Kids
Picture Books About Making Music
Monet’s Water Lilies: Books and Art Project for Kids
Cardboard Fun for Kids
10 Inspirational Art Books for Arty Kid
Seurat Art Project
Mondrian Music and Art Project
Emil Nolde Poppies Inspired Art Project for Kids
Making Paint Like the Impressionists
Autumn Leaf Art Project
Painting Koi Fish Abstract Art Project
Children’s Books Celebrating Art and Creativity
10 Diverse Picture Books on Fine Artists
Celebrating Photographers in Picture Books
Auguste Rodin Museum and Books for Kids
Celebrating Musicians in Picture Books
10 Jazz Books to Connect Kids to Music
Picture Books About Strong, Independent Female Artists
12 Books for Kids About Making Things
What If … We Used Our Creativity to Overcome Obstacles?
Memorial Day Books and Art Projects for Kids
Top 10: Best Books for Young Artists
Top 10: Children’s Art Books
Art Museum Brings Books Alive
Cooking For Kids: Books To Promote A Love Of Food
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My books:
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- California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación
- ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
- Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026
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The Traveling Taco:
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
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