General Books about Art and Museums

Toddlers 
Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?
Tanya Hoban (Greenwillow Books, 1987)

Ages 4-8
The Night at the Museum
Milan Trenc (Barron’s Educational Series, 2006)

How to Take your Grandmother to the Museum
Lois Wyse and Molly Rose Goldman (Workman Publishing Company, 1998)

Ages 4-10
Oxford First Book of Art
Gillian Wolfe (Oxford University Press, 2003)

Teens
Exploring World Art
Andrea P.A. Belloli (Getty Publications, 2000)

Books about Art at the Getty Center

Books about the Getty Center and European Art

Toddlers
Discovering Art: Cats
	John Harris and Catherine Lorenz (Getty Publications, 2009)

Discovering Art: Dogs
	John Harris and Catherine Lorenz (Getty Publications, 2009)

Discovering Art: Kids
	John Harris and Catherine Lorenz (Getty Publications, 2009)

Ages 4-8
1 to 10 and Back Again: A Getty Museum Counting Book
The J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Publications, 1999) 

A is for Artist: A Getty Museum Alphabet
John Harris (Getty Publications, 1997)

Can You Find It? Search and Discover More Than 150 Details in 19 Works of Art 
Judith Cressy (Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2002)

Going to the Getty
Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold (Getty Publications, 1997)

Jack in Search of Art
Arlene Boehm (Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 2001)

Katie Meets the Impressionists
James Mayhew (Scholastic, 2007)

P is for Peanut: A Photographic ABC
Lisa Gelber and Jody Roberts (Getty Publications, 2007)

Where’s the Bear?: A Look and Find Book
The J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Publications, 1997)

Ages 9-12
Marguerite Makes a Book
Bruce Robertson and Kathryn Hewitt (Getty Publications, 1999)

Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids: Impressionist Art
Ruthie Knapp and Janice Lehmberg (Davis Publications, 1998)

Eyewitness Books series
Eyewitness Art: Composition
Sarah Kent (DK Adult, 1995)

Eyewitness: Costume
(DK Children, 2000)

Eyewitness: Impressionism
Jude Welton (DK Children, 2000)

Eyewitness: Medieval Life
Andrew Langley (DK Children, 2004)

Eyewitness: Perspective
Alison Cole (DK Children, 2000)

	Eyewitness: Religion
Myrtle Langley (DK Children, 2005)

Eyewitness: Renaissance
Alison Cole (DK Children, 2000)

Books about Artists at the Getty Center

Ages 4-9
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists series
Mike Venezia (Children’s Press)
		Monet (1990)
		Paul Cézanne (1998)
Pieter Bruegel (1993)
Rembrandt (1988) 
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1996)
		Van Gogh (1989)

Ages 9-12
Claude Monet: The Magician of Colour (Adventures in Art)
Stephan Koja and Katja Miksovsky (Prestel, 1997)

Linnea in Monet’s Garden
Christina Bjork, Lena Anderson, and Joan Sandin (R & S Books, 1987)

Visiting Vincent van Gogh (Adventures in Art)
Caroline Breunesse (Prestel, 1997)

Books about Art at the Getty Villa and the Ancient World

Books about Greek and Roman Art 

Ages 5-12 
Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome
Laurie Carlson (Chicago Review Press, 1998)

Ages 9-12
Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids: Greek and Roman Art
 Ruthie Knapp and Janice Lehmberg (Davis Publications, 2001)

Books about the Ancient World

Ages 6-10
	What Do We Know about the Egyptians?
Joanna Defrates (Peter Bedrick Books, 2001)

	What Do We Know about the Greeks?
	Ann Pearson (Peter Bedrick Books, 1992)

What Do We Know about the Romans?
Mike Corbishley (Peter Bedrick Books, 1991)

Ages 8-12
See-Through Mummies
John Malam (Running Press Kids, 2003)

Art in History series
Ancient Greek Art
Susie Hodge (Heinemann-Raintree, 2005)

Ancient Roman Art 
Susie Hodge (Heinemann-Raintree, 2005)

Cultural Atlas for Young People series
	Ancient Egypt
Geraldine Harris (Chelsea House Publications, 2007)
	
	Ancient Greece
Anton Powell (Chelsea House Publications, 2007)
	
Ancient Rome
Brown Reference Group (Chelsea House Publications, 2007)

Eyewitness Books series
	Ancient Egypt	
George Hart (DK Children, 2008)

	Ancient Greece
Anne Pearson (DK Children, 2007)

	Ancient Rome
	Simon James (DK Children, 2008)

Inside Story series
	A Roman Villa
Jacqueline Morley and John James (Hodder Wayland, 1996)

	A Greek Temple
Fiona MacDonald and Mark Bergin (Hodder Wayland, 1992)

Books about Greek and Roman Mythology

Ages 3-6
King Midas: The Golden Touch
Demi (Margaret K. McElderry, 2002)

Ages 5-9
Atalanta’s Race: A Greek Myth
Shirley Climo and Alexander Koshkin (Sandpiper, 2000)
	
Cupid and Psyche
M. Charlotte Craft, illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft (Harper Collins, 1996)

The Story of Persephone
Penelope Farmer and Graham McCallum (William Morrow and Co., 1973)

Ages 8-12
The Adventures of Odysseus 
Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden, illustrated by Christina Balit (Barefoot Books, 2006)
	
The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
Padraic Colum, illustrated by Will Pogany (Aladdin, 2004)

D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths
Ingrid D’Aulaire and Edgar Prain D’Aulaire (Delacourte Books for Young Readers, 1992)

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
Padraic Colum and Will Pogany (Aladdin, 2004)
	 
Ages 13 and up
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton (Grand Central Publishing, 1999)