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Art & Creativity

Books about making art and looking at art. For children who draw on everything and the ones who are still figuring out that they might. These 0 books celebrate the making, not just the having.

Paintbrushes, sketchbooks, and the courage to make something that didn't exist before. Books for young creators.

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Art & Creativity Books for Kids – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

11,323 books about art & creativity

0–3 yrs3055 books

4–7 yrs4790 books

8–11 yrs2115 books

Age

0–2 3–5 6–8 9–12 13+

Cover of The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

Tom Gates navigates school with a pen in hand, doodling his way through annoying classmates, grumpy sisters, and the que

Cover of Someone's Gonna End Up Crying

Someone's Gonna End Up Crying

Maple escapes into her sketchbook to process her parents' constant arguing, using her drawings to find the courage to fa

Cover of Frederick

While the other mice gather corn and nuts for the winter, Frederick collects colors, sunbeams, and words to keep his fri

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12–18 yrs

856 books

Cover of Pinkie Promise

Pinkalicious

Pinkie Promise

Victoria Kann

When Pinkalicious accidentally uses up all of her best friend’s paint, she relies on her big imagination to make things

Ages 4–8

Cover of Ish

Peter H. Reynolds

Ramon loves to draw until a single remark ruins his confidence, but he soon learns that a drawing doesn't have to be per

Cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Kusama Edition)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Kusama Edition)

Enter a surreal Wonderland where Lewis Carroll’s words meet Yayoi Kusama’s signature spots in a vibrant, clothbound edit

Cover of Think Big, Little One

Little Leaders & Legends #2

Think Big, Little One

Vashti Harrison

For little ones with big imaginations, this gentle introduction to global visionaries shows that every great achievement

Cover of Create a World!

Adventures in Cartooning #3

Create a World!

James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost

Floating cities and underwater empires are just a sketch away as the Knight and Edward the Horse learn to draw epic new

Cover of One Boy

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Clever die-cut pages reveal hidden words inside other words as a lonely boy uses his paintbrushes and imagination to tur

Cover of The White Book

A blank white wall transforms into a world of pink birds and blue fish as a young boy discovers the colorful surprises h

Cover of The Rise of the Rusty Robo-Cat!

Doodle Adventures #3

The Rise of the Rusty Robo-Cat!

Grab a pencil and draw yourself into this graphic novel adventure to help Carl the Duck figure out why the local cats ar

Cover of Who Was Frida Kahlo?

Who Was Frida Kahlo?

Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ

Frida Kahlo used her iconic braids, colorful outfits, and haunting self-portraits to transform her physical pain into a

Cover of The Colors of Us

The Colors of Us

Seven-year-old Lena explores her neighborhood with an artist's eye, discovering that the brown paint she uses for her sk

Cover of The Pursuit of the Pesky Pizza Pirate!

Doodle Adventures #2

The Pursuit of the Pesky Pizza Pirate!

Grab a pencil and join Carl the duck on a mission to stop a pizza-stealing pirate by drawing yourself directly into the

Cover of Quest

Journey Trilogy #2

Two children use colored markers to draw their way through a hidden door. They must travel under the sea and over high b

Cover of Little Frida

For children navigating physical pain or isolation, this dreamlike story shows how imagination can provide companionship

Cover of Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock!

Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock!

James Dean, Kimberly Dean

Pete the Cat worries he is a bad artist when his friends don't like his portraits, but he soon remembers that there are

Cover of Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

Roberta Edwards

You will learn that even a genius like Leonardo da Vinci, who designed submarines and helicopters, struggled with finish

Cover of Perspectives

Twenty-one baby frogs have twenty-one different opinions as they learn to navigate the classroom and appreciate each oth

Cover of Sky Color

Peter H. Reynolds

Marisol wants to paint a library mural but has no blue paint, leading her to look up and see a sunset of colors she neve

Cover of Across the Doodleverse

The Last Comics on Earth #3

Across the Doodleverse

Max Brallier, Joshua Pruett

Sketches come to life as a doodle-pocalypse strikes! Our heroes must venture into the wastelands to rescue a kidnapped a

Cover of Robots vs. Gorillas in the Desert

Mega Mash-Up #1

Robots vs. Gorillas in the Desert

Nikalas Catlow, Tim Wesson

Robots and gorillas face off in a desert race full of garlic-burp sand slugs, leaving plenty of room for you to draw you

Cover of My Pencil and Me

My Pencil and Me

Sara wants to tell a great story but worries her ideas aren't good enough, until her trusty pencil shows her that imagin

Cover of New Kid

Jordan Banks loves drawing, but he is stuck between his neighborhood and a fancy new school where he is one of the few s