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Katie and the Waterlily Pond: A magical journey through five Monet masterpieces

This creative and fun picture book takes little Katie and her grandma to an art gallery with a Monet exhibit.   While grandma rests, Katie is surprised when a woman in a Monet painting invites her to hop into the painting for a little art lesson.  Borrowing some art supplies, Katie hops out of the first painting and into 4 more, encountering adventures and inspiration from Monet’s beautiful works along the way.  The name of each painting is given and there is more information about the art featured in the back of the book.  The illustrations are lovely and Impressionist in style, complimenting the story text well throughout.  At our school, elementary students create their own waterlily pond picture  in the Impressionist style.  Teachers will enjoy reading this book during that unit.  It is a welcome addition to our library collection.