Andy Warhol

One of the things that makes this book stand out from the rest of the Little People, Big Dreams series is its illustrations. You got to see it to appreciate it.

As an artist and a mom of 2, I feel quite disappointed with this book. There is a lot of hype surrounding the Little People Big Dreams series, and I was excited to read this to my kids. However, there are some things that kind of ruined it for us.1) There is totally not enough information about the artist. It is more of a motivational brochure rather than a biography. You can learn nothing from it, except for the fact that Mr. Warhol was an artist who drew soup pictures and opened a Factory. Is that why we dedicate a book to him?2) The illustrations are not nearly enough to give any kind of impression. They are too abstract and meaningless. You can not possibly talk about an artist and not show one single artwork?I had to supplement the book with the pictures from my phone. That is why I am not going to buy other books from the series and can not recommend them.

The Little People Big Dreams series is great if you want a biographical picture book to introduce an important person to a younger child or as a quick primer story for older kids before they do more research. If you are looking for a biography this will probably disappoint. I usually love the Little People Big Dreams series in that they are biographical picture books that make learning about a new person accessible to younger children. My 5 year old has thoroughly enjoyed this series as we have been slowly going through them.With everything going on this year we are homeschooling my 5 year old. We have gone through a number of the Little People Big Dream books featuring artists including, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Louise Bourgeois, among many others and created art inspired by these artists. We borrowed art books from the library featuring the art from each artist and would recreate them in our own way. I have to say that without these books as a starting point, my children wouldn't have been as interested in doing the project. These books were a wonderful first step into introducing new artists.Just like all the other books in this series, this story starts out with Andy Worhal(a) as a young boy and talks about how he was constantly drawing as a child. The story talks about how he got sick as a child and the inspiration he got from looking at magazines. The story explains how his name was accidently changed from Andy Worhola to Andy Worhol then talks about how he moved to New York and created paintings of everyday objects and turned it into art.After reading this, we used the library and borrowed the recommended titles located in the back of the book, Uncle Andy's by James Warholo and Who Was Andy Worhol? by Kirsten Anderson in addition to art books featuring Andy Worhol. After exploring the stories and the art, my children then looked up Andy's works and picked their favorite and used it as inspiration for their own art.Overall we really love the books in this series and highly recommend them as a starting point in learning more about important and famous people. This one on Andy Worhol is another great addition to our library.Review For:Andy Warhol (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 60)

Because I am assuming you are considering acquiring this book for your child, I will tell you the plot. Spoilers abound.PLOT: One of a series, this book tells the tale of artist Andy Warhol and how this shy boy became a the face of Pop Art.TEXT: There are four lines of text on each pagespread, with most of the page being devoted to artwork. My best guess is that it's intentionally around the 2nd or 3rd grade level. Words are kept easy to understand and easy to read to engage youngsters.ARTWORK: Simple yet creative and engaging.PROS:- Simple biography of a famous man.CONS:- Not very interesting.- No actual art by Andy Warhol, which is just beyond absurd.BEST READ BY: 2nd or 3rd graders.NOTE: This book is part of a series; I own many of the books. I am generally very impressed by it. The text is good, the artwork clever and original. Note that this series also has a stellar DIY journal and a coloring book.BOTTOM LINE: Surprisingly dull read for this great series.

I love books and am hoping to pass that down to my kids. I have been reading my whole life - more so than most people or so I am told. I am typically reading 2-3 novels at a time. That being said I am very impressed with Little People, BIG DREAMS!The readability of this book is amazing - I can read this to my five year old and have a slightly decent conversation with my six year old and then in a year or so he will be able to start reading this book on his own.Art - the art is lovely and simple - but keeps your eyes moving to see everythingStory - the story is simple enough but also complex. My son loves art and he is only 7, so we visit museums and he loved to have me read the information cards - so being able to read a book about Andy Warhol and look at his art was just what exactly up his alley!With all that being said - this is an excellent book! And each and every one of the little people, BIG DREAMS books introduces your children to a different sport, career, art style, a life they could also live!My son who is seven really enjoyed the timeline at the end of the book.