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Booklist: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Person
In sixth grade, my history teacher pointed to part of my poster depicting life in Ancient China and asked me why a dog was pulling a cart of people.

"That's a horse," I replied.

See the Art in the Text

The protagonists in the following stories are far better visual artists than I. Clickable titles lead to my book reviews.

Chapter Books
Winnie books by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illustrated by Alissa Imre Geis
- Winnie Dancing on Her Own
- Truly Winnie
- Winnie at Her Best

Juvenile Fiction
Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant

Teen Fiction
The Pursuit of Happiness by Tara Altebrando
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Total Constant Order by Crissa-Jean Chappell
The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher
Girl Overboard by Justina Chen Headley
Graffiti Girl by Kelly Parra

Bundle Up

As I said in my reviews of The Opposite of Invisible and Graffiti Girl, these books really ought to come packaged with sketchbooks. I wish more books about artists actually featured their artwork, just as I wish books about singers or musicians came with CDs. However, all of the books I listed above are so enjoyable that I'm content to simply imagine the artwork.

Art Works

Ooh! Let's not forget about The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg, a graphic novel all about art, or Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Art, an anthology of short stories written by various authors and inspired by the artwork of Scott Hunt.

Word of the Day: Künstlerroman
As defined by Wikipedia:

A Künstlerroman (pronounced [/ˈkʏnstlɐ.roˌmaːn/], German: "artist's novel") is a specific sub-genre of Bildungsroman; it is a novel about an artist's growth to maturity. Such novels often depict the struggles of a sensitive youth against the values of a bourgeois society of his or her time.

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