Join Mama Cat and her playful kittens as they take inspiration from some of the world's great masterpieces to learn the art of being a cat in author Jenn Bailey and illustrator Nyangsongi's picture book Meowsterpieces.
Discover how to be adored in The Birth of Venus by Boticelli; learn how to be brave in Hokusai's Under the Wave off Kanagawa; and taught how to be gentle with Henry Ossawa Tanner's The Banjo Lesson. Meowsterpieces is a book for art lovers, cat lovers, and everyone in between! And with extensive back matter that includes information about each of the original artworks, it's educational, too.
The artworks featured include The Study of a Student by Laura Wheeler Waring; The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci; The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli; The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijin; Nighthawks by Edward Hopper; A Sunday on la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat; Bedroom in Arles by Vincent van Gogh; Jockey on a Galloping Horse by Eadweard Muybridge; The Dancing Class by Edgar Degas; Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; Under the Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai; The Banjo Lesson by Henry Ossawa Tanner; and New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam by Charles Clyde Ebbets.
Discover how to be adored in The Birth of Venus by Boticelli; learn how to be brave in Hokusai's Under the Wave off Kanagawa; and taught how to be gentle with Henry Ossawa Tanner's The Banjo Lesson. Meowsterpieces is a book for art lovers, cat lovers, and everyone in between! And with extensive back matter that includes information about each of the original artworks, it's educational, too.
The artworks featured include The Study of a Student by Laura Wheeler Waring; The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci; The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli; The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijin; Nighthawks by Edward Hopper; A Sunday on la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat; Bedroom in Arles by Vincent van Gogh; Jockey on a Galloping Horse by Eadweard Muybridge; The Dancing Class by Edgar Degas; Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; Under the Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai; The Banjo Lesson by Henry Ossawa Tanner; and New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam by Charles Clyde Ebbets.
Jenn Bailey is an award-winning author and editor who has her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her books have received the ALA Schneider Family Honor award, Bank Street Book of the Year award, been chosen as Junior Library Guild Selections, been star-reviewed by Kirkus, The Horn Book, and Publishers Weekly, and been included in numerous state reading lists, among other accolades.
Jenn is a frequent guest lecturer and workshop leader for SCBWI, Heartland Writers for Kids and Teens, and the One Year Adventure Novel workshops. Jenn is published by Chronicle Books; Arcadia Press; Magic Cat Publishing; Little, Brown and Company; and Levine Querido and is represented by Erica Silverman with The Stimola Literary Agency.
Jenn is a frequent guest lecturer and workshop leader for SCBWI, Heartland Writers for Kids and Teens, and the One Year Adventure Novel workshops. Jenn is published by Chronicle Books; Arcadia Press; Magic Cat Publishing; Little, Brown and Company; and Levine Querido and is represented by Erica Silverman with The Stimola Literary Agency.
Judge Angie Reed, M.L.S.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Teen Librarian
You will know Librarian Angie Reed before you meet her as her passion for her profession shines in service to the young people in our community. She finds purpose in her work with teens and is committed to creating a place of inspiration and safety for young people to be themselves. Angie’s undergraduate studies include a B.A. in Library Science and Media with a Minor in Identity Studies, and she holds a Master of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University. In her spare time, she can be found walking her dog Nadia while listening to an audio book or holed up at home binge-watching a good show.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Teen Librarian
You will know Librarian Angie Reed before you meet her as her passion for her profession shines in service to the young people in our community. She finds purpose in her work with teens and is committed to creating a place of inspiration and safety for young people to be themselves. Angie’s undergraduate studies include a B.A. in Library Science and Media with a Minor in Identity Studies, and she holds a Master of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University. In her spare time, she can be found walking her dog Nadia while listening to an audio book or holed up at home binge-watching a good show.
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