- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (Oct 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0764152947
- ISBN-13: 978-0764152948
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 22.4 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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#675,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #73 in Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Biographies > European
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From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 3-This picture book introduces children to a well-known painting. A young French girl visits the park each day with her nursemaid. While playing, she meets a woman who owns a puppy, and Nipper and Suzette become fast friends. The story describes their amusing encounters. The child is surprised to learn that the dog's owner is Mary Cassatt, whom her uncle, Edgar Degas, has commissioned to paint her portrait, resulting in Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, now hanging in the National Gallery of Art. This fictionalized tale is enjoyable for its serene depiction of Parisian life around 1870. Watercolor illustrations evoke the impressionist style and blend in with Cassatt's own work. On one of the last pages, the author encourages discussion by asking readers to consider why Suzette appears bored in the masterpiece.-Ilene Abramson, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Little Suzette and her nursemaid enjoy daily walks in the handsome park near their home. Often, they see a tall, elegant lady strolling in the park with her tiny puppy. Then, a comical incident transforms Suzette and the puppy into friends. The time and place of this gentle story is Paris in the 1870s, when many fine artists were creating the exciting approach to painting called Impressionism. As it happens, little Suzette's Uncle Edgar is one of those artists. He is the famous Edgar Degas. One day, Uncle Edgar sends an artist to paint Suzette's picture. Imagine Suzette's surprise, when the artist turns out to be the tall lady from the park! And imagine Suzette's delight when the little puppy comes with her! The result of this enchanting meeting lives on to this day in an art masterpiece. For the woman was the major American artist, Mary Cassatt. Her painting of Suzette and the little dog, known as The Little Girl in the Blue Armchair, now hangs in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C. Among this book's many beautiful full-color illustrations is a reproduction of the story's painting.
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Borrow from the Library, Nov 1 2011
By Sally the Great "jserotta" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Suzette and the Puppy: A Story About Mary Cassatt (Hardcover)
If you are looking to purchase a gift book for a child, I would suggest that you buy a Laurence Anholt book instead of this one. It did not hold my daughter's interest. We read it once, and we were done with it. I would not have felt bad about it if I had taken it out of the library. We did like seeing the artwork of Mary Cassatt, but it wasn't something that I would like to keep on my shelf permanently and take up space in my house. It was a nice way to introduce my daughter to Mary Cassatt, and she was able to identify the painter when we took her to the Philadelphia Museum of art. "Mommy look - A Mary Cassatt! So, I would say that it was successful in that regard.
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Charming story about an artist, a little girl, and a dog, May 6 2007
By Cecily E. Harrison - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Suzette and the Puppy: A Story About Mary Cassatt (Hardcover)
Nice book about an event in a little girl's life that introduces the child to Mary Cassatt and "Nipper," the dog.
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