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Gr 2 Up—This picture book biography of artist Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), who was best known for her installation art and sculpture, highlights the roots of her inspiration. Through text and images, the author and illustrator emphasize the aspects of Bourgeois's childhood that influenced her: the river that flowed past her house, the colors of the flowers and plants in the garden, the "web of stars above her," and her nurturing mother, who taught her how to weave and r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Novesky returns to territory in which she shines -- picture-book biographies of influential and strong-willed female artists (Georgia in Hawaii; Me, Frida) -- with this exquisite portrait of modern artist Louise Bourgeois, who became most famous for her giant sculptures of spiders. Bourgeois also worked with textiles, and it's at her family's tapestry-restoration workshop in France, along a river "that wove like a wool thread through everything," that the book begins. Much focus is on Louise's close childhood relationship with her mother, wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Bourgeois, who became most famous for her giant sculptures of spiders, also worked with textiles, and it's at her family's tapestry-restoration work...Log In or Sign Up to Read More