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The Noisy Paint Box


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A Caldecott Honor Book

Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers--like a proper artist.

But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound--the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra tuning up for a symphony! And as he grew older, he continued to hear brilliant colors singing and see vibrant sounds dancing. But was Vasya brave enough to put aside his proper still lifes and portraits and paint . . . music?

In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPré tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors--and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box.

Backmatter includes four paintings by Kandinsky, an author's note, sources, links to websites on synesthesia and abstract art.
About the Author: BARB ROSENSTOCK is the author of The Camping Trip that Changed America, illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein, and Fearless: The Story of Racing Legend Louise Smith, illustrated by Scott Dawson. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband, sons, and two big poodles.

MARY GRANDPRÉ is best known as the illustrator of the Harry Potter books. She also illustrated The Blue Shoe by Roderick Townley and the picture books The Carnival of the Animals written by Jack Prelutsky and Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat by Jennifer Armstrong.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780307978486
  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • Publisher Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • Depth: 6
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Weight: 503 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0307978486
  • Publisher Date: 11 Feb 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 287 mm
  • No of Pages: 40
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art
  • Width: 229 mm


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